ICYMI Meaning
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ICYMI means In Case You Missed It.
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ICYMI is an initialism that stands for “in case you missed it”. It is often use in news article titles for “round-up” style articles that review things that recently happened. It is also used by people to inform others of things they may have missed.
Where is ICYMI used?
ICYMI is used on the follow platforms and places:
- texting
- online conversation
- Discord
- Facebook Messenger
- Snapchat
- Tumblr
- Twitch
- YouTube
How is ICYMI used?
ICYMI is used to tell people that they have missed something that happened recently. It is often used in the following format: “In case you missed it, [thing(s) that happened recently]”.
Do people say ICYMI out loud?
No, but they will oftentimes say something like “Hey, did you hear about [thing]” or “Did you hear about [thing]”?
Example Uses of ICYMI
ICYMI, here are 10 crazy things that happened last week!!!
A news article title on Facebook.
ICYMI we're not allowed to work overtime for the rest of the month.
A text message sent to a coworker informing him of what he may have missed out on at the company meeting.
On online conversation:ICYMI YouTube now allows you to upload 16K videos.
Someone telling their friend that YouTube now allows users to upload videos in 16K resolution.
On Twitch:ICYMI Tim was banned from Twitch.
Someone tells their friend that a Twitch streamer named Tim is now banned.
On online conversation:ICYMI here are the proposed changes to some law in California!
The title of a news article about how a law in California may change.
Who uses ICYMI?
ICYMI is often used by journalists and editors in news article titles.
History of ICYMI
First Use
Despited being first defined on Urban Dictionary in 2006, there were almost zero Google searches for ICYMI until late 2011.
Rise in Popularity
Searches for ICYMI grew slightly in 2012, and then grew much faster in 2013 and 2014 according to Google Trends.