lore dumping, n.Trivia

'Lore' ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as slang for someone's dramatic backstory made Oxford University Press's 2024 Word of the Year shortlist; 'brain rot' won.

The ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠slang borrows from fandom, where 'lore' means the accumulated background knowledge needed to follow a book series or video game.

A ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠favored variant is 'dad lore': fathers casually dropping wild anecdotes that stun their children.