"Backrooms" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Backrooms [canonical]
Etymology: Coined by an anonymous 4chan user on May 13, 2019: If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you Head templates: {{en-prop|head=the Backrooms}} the Backrooms
  1. (Internet slang) An online urban legend or creepypasta of a seemingly endless maze of empty hallways, often described as being inhabited by monsters or having multiple levels or floors. Wikipedia link: 4chan Tags: Internet Related terms: liminal space
    Sense id: en-Backrooms-en-name-O0Rojyai Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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