"slime tutorial" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slime tutorials [plural]
Etymology: Named for a popular genre of YouTube videos in the late 2010s that instructed viewers on how to make slime; by sharing a name with a popular search term, illicit videos of copyrighted productions were less likely to be flagged for copyright infringement or otherwise removed from video-sharing sites. Head templates: {{en-noun}} slime tutorial (plural slime tutorials)
  1. (euphemistic) A bootleg video recording of a theatrical production, especially of a Broadway musical. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-slime_tutorial-en-noun-iJfLUbhw Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slime, tutorial.
    Sense id: en-slime_tutorial-en-noun-aq473Bw2

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