B Button (🅱️)

The negative-circled Latin capital letter B. On its own it means "B" (used in blood-type signage and parking lots). Online it became a meme: replace any "b" sound in a word with 🅱️ — "🅱️eautiful," "🅱️asketball," "🅱️illion."

Cultural layers

Internet Native

Era

2010s

About this entry

The 🅱️ meme is a phonetic-substitution gag — any word containing a "b" sound becomes the 🅱️-version. The format spread on Black Twitter and gaming Discord around 2017.

When to use

Punching up a boring word by 🅱️-ifying it.
Coining a one-off joke noun: "🅱️illion-dollar idea."

When not to use

Anything that requires precise spelling.

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