A term used to describe soppy, saccharine, generic, and wall-of-sound-ish adult contemporary cheese music, usually having vaguely Christian undertones. The genre itself originated in 2013, after the release of Hozier's "Take Me To Church", and rose to popularity in 2021 after Duncan Laurence released his song, "Arcade". It has since been used to define artists like Alex Warren, David Kusher, and Benson Boone. The term, however, was coined in 2025 by a Pitchfork critic known as Hannah Jocelyn.
Tom: What are you listening to?
Bill: Alex Warren.
Tom: Oh, you mean the guy that makes epic sad guy music?
Bill: Alex Warren.
Tom: Oh, you mean the guy that makes epic sad guy music?
by Dyl Dosankan Dumms July 22, 2025

Firstly, we need some definitions of how the word come to be.
Epic: Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary.
Ism: A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Epicalism is a word that means something is so epic that you believe it must be shared. Everything epic must be shared so it will be.
twitter.com/epicalism
Epic: Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary.
Ism: A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Epicalism is a word that means something is so epic that you believe it must be shared. Everything epic must be shared so it will be.
twitter.com/epicalism
Woah! Dude!! THAT WAS EPIC! I'm going to post that to Epicalism so that everyone online can share in the epicness!
by twitter.com/epicalism May 27, 2010

by Not Epic March 13, 2021

by MEHGUY23 September 19, 2018

Epic bobs are basically just “normal”
people but, they are named bob if your name is bob you automatically joined the Epic bob cult and you may ask who is a Epic bob?, let me list some Epic bobs, bob the builder, bob parr (incredibles) bob (basic white man) and Bobby from laurnzside
people but, they are named bob if your name is bob you automatically joined the Epic bob cult and you may ask who is a Epic bob?, let me list some Epic bobs, bob the builder, bob parr (incredibles) bob (basic white man) and Bobby from laurnzside
Some guy: hi I’m ____
Bob: hi ____ I’m bob
Some guy: “starts bowing down”
Bob: why are you bowing down to me?
Some guy: you are a epic bob
Bob: hi ____ I’m bob
Some guy: “starts bowing down”
Bob: why are you bowing down to me?
Some guy: you are a epic bob
by Unusual_Trash_Can June 27, 2022

It is a moment when all shit goes to hell and Loftis looses his shit on ROBLOX trading.
Would rather trade and eat at the weirdest times and going to DQ or McDonalds.
Would rather trade and eat at the weirdest times and going to DQ or McDonalds.
by Big feller69 Emily is hot February 15, 2021

The term used to describe when someone makes a supreme ass of themselves as a result of failing at a reasonably simple task. Because an 'epic fail' is such an immense fail, these people are often labled "Fail Whales."
trying to impress his baby son, a dad blew bubbles in his Pepsi through a straw then without warning it erupted into a fizzy lava shooting out of his snout at 1000 miles an hour. Everyone in the restaraunt laughed including a teen who point at him and said "Epic Fail Dude"! laughing he then added "What a total Fail Whale"
by vid007 March 13, 2011
