A marketing strategy to garner more publicity from cancellation of a product or feature, than through traditional methods such as an award or introducing something new.
There's no marketing budget this year, so we used a Cancellation Gambit to get some free PR by news outlets.
by omnix November 03, 2022

Guy 1: stuns Guy 2 and with another stun
Guy 2: uses a move
Guy 1: WTF HOW!??
Guy 2: stun cancel noob
Guy 2: uses a move
Guy 1: WTF HOW!??
Guy 2: stun cancel noob
by ScareredeeCatto June 13, 2021

Its a stupid ass term that basically means when users on twitter start hating on someone for a completely bogus reason.
by Athosworld July 20, 2023

by Newyorkisshitanyway September 01, 2020

A person, usually a self-proclaimed internet activist, who spends most of their time online maligning anyone they deem "problematic" or "offensive" on social media in an effort to defame or "cancel" said person(s).
"There's this movie that I've been wanting to make for years, but I'm scared those cancel pigs on Twitter will try to shut it down, all because of an innocuous statement I made over a decade ago."
"When I told my brother that I wanted to share my thoughts about controversial topics on social media, he told me the cancel pigs would eat me alive."
"When I told my brother that I wanted to share my thoughts about controversial topics on social media, he told me the cancel pigs would eat me alive."
by Jonkama December 13, 2023

by povwhenthe May 09, 2021
