1.) What some people hear when the word Laurel is said
2.) An internet craze in 2018

Who gives a shit if it's Yanny or Laurel?

A word or phrase that is capable of distracting the entire internet for at least 24 hours; to start a contentious debate on some type of public forum.

dead internet meme

A mishearing of the word laurel said to be caused by one's ears picking up on a select set of frequencies over others uttered in the pronunciation of the same word. this became a large phenomenon much akin to the 'What color is the dress' debate from several years earlier, and truly had folks everywhere in disagreement. The original recording of the pronunciation of this word came from vocabulary.com under the definition for laurel.

A word no one hears in the internet sensation that is Laurel vs. Yanny.

A made up names people think sounds like Laurel. The trend of 2018 made everyone argue if the video was saying Yanny or Laurel. People quickly found out that the original sound was, in fact, Laurel.