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.

the thing that you don’t have when you’re phones percentage is over 20

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

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 useless argument over phonemes.

Wrong word used for Lauren

I sadly hear yanny