break the Internet

Meaning: (chieflyUS,idiomatic,colloquial,literally)To cause a connection to the Internet, or theInternetitself, tomalfunction.1996Sacha Cohen, John Makulowich, Warren Shaver,Training & Development(cited in 2016Merriam-Webster.com, "Words We're Watching: Break the Internet"):“Click on everything including graphics, buttons, and links, to see where they lead. Don't be afraid to get lost, and don't worry about making mistakes. 'You can'tbreak the Internet,' says Warren Shaver, project manager for ASTD Online Services.”2014,Astra Taylor, chapter 4, inThe People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company,→ISBN:Advocacy groups warned that entertainment companies—who invested heavily in lobbying for the bills—where trying to “break the Internet”;[…]; (computing,idiomatic,figuratively,humorous)Tooverwhelmaweb serverthrough organic user-driven demand, such that the server goesofflineor is in danger of doing so.2001Time Out(cited in 2016Merriam-Webster.com, "Words We're Watching: Break the Internet")“Well furnished Dahlings, don't all rush on at once as you mightbreak the internet, but The Conran Shop has a new website!”; (computing,idiomatic,figuratively)Todeliberatelyoverwhelm a web server through acyberattacksuch as aDDOS, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.; (Internetslang,idiomatic,figuratively,humorous)To do or say somethingostentatiousorcontroversial, such that the behavior causes adramaticincreaseintrafficto awebsiteorcommentaryonsocial media; togo viral.2014, Charlotte Alter, “What Does It Mean to 'Break the Internet'?”, inTime:“Obviously,Kimisn’t the first person to claim to ’break the Internet.’ In SeptemberTaylor Swift“broke the Internet” when she wore a T-shirt saying ’no it’s Becky,’ a super-metareference to aTumblrpost where a user insisted that a picture of young Taylor was, in fact, someone named Becky.Beyoncé’ssurprise album’broke the Internet’ when she secretly released it last year. Alex from Target ’broke the Internet’ just by looking cute at work. EvenObama’s sensationally tan suit was almost able (but not quite) to ’break the Internet,’ according toShapemagazine.”2023November 18, Jess Cartner-Morley, Chloe Mac Donnell, “40 outrageous photos that changed fashion, from teenage Kate Moss to Twiggy in a mini and Lady Gaga’s meat dress”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:After the singer and actor wore it on the 2000 Grammy awards red carpet, the tech team at Google noticed it was the most popular search query ever.[…]At a 2019 Versace show, J-Lobroke the internetagain when she wore a take on the original dress.

Examples:

EN: Then why don't you make me a drink while we break the Internet, huh?
ES: Entonces ¿por qué no me invitas a una copa mientras petamos Internet?
EN: This takedown will break the Internet.
ES: Esta redada va a saturar el Internet.
EN: We're gonna break the Internet.
ES: Vamos a colapsar el Internet.
EN: All right, let's break the Internet.
ES: Hagamos estallar Internet.
EN: Oh! We are gonna break the Internet!
ES: ¡Vamos a destrozar la Internet!
EN: This is gonna break the Internet.
ES: Esto va a romper Internet.
EN: You're about to break the Internet.
ES: Estás a punto de colapsar el Internet.
EN: Cheer world, it's time to break the Internet.
ES: Mundo de las animadoras, es hora de romper Internet.
EN: Guess I forgot to tell Ralph that when you break the Internet... you don't literally have to break the Internet.
ES: Olvidé decirle a Ralph que cuando rompes el internet... no tienes que romper literalmente el internet.
ES: Olvidé decirle a Ralph que cuando rompes el internet... no tienes que romper literalmente el internet.
EN: I bet my story will break the Internet. Pob.
ES: Pob, ¿puedo serte sincero?
EN: The news regarding my death will break the Internet.
ES: Las noticias sobre mi muerte se viralizarían en Internet.
EN: - Good, because I've got a new profile pic. So everybody get ready for me to break the Internet.
ES: Bien, porque tengo una nueva foto en mi perfil, así que prepárense para que rompa Internet.
EN: You guys are supposed to write lists that break the Internet every day.
ES: Se supone que deben escribir catálogos que rompen la Internet todos los días.
EN: This video's gonna break the Internet.
ES: Este video va a romper la Internet.
EN: When you were standing before the crane, did you imagine that your stunt would break the Internet?
ES: Paró la grúa. ¿Imaginó que su maniobra rompería la internet?

Note: the examples for non latin scripts have a high likelihood of mistakes, we do not own any of this data and it is sourced from Wiktionary, the NLLB database and Opensubtitles. Please help us improve this by contributing correct examples. We will be working to fix this issue over time however it is a bigger issue due to the the difficulties in dealing with non latin scripts and grammatical structures(non-romantic/european languages have lower resources as well ).