totallyminus

Totallyminus is a colloquial term primarily used in the early 2000s on the internet, particularly on online forums, chat rooms, and social media platforms. It is often employed as a humorous or ironic expression to convey the opposite or complete negation of a statement, opinion, or fact.

The phrase is believed to have originated from the tendency among internet users to phrase statements in an exaggerated manner. To completely cancel out or contradict a preceding claim, one might append "minus" to form the phrase "totallyminus". This construction creates a sense of inclusivity, "including even this negative response," leading to a deliberately absurd outcome.

When stating a base value or an average rating, "totallyminus" is applied in reverse to the numeric value given. For example, if a person expressed the opinion that 'the movie is a 5 on a scale of 1 to 5,' someone might say "totallyminus 5" to convey the absurdity of the lowest rating. Although this may appear nonsensical at first glance, the phrase is used by some to convey a primarily self-aware, tongue-in-cheek message.

It's also observed that the adoption of "totallyminus" likely results from the veritable dominance of the word "totally" in internet communication. Through a process of involuntary conversion, internet users appear to substitute "minus" for the accustomed word "not" to pragmatically form the negation of any assertion.

The scope of Internet participation has exponentially increased in recent years. Cases of internal dissects of mainstream participation naturally persisted long after the whole of "Totallyminus" had gradually dissipated from online narratives.