Entry · catalog no. 2016
demon time
/ ˈdiːmən taɪm /DEE-muhn-time
noun · Internet / national · 2020s
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1.
The late-night hours given over to wild or illicit activity.
“Once it hit 2 a.m. it was demon time on the timeline.”
Origin & Attribution
Black internet slang out of 2020: "demon time" named the late-night hours of the early pandemic, when Justin LaBoy's Instagram Live "demon time" streams turned the app into an after-hours club. Beyoncé put it on wax weeks later in her verse on Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage (Remix)" (2020). A term coined in Black online space and dated to the season it broke.
early 2020
Justin LaBoy's IG Live "demon time" streams
2020
Beyoncé raps it on "Savage (Remix)"
2020s
General slang for wild late-night hours
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide
Internet / national · 2020s
Spoken by
Black internet users
$DEMONTThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Steady6 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
70/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2020
in the culture
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Citations & Sources
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+ Cite a sourceMegan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé, "Savage (Remix)" — song · 2020
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