Entry · catalog no. 0422
periodt
/ /ˈpɪə.ɹi.ədt/ /PEER-ee-uhd-tuh
interjection · South / Black gay vernacular · 2010s
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The last word with the door closed behind it — "period" with extra finality. No rebuttal accepted.
“We are not lending him the car again, periodt.”
Origin & Attribution
Southern Black gay vernacular of the early 2000s. The final T reflects a regular Black English sound pattern — a final D devoiced to a T — not a typo. Miami's City Girls carried it to national fame and Black Twitter made it ubiquitous by 2019, long after its first communities had made it grammar.
2010s
Emphatic ''periodt'' spreads in Black gay vernacular
2018
Widespread on social media as a full-stop tag
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
The South
South / Black gay vernacular · 2010s
Spoken by
Black gay vernacular and drag culture
$PERIODThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Rising10 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
80/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2016
in the culture
Recorded here
2026
point of first record
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New Orleans, LA
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Houston, TX
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Citations & Sources
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Dictionary.com slang entry, "periodt" — reference · 2019
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+ Cite a sourceKnow Your Meme, "Periodt" (documented spread timeline) — reference · 2019
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