Entry · catalog no. 9334

unbothered

/ — /pending

adjective · Nationwide · 2026

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Calm and unaffected on purpose — refusing to give a situation or a person the reaction they want. Serenity as a stance.

“They can say what they want, I'm unbothered.”

Origin & Attribution

African American Vernacular English, closely tied to Black women's speech and the posture of not being moved by pettiness. It spread through Black Twitter as a whole attitude — poised, dismissive, above it — before becoming a generic caption word.

Region of origin

West

Midwest

N.East

South

Nationwide / diaspora

Nationwide · 2026

Spoken by

Nationwide

$UNBOTHThe Record · cultural traction

▲ Rising

0 yrs

ahead of the mainstream

12/100

peak cultural energy

Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.

Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest

First used

2026

in the culture

Recorded here

2026

point of first record

Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.

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Atlanta, GA

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Memphis, TN

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Citations & Sources

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African American Vernacular English, "unbothered" — reference · entry

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Black Twitter usage — cultural history · 2010s

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