Kamalanomenon

Explaining the Kamalanomenon (another Chappell Roan reference) is part of Jessica Maddox’s job. […] She spent Sunday evening telling her husband, “because I’m like, 10 days on the internet ahead of him,” about the significance of the coconut tree, which has been a thing for weeks now.

2024 July 23, Maura Judkis, Jesús Rodríguez, “The Kamala Harris meme decoders have entered the chat”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2024

The vibe shift since Harris became the presumptive nominee has been whiplash-inducing, leaving some conservatives suspecting a plot. [see title]

2024 August 2, Michelle Goldberg, “Don’t Listen to the Right. The Kamalanomenon Is Real.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2024

For sale: size 3XL "WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS A KAMALANOMENON" shirt, never worn

2025 July 23, @imreiningitin, X (post), archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026

The significance of the Kamalanomenon intensely resonated with social media users at a very specific moment in American history, at a point where technological affordances of social media communication were the most advanced.

2026, Maggie Riegel, “Ladies, Do We REALLY Need a ‘Kamalanomenon’?” Discourses of Resistance, Digital Black Feminism, and the Attention Economy of TikTok During the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, Dissertation, Drexel University, →ISBN, page 8