epic bacon

noun

A dated, irreverent mode of communication (especially humour) and identification broadly associated with millennials and Redditors, or their lowest common denominators.

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Meanings

nounepic bacon (uncountable)
  1. InternetderogatoryneologismuncountableA dated, irreverent mode of communication (especially humour) and identification broadly associated with millennials and Redditors, or their lowest common denominators.

    I recognized ‘epic bacon’ culture for what it was, twee islamophobia

    2018 July 21, @AyeshaASiddiqi, Twitter
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    Like “epic bacon” before it, it was only a matter of time before the pendulum swung and we got a software update that said, “This isn’t cool anymore.”

    2022 November 15, Katherine Dee, “The Crushing Loneliness of the Girl Boss”, in Tablet

    Yes, the man in charge of our newly rechristened Department of War really took the stage in front of a bunch of seasoned, professional, high-ranking officers and proceeded to go epic bacon mode.

    2025 October 1, Drew Magary, “Pete Hegseth is f—king embarrassing”, in SFGate

    The big winner that year was “Daniels” Kwan and Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, a Marvel-style multiverse-of-madness saga with a timely (and not entirely disingenuous) immigrant-assimilation narrative sandwiched between Epic Bacon-style sight gags and set pieces

    2026 January 21, Brendan Boyle, Adam Nayman, “Sounds of Freedom: The Biden Years On-Screen, Part Three”, in LA Review of Books

    Trump, meanwhile, went in the other direction. He opted for pseudo-macho pastiche, with a distinct Reddit-ish tang: Operation Epic Fury might as well translate to Operation Epic Bacon.

    2026 March 6, Luke Winkie, “The Most Surreal Part of Trump’s War Is What He Is Doing Right in America, in Front of Us All”, in Slate.com

Origin

Referring to overuse of epic (as in epic fail), and bacon mania as signifiers of the late 2000s internet culture. Popularised by a 2014 CollegeHumor sketch titled "The Epic Bacon Boys".

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APA

epic bacon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epic%20bacon

MLA

“epic bacon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epic%20bacon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epic bacon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epic%20bacon.

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