Meanings
- InternethumorousTotally or in humiliating fashion, in the context of being wronged or defeated.
AI got me for my foams smh
2023 February 3, @fauxfresh, Twitter2 more examples
jack got me for my foams. rt to help me find my mutuals🙏🏼😭
2020 February 25, @luver4skategirl, TwitterKiller Bee really ran sasuke for his foams while he was rapping 😭😭😭
2021 April 16, @MasterMoziah, Twitter
Origin
Referring to being mugged or killed for one's sneakers, also used in image macros of mortally wounded fictional characters, notably Uncle Ben in the film Spider-Man (2002) with the phrase "They got me for my foams".
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for one's foams. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one's%20foams
“for one's foams.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one's%20foams. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for one's foams,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one's%20foams.
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