shillmon

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noun

A Pokémon that receives excessive exposure, marketing focus, and favoritism from The Pokémon Company.

OriginEnglish Pokémon ← Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon) ← Middle English monstre →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounshillmon (plural shillmons)

plural shillmons

  1. derogatoryA Pokémon that receives excessive exposure, marketing focus, and favoritism from The Pokémon Company.

    Charizard still sucks, and is a shillmon at best.

    2020 June 8, @janrts, X, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026
    2 more examples

    I could see this being the next shillmon to get in Smash - That or Meowscarada

    2025 December 29, @_Mimikyu, X, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026

    It's ugly but it's genuinely cringe that Charizard got it's shiny changed by hand. Like deadass hes such a fucking shillmon I cannot fathom it.

    2026 March 15, @carcasscomplex, X, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026

Origin

  1. Englishshill
  2. Proto-Germanic*puhô
  3. Frankish*pokō
  4. Old Frenchpoche
  5. Anglo-Normanpoket
  6. Middle Englishpocket
  7. Englishpocket
  8. Japaneseポケット
  9. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  12. Proto-Italic*moneō
  13. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  14. Latinmōnstrum
  15. Old Frenchmonstre
  16. Middle Englishmonstre
  17. Englishmonster
  18. Japaneseモンスター
  19. Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
  20. Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
  21. EnglishPokémon
  22. Englishshillmon

Blend of shill + Pokémon.

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Cite this entry
APA

shillmon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shillmon

MLA

“shillmon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shillmon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shillmon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shillmon.

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