spongecase
nounEtymology From sponge + case, referring to the “Mocking SpongeBob” meme, where this type of capitalization is used to convey mocking.
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Internet Synonym of alternating caps (“a form of capitalization where capital letters are randomly placed throughout the word(s), used to convey mockery through text messages or in online discussions”).
- At this time, the app is only available on iOS (maybe because the operating system almost uses sPoNGeCaSe in its name?) and it costs $0.99 to download.2019 January 24, B. Miller, “Someone Created An App That Turns Your Words Into SpongeBob Meme Text 😂”, in Comic Sands, Oh Myyy LLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2020:
- This short program uses the upper() and lower() string methods to convert your message into “spongecase.”2021, Al Sweigart, “Spongecase”, in The Big Book of Small Python Projects: 81 Easy Practice Programs, San Francisco, Calif.: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 343: