Backrooms

backrooms English The + thumb|250px|The original image used with the Backrooms story posted on 4chan. Etymology From en backrooms. Coined by an anonymous poster on the 4chan /x/ board on May 12th, 2019 (see quotation below). Pronunciation en might be missing an UK pronunciation with the stress on "rooms" en /ˈbækˌɹuːms/ /ˈbækˌɹʊms/ UK en /ˈbækˌɹums/ /ˌbækˈɹums/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Backrooms.wav US /ˈbækˌɹums/ Proper noun 1 en Internet slang A fictional environment, originating from an online urban legend and creepypasta, consisting of a seemingly endless maze of empty hallways, often described as being inhabited by monsters, or having multiple levels or floors. en w:4chan https://web.archive.org/web/20240112200721/https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/22661164/#q22662718 /x/ 12 May 2019 If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in ¶ God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you en Andrew Lloyd The Backrooms: How a Creepy Office Photo Became an Internet Bogeyman VICE https://web.archive.org/web/20230507163236/https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dga98/is-the-backrooms-real 29 March 2022 Threads are filled with talk of new levels that could sit above, below or beside the Backrooms, including pitch black tunnels and an abandoned hotel. Derived terms en Poolrooms See also en liminal space Appendix:Liminal spaces References The Backrooms https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-backrooms Spanish Alternative forms es backrooms Pronunciation bácrums bácrrums Ba.ckrooms,Back.rooms Proper noun m-p los Backrooms or f-p las Backrooms es Internet slang the en Backrooms