Recently, in teenage internet circles, the phrase “Netflix and chill” has been inescapable. 
 
 It’s a phrase that means, roughly, “hooking up.” But it’s a lot more complicated than that. “Netflix and chill” is a classic case of social media-fueled semantic drift. It began as a plain, descriptive phrase (“Can’t wait to leave work so I can watch Netflix and chill!”), and stayed that way for several years before acquiring a loose sexual connotation (“Wanna come over for Netflix and chill? ;)”) and, eventually becoming a known code phrase (“He said he loves me, but I know he just wants to Netflix and chill”). 
 
 As with most recent internet slang, “Netflix and chill” seems to have originated on Black Twitter before migrating to Instagram, Tumblr, Vine, and the outer reaches of Memeland. And in a way, it’s the perfect teenage shibboleth. If you were 16, and your parents caught you texting “Netflix and chill?” to your girlfriend, they might think you were proposing an innocent night of watching Chopped on the couch. 
 
 Let’s take a look at how “Netflix and chill” became every teen’s favorite euphemism for getting it on. 
 
 2007 
 
 Netflix begins offering a streaming video service, available for free to all subscribers. 
 
 2009 
 
 The first recorded use of “Netflix and chill” on Twitter comes from user @nofacenina: 
 
 I'm about to log onto Netflix and chill for the rest of the night. — NoFaceNina (@nofacenina) January 22, 2009 
 
 2010 
 
 The first recorded use of “Netflix & chill” (with the ampersand) on Twitter comes from user @TeviStateofMind. 
 
 bouta hop on this netflix & chill for the rest of the day! shower first tho lol — tetevi. (@TeviStateofMind) January 7, 2010 
 
 2011 
 
 Netflix attempts the biggest rebranding in its history—separating its delivery-by-mail and streaming businesses, and renaming the delivery business “Qwikster”—but the effort is a disaster. Customers revolt, the decision is quickly reversed, and the entire business reverts to simply being called “Netflix.” 
 
 Seemingly unaware of any corporate-level turmoil, people on Twitter continue to talk about “Netflix and chill.” At this point, “Netflix and chill” has no alternate, subversive meaning. It’s just a two-word pairing, or, alternately, a verb phrase that means “to watch Netflix, while chilling.” And it’s usually performed alone. “Netflix and chill,” at this point, is an introvert’s metaphor for voluntary solitude. 
 
 I think I'm about to see whats on netflix & chill until my phone gets some action or something of the sort. — chief (@_ChasingDestini) August 9, 2011 
 
 Bouta Watch Some Netflix & Chill My Body Hurt — Carlie McIntosh (@_iCarlie) July 31, 2011 
 
 https://twitter.com/_TroyYoung/status/115618222639812608 
 
 2012 
 
 People start referring to “Netflix and chill” as a compound noun that doesn’t require an antecedent verb phrase (“about to watch”) or gerund (“watching”). The phrase “Netflix and chill” still has no sexual meaning, but the noun phrase usage is clearly on the rise. 
 
 Bouta Fuck W/ Some Netflix And Chill . — RIT RIT (@iShaanTweeting) August 26, 2012 
 
 Today is a netflix & chill day i need to turn down. — sway 👓 (@bbylaylow) January 1, 2013 
 
 2013 
 
 Netflix’s streaming service begins to take off in the U.S., adding millions of members and surpassing HBO in paid subscribers. “Netflix and chill” is rising in Twitter usage, but so is the usage of other formations: “YouTube and chill,” “Hulu and chill,” and even the backwards “chill and Netflix.” 
 
 Out of work and class for the day…. 
 
 Finna chill and Netflix all evening✌ — PapiWaxx (@therealwaxx) January 30, 2013 
 
 Can't wait to get home so I can watch Hulu and chill — Bad Gal Nicki❤️ (@Nicki_Flavorzz) April 26, 2013 
 
 2014 
 
 Netflix is still growing quickly, and ends the year with 57.4 million subscribers in about 50 countries. Twitter user @DoYou_Q (24,000 followers) tweets “Netflix & chill” in its new compound form. 
 
 It's a Netflix & chill kind of night — Quincy (@BeYou_Q) January 25, 2014 
 
 Now, seeing “Netflix and chill” as a standalone phrase is fairly common, although more straightforward usage can also be spotted. 
 
 Netflix and chill. I love it — ^.^ (@dejaaaaaaaaa) January 2, 2014 
 
 Summer 2014 
 
 Dozens of Twitter users start saying “Netflix and chill” with a wink of innuendo. And a fascinating gendered watchword phenomenon develops. Teenage girls who had been asked to an innocent-sounding “Netflix and chill” session by boys, only to discover those boys’ true motives, began issuing tongue-in-cheek warnings to other girls, telling them to be careful. 
 
 Netflix and chill 👍 — CAK (@1AlannaKing) August 5, 2014 
 
 All jokes aside, im taking applications for netflix and chill nights? — Wonnniiee (@hey_wonnie) August 8, 2014 
 
 Man I need someone to watch Netflix and chill with 😔. — Cookie (@cookie07__99) August 10, 2014 
 
 October 2014 
 
 More women (and a few men) start catching on to the second, more subversive meaning of “Netflix and chill.” Scare quotes start appearing around “chill,” indicating that people know what’s really going on. 
 
 Netflix and chill never means Netflix and chill now a days lol — papi (@itsIsaaaaaaac) October 8, 2014 
 
 @DatUglyFuck fuck the zoo lights just take her home for Netflix and "chill" — lame (@ivanbiurquez) October 8, 2014 
 
 November 2014 
 
 The “starter pack” meme hits Twitter and Tumblr. And on November 17, @Start3rPack tweets the following: 
 
 The "Netflix and chill" starter pack pic.twitter.com/JaQuCtMaoq — Starter Pack (@Start3rPack) November 17, 2014 
 
 The lower-right photo is of a wrapped condom. For perhaps the first time, the implicit meaning of “Netflix and chill” has been made explicit. 
 
 January 2015 
 
 The secret is out. Winking references to “Netflix and chill” begin to appear nearly as frequently as earnest “I want to watch Netflix and chill” tweets. 
 
 when she say "we can watch netflix and chill" but you know what it really means 😉 pic.twitter.com/RRCaGIXeai — aylin (@mariesweatshirt) January 14, 2015 
 
 February 2015 
 
 As with most things popularized on Black Twitter, white people discover and eagerly jump on the “Netflix and chill” train. Popular Viner Brittany Furlan posts this Vine on Feb. 1; it racks up more than 11 million loops. 
 
 Soon after, the first Twitter “Netflix and chill” photo memes start appearing. 
 
 When u find out what netflix and chill means 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/llKcgl8RDV — Jazz ⭐ (@SoyLa_Jazz) February 2, 2015 
 
 When she says Netflix and chill pic.twitter.com/m1sJweY6LK — Mopey (@richkeiloffical) February 5, 2015 
 
 March 2015 
 
 “Netflix and chill” has achieved official catchphrase status. 
 
 Y'all guys need to come up with a new mating call, that "lets watch netflix and chill" isn't slick anymore lol — DjBitchTits (@boredterrry) March 6, 2015 
 
 https://twitter.com/middleeasternn/status/575549755008356352 
 
 “Netflix and chill” also gets its first viral GIF tweet, from user @BasedNAfrican. 
 
 When she think she was only coming over for "Netflix and chill" pic.twitter.com/IETwMDccgL — eman (@BASEDNAFRICAN) March 12, 2015 
 
 And a viral meme is born. The number of people searching Google for “Netflix and chill” starts to rise: 
 
 April 2015 
 
 “Netflix and chill” is added to Urban Dictionary, solidifying its place in the vernacular. The definition, written by user LaxBuhl7, defines “Netflix and chill” as “code for two people going to each others houses and fucking or doing other sexual related acts.” The sample usage is: 
 
 Brad: “Hey Julia wanna come over and watch Netflix and chill” 
 
 Julia: “Sure I’ll pick up the condoms” 
 
 Brad: “Wait I thought we were just gonna watch Netflix and chill?” 
 
 Julia: “Netflix and Chill means we fuck, dumbass” 
 
 May 2015 
 
 The next evolution of “Netflix and chill” arrives on Twitter—a photo/reaction macro prefaced by some variation of “20/30/40 mins into Netflix and chill.” Hundreds of these tweets appear. 
 
 20 mins into " Netflix and Chill" you gotta hit her with this look pic.twitter.com/ukdHNYKLhM — Love Dr Renaissance (@Talktodjrp) May 3, 2015 
 
 The face you gotta give her while you're 20 mins into netflix and chill pic.twitter.com/gl95Kcvo5T — Andre Lopez (@DreDre20157) April 25, 2015 
 
 https://twitter.com/jabruh/status/606572300574572544 
 
 June 2015 
 
 A “Netflix and chill” Facebook group is created. Photo memes continue to multiply. 
 
 July 2015 
 
 Netflix, the company, discovers “Netflix and chill,” the meme. This post appears on the company’s official Tumblr: 
 
 August 2015 
 
 “Netflix and chill” spreads to Tumblr, Imgur, and Instagram, where it spawns hundreds of variations. 
 
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 Celebrities begin catching on; Nicki Minaj posts an Instagram photo: 
 
 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 A photo posted by Nicki Minaj (@nickiminaj) on Aug 19, 2015 at 5:16pm PDT 
 
 In late August, B.o.B. releases a song called “Netflix & Chill.” The lyrics are: 
 
 I was thinkin’ Netflix and chill, Netflix and chill/ I got drink and smoke and d–k that’s if you come through for real/ I was thinkin’ Netflix and chill, Netflix and chill/ I wake up and need it up that’s a bed and breakfast for real, oh yeah. 
 
 “Netflix and chill” spreads to other languages. Here’s a German Twitter user saying that she would never engage in “netflix und chill.” 
 
 https://twitter.com/lenasheesh/status/631910987801751552 
 
 Back in the U.S., parents begin asking their kids what “Netflix and chill” means. This almost certainly marks the beginning of the end of the meme. 
 
 my dad asked my mom if she wanted to netflix and chill…… i'm moving out — meghan (@meghan_goddard) August 26, 2015 
 
 My mom just insinuated that when boys ask me to hangout its to "netflix and chill." ?? how do you know what that means??? — Taylor Bach (@TaylorBachh) August 24, 2015 
 
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 Even so, the internet has playfully dubbed it the “Netflix and chill” button, and its arrival represents the next stage in the life of a phrase that began as simply an innocent way of saying, “I’ve had a hard day and all I want to do this evening is put on Netflix, curl up into the foetal position and consume four straight hours of visual entertainment”, but has become an innuendo (and a meme) for hooking up. 
 
 In the innocent days of 2009, “Netflix and chill” really did mean “chilling out and watching Netflix”. It was a solo activity. There you were, sitting on your sofa, the latest season of whatever-it-is buzzing away in front of you, the “chill” part of the equation very much not a euphemism for anything at all. 
 
 The phrase has since become a 21st-century version of “Do you want to come up for some coffee?” In April, it was added to Urban Dictionary with the definition: “Code for two people going to each others houses and fucking or doing other sexual related acts.” 
 
 In 2014, when the euphemistic nature of the phrase was being established, gender lines began to form. Guys tweeted pictures of smug faces alongside captions such as, “When she says Netflix and chill”, while girls tweeted pictures of shocked, dismayed faces with captions such as, “When you find out what Netflix and chill means”. 
 
 This July, Netflix itself got in on the meme, posting a gif from the film Clueless, in which Alicia Silverstone’s character attempts to seduce a school friend while watching telly, only to tumble backwards off the bed, with the caption: “Netflix and chill? No, really”. 
 
 From there, Nicki Minaj caught on, posting a take on the meme to Instagram (503,000 likes), and the “and chill” half began being used in anything from “Lord of the Rings and chill” to “Ramen and chill”. The button, however, may be the death knell of the meme, marking the full corporate appropriation of the phrase. If that doesn’t do it, though, surely this will: across America, parents have started to figure out what it means. ||||| A subtle way to lure a girl to come over to your place, initially as just a "friend", so that it can lead to an opportunity of getting intimate with her while something is playing on Netflix. Romantic movies that the girl is interested in watching are ideal for getting her into the mood.
– Hey, do you want to come over, watch some Netflix and chill? For those of you not in the know, "Netflix and chill" is today's euphemism for hooking up, the Guardian reports. (And if you weren't previously in the know, you are not the only one.) Originally (think 2009), the phrase really did mean exactly what it sounds like: People used it to describe their lazy, solo, binge-watching evenings. Somehow, though, those three little words have morphed to the point that Urban Dictionary's definition is: "It means that you are going to go over to your partners house and f--- with Netflix in the background." Netflix is apparently in on the joke, having recently unveiled hilariously complex instructions to create a device it calls "The Switch," which "dims the lights, silences incoming calls, orders takeout, and turns on Netflix" with just one press of a button. (The Internet is calling it "the Netflix and chill button," the Guardian notes.) The company also tweeted a gif this summer that jokingly incorporated the phrase. This summer, Fusion put together a timeline of the phrase's history, from its apparent first use on Twitter in 2009 ("I'm about to log onto Netflix and chill for the rest of the night") to other, similar phrases ("Hulu and chill") to, finally, the phrase's new meaning in 2014 ("Netflix and chill never means Netflix and chill now a days lol") and its current-day "catchphrase" status.