The phrase fake news moved into everyday political language during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and his time in office, when he frequently used it to dismiss critical media coverage. Clips of the wording were widely shared on news broadcasts, social media and meme pages, and the expression soon passed beyond politics into general internet slang for anything untrue or exaggerated. Short excerpts like this one remain popular as reaction audio because the wording is instantly understood, even when it is used jokingly outside its original context.