![]() In April 2015, a definition of the phrase was added to Urban Dictionary stating that it meant "code for two people going to each other's houses and or doing other sexual related acts". The euphemistic nature of the phrase is believed to have been established in mid-2014, and by the end of the year had spread throughout the Black Twitter community, as seen by many now typing chill within scare quotes. By 2013, Netflix's popularity in the US had risen greatly, having accumulated millions of paid subscribers, increasing verb use of the brand and this phrase as a standalone compound noun. It said, "I'm about to log onto Netflix and chill for the rest of the night." Early use of the phrase was without sexual connotations, referring simply to the act of watching the online streaming service, typically by oneself. ![]() The first recorded use of the phrase "Netflix and chill" was in a Twitter post by "NoFaceNina" (La Shanda Rene Foster) on January 21, 2009. ![]()
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