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Mic Drop


Idioms can come into being at any time. Today's is proof of that. This saying appeared in the 1980's but in the past couple (few?) years has gained popularity and become part of slang speech.

It showed up in the 80s to mean delivering a performance or speech to get the better of someone in such a great way that you can just drop microphone and walk away victorious. Credit is given to Eddie Murphy for being one of the first to use it in a public setting. You can hear him use it in his comedy Delirious. Since 2012 the person who has continually used it in basically perfect ways is...President Obama!
(sources: Wikipedia on Mic Drop, A History of the Mic Drop, Obama Out)












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