This is a core memory

Lots of pink? It's Barbiecore. Thick eyeliner? Emocore. Red-and-white? Try Tomatogirlcore. But hating on the cute terms? Boomercore

- Sneha Krishnan

Geologists are worried. So are strength trainers. Everything is suffixed with 'core' now. Mildly sad Tuesday? Mopecore. Accidentally wearing black and fur? Mob-wife core. Decluttering: Domestic goddess core. There's Mermaidcore (aquatones, gleaming textures), Mumblecore (content about mundane life), Office-sirencore (we don't know), even Tomatogirl core (ditto).

The descriptor has stretched across fashion, beauty, music, food and review chatter. So, guess what the tendency to christen everything as core is called? Corecore. And the exhaustion that follows? Corerot. It's trend burnout, but with a trendy name.