What is the origin of that popular slang term “winning” (more commonly spelled in all caps after a # sign)?

The verb rose to popularity in March 2011 with Charlie Sheen’s (Wall Street, Two and a Half Men, Being John Malkovich) frequent use of the word, which could mean attaining riches, being held in high self-esteem, or simply triumphing.

Sheen also coined the term bi-winning.

Bi-winning? Yes.

May I have the definition please?

Bi-winning refers to winning on all levels, “winning here and winning there.”

Can you use it in a sentence?

In response to a journalist’s question about his mental health, Sheen replied: “I’m not bi-polar. I’m bi-winning.”

Are you #WINNING?

9 COMMENTS

  1. Hahaha! Do you realize that when I am #winning, you are #loosing? What? This doesn’t make any sense but heey, I feel I am #bi-winning either way, talking and typing at the same time.

  2. Charlie Sheen launched a charity this week, and his first project is to raise money for a baseball fan critically injured in an attack after a Los Angeles Dodgers game. The actor’s Sheen’s Corner foundation will donate profits from merchandise sales at his stage show in San Francisco on Saturday night to the “Brian Stow Fund,” Sheen representative Larry Solters

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