spongecase

English

Etymology

From sponge +‎ case, referring to the “Mocking SpongeBob” meme, where this type of capitalization is used to convey mocking.

Noun

spongecase (uncountable)

1. Synonym of alternating caps (“a form of capitalization where capital letters are randomly placed throughout the word(s), now used to convey mockery through text messages or in internet comment sections”).
   • 2019 January 24, B. Miller, “Someone Created An App That Turns Your Words Into SpongeBob Meme Text 😂”, in Comic Sands‎, Oh Myyy LLC, archived from the original on 20 September 2020:

     At this time, the app is only available on iOS (maybe because the operating system almost uses sPoNGeCaSe in its name?) and it costs $0.99 to download.

   • 2021, Al Sweigart, “Spongecase”, in The Big Book of Small Python Projects: 81 Easy Practice Programs, San Francisco, Calif.: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 343:

     This short program uses the upper() and lower() string methods to convert your message into “spongecase.”