# slime tutorial

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A bootleg video recording of a theatrical production, especially of a Broadway musical.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slime, tutorial.

## Etymology
Named for a popular genre of YouTube videos in the late 2010s that instructed viewers on how to make slime; by sharing a name with a popular search term, illicit videos of copyrighted productions were less likely to be flagged for copyright infringement or otherwise removed from video-sharing sites.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slime-tutorial