Mic drop

[2][better source needed] Performers from different groups can engage in confrontational performance styles — rappers may participate in rap battles; comedians may interact with a heckler in the audience — and dropping the microphone after a particularly effective line indicated complete confidence in the opponent's inability to come back with anything that would be worthy of a response.

Johnny Rotten, lead singer of the British punk band the Sex Pistols performed a mic drop at the end of a concert at the Mafcentrum Maasbree, Netherlands, in December 1977.

[2] US President Barack Obama performed a mic drop on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which has been credited with popularising the meme.

[4] In 2017, RM, the leader of boy band BTS, revealed that the track "Mic Drop" from their extended play Love Yourself: Her was inspired by Obama's speech.

[7] The feature was removed within hours after Google received complaints from some users, with some reporting that they lost their job as a result of accidentally using it.