Hello and welcome to the English We Speak, where we explain expressions used by fluent English

speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Fou Faye and I'm joined by a very colourful Georgie.

Yes, I'm wearing all the colours of the rainbow today. I definitely feel like I'm having a bit

of a main character moment in the office.

And main character moment is the expression we're looking at in this program.

Now, we know main character in the usual sense. It's the person, animal or fictional being

that a story centres around, often the most important character in a story.

Exactly.

But in the last few years, people on the internet have been using main character to describe

real people.

If you call someone the main character, it just means they stand out or grab people's

attention in some way.

And yes, you definitely look like the main character today

in that very colourful outfit, Georgie. Now, having a main character moment is when you feel like

the protagonist of a film. Maybe because you're wearing something eccentric or something about

your environment or situation is dramatic. Yeah, so for example, I remember

when I was little being in the car with my parents and I was looking out the window at the

raindrops falling down the window and feeling very dramatic. I was having a real main character

moment. Let's hear some more examples.

Yesterday I got my hair, my nails, my makeup done. I felt great walking down the street.

It was such a main character moment. I had a main character moment at the weekend. I played a board game with my friends and I delivered such a

motivating speech to my teammates. I felt really cool. So we went out with colleagues recently and I did

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