A Chinese dumpling traditionally filled with meat or vegetables, steamed or boiled; also can refer to a creepy internet urban legend character.
From Chinese 'mo' meaning 'pinch' or 'fold,' referring to how the dumplings are shaped. As the urban legend, it emerged from folklore about shapeshifters.
The 'Momo Challenge' internet panic of 2018 taught us something fascinating about modern folklore—we're creating urban legends in real time through social media, and they spread faster than ever before because they live online.
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