What Does "Withered" Mean? Internet Slang Explained

Withered refers to a meme derived from the Five Nights at Freddy's video game franchise. The meme typically utilizes the decomposed design of the "withered" animatronic variants that appear in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, adopting the decayed aesthetic for characters or persons outside of the FNAF universe. "Withered" has also been adopted as a popular internet slang to describe the diminished state of someone or something.