Internet Memes

Culture & Memetics

The State Farm fishing guy is one of the internet’s most persistent brand memes, turning a calm insurance pitchman into an unlikely online everyman. This profile explains who...

Culture & Subcultures

The image of Jon Hamm dancing in a crisp suit has become a durable shorthand for suave, awkward, or overconfirmed charm. While specific viral clips fluctuate in popularity, the...

internet culture

The phrase “I am meme” associated with Elon Musk originates from his 2021 appearance on Saturday Night Live, where he served as host and musical guest. During the monologue,...

film-memetics

Darth Vader pointing is one of the most recognizable gestures in modern internet culture, rooted in a specific scene from Star Wars: A New Hope. In the moment, the masked Sith L...

culture

The phrase king of random death describes a character, player, or fictional figure associated with high, unpredictable lethality. It is most common in gaming, animation, and onl...

culture-and-society

All bisexuals do is eat hot chip is a meme that reduces bisexual people to a single, trivial habit centered on the snack Hot Chippy or hot chips more broadly. The phrase is not...

internet_memes

“Please pick me” as an online expression and meme has become a recognizable way for people to signal belonging, ask for inclusion, or playfully request visibility in digital...

Culture & Entertainment

Rebecca Black was 13 years old when the music video for her song "Friday" premiered on March 14, 2011. The track and its viral spread defined much of her early public narrative,...

internet_memes

Side Eyeing Chloe refers to a widely recognized internet meme featuring a woman scrutinizing the camera with a skeptical, side glance. This expression has become shorthand for d...

internet culture

Internet famous animals are creatures whose distinctive looks, behaviors, or circumstances resonate widely online, turning them into recurring symbols, memes, and digital storyt...

internet culture

The holding up finger gesture most commonly signals a specific number, often used to indicate order, count, or rank in casual contexts. People also use a single raised finger to...

fashion-culture

The Marc Jacobs meme is a recurring internet motif built around the luxury fashion designer and the idea of youthful excess, irony, and recognizable branding. This explainer out...

internet culture

The term Harambe face describes a specific expression and set of images associated with Harambe, a Western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo. It is not a medical d...

Celebrity Profiles

“This one time at band camp” is a setup line used to launch a funny, often improbable story. It pairs the relatable awkwardness of school activities with the promise of an e...

internet_memes

The phrase 'but her emails' is an online meme used to deflect sexual misconduct accusations by pivoting attention to a woman’s private or work emails. It emerged in feminist a...

Celebrity Profiles

‘Darius Rucker never been over’ is an online phrase used to express that a person, concept, or topic has remained relevant, popular, or culturally visible over a long period...

culture

Rickrolling is an internet prank that began in the early 2000s, where someone is tricked into clicking a link that leads to the music video for Rick Astley’s 1987 hit song Nev...

internet culture

The phrase Florida Man on September 24 typically refers to news stories or social media posts highlighting unusual incidents involving a man in Florida that surfaced on or aroun...

internet_memes

The "I didn't know that" meme is a short, declarative phrase used to express feigned or genuine surprise, often in response to trivial or oddly specific information. It typicall...

Celebrity Profiles

Napoleon Dynamite wrestler refers to the fictional character Napoleon Dynamite, portrayed by Jon Heder in the 2004 comedy film, whose persona borrows mock-wrestling imagery and...

memes-and-internet-culture

The phrase Mayor Jaws Anchor Jacket refers to an image macro and catchphrase that emerged from an online clip featuring a man compared to the fictional mayor from the 1975 film...

memes-and-internet-culture

A Deadpool Christmas refers to the online mashup of Deadpool, the irreverent antihero from Marvel comics, with Christmas themes or holiday scenarios. It is not an official event...

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Skibidi Gen Alpha refers to a stylistic mashup of the early 2020s meme phrase Skibidi and the demographic label Gen Alpha, the cohort born after Gen Z. The term is used online t...

culture-and-society

The Alfonso Ribeiro meme centers on the "Carlton Dance," a signature move popularized by the actor and singer during his role as Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince...

culture

Downfall is a 2004 German biographical drama directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel that dramatizes the final days of Nazi Germany inside the Berlin Führerbunker. In the years after i...

music_culture

The phrase "Adele unicorn" combines two seemingly unrelated ideas: the universally recognized mythic creature and one of the world’s most grounded, vocal musicians. In online...

Guides And Explainers

A glow cat is a cat that appears to emit a bright, often neon-like glow in low-light photographs or videos, typically captured with night vision, infrared, or wide-aperture opti...

culture-and-society

'Find the pope in the pizza' refers to a visual phenomenon where a slice of pizza or a baked dough surface resembles a face, often interpreted as Pope Francis. It is a lighthear...

culture-and-lifestyle

The Pedro Pascal "daddy" shirt refers to a plain cotton T-shirt that became widely recognized because the actor was photographed wearing it during a relaxed, candid moment. The...

internet_memes

The phrase take a seat wherever is an internet meme that uses an imperative, casually commanding tone to tell someone to sit down, often anywhere they like. It is frequently pai...

memes-vernacular

Bubba Monkey is an internet phrase that blends Southern cultural archetypes with primate imagery to create a recognizable meme figure often used in jokes, image macros, and shoc...

Culture & Society

Mudvayne Chad is an online phrase that fuses the name of the American metal band Mudvayne with the internet slang term Chad, often used to describe a confident, attractive, or s...