About Dafuq is an interjection typically used in reaction to that which makes no sense or provokes severe confusion. It is short for the colloquial phrase “[what] the fuck?” and written without capital letters, spaces and punctuation. Origin The phrase “what the fuck” has been widely used both in real life conversations and popular culture p
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About [10] Guy (also known as “Really High Guy” and “Stoner Stanley”) is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photo of a young man who appears to be under the influence of marijuana. The captions typically portray stereotypical stoner behavior, similar to Stoner Dog, such as giving invalid answers to misunderstood questions and cr
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About Third World Success is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of a dancing tribal child with captions about overcoming hardships that are associated with life in underdeveloped countries. The series can be seen as a derivative of Success Kid and the anti-thesis of First World Problems. Origin The First World Problems image
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About “I Took an Arrow in the Knee” is a catchphrase from the role-playing video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which inspired the snowclone phrasal template “I used to X, then I took an arrow to the knee.” Origin In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the town guard non-player characters (NPCs) have several stock lines they will repeat when the
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About “You must be new here” is a phrase used to call attention to incoming noobs in discussion forums or social networking sites. The expression has been also commonly associated with a still image of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka from the 1971 film “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.” Origin The colloquial usage of “must be new here
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About “You Don’t Say?” is a rage comic face based on a contour drawing of Nicolas Cage that is that is used as a sarcastic response to an obvious observation or statement, in similar vein to “O RLY” image macros. Origin The phrase “you don’t say” is an idiomatic expression used to convey surprise or astonishment but it can be also us
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About Pepper Spray Cop (also known as “Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop”) is a photoshop meme based on a photograph of a police officer offhandedly pepper spraying a group of Occupy protesters at the University of California Davis. Origin UC Davis Occupy Protest On November 18th, 2011, a group of students at the University of California Davi
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About Conspiracy Keanu is an advice animal image macro series featuring a still photo of the Canadian actor Keanu Reeves wearing a frightened expression from the 1989 comedy film Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The images are typically captioned with paranoid conjectures and shallow philosophical questions that show similarities to the Paranoi
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About “Now Kiss!” is the caption associated with a web comic character holding two dolls as if he is forcing them to kiss each other. The image features the same face that would later be used for the Fap Guy often found in rage comics. Origin On February 16th, 2010, FunnyJunk user KingGawjuss posted a MS Paint comic titled “Principal Creepy”
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Warning: this entry contains spoilers for the game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.About “Fus Ro Dah” are the words used in a dragon shout that summons a powerful force from the speaker’s throat in the game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. (See also: Shoop Da Whoop, Force Push) Origin “Fus Ro Dah” are the words for the “unrelenting force”[2] thu’um
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About Lazy College Senior is an advice animal image macro series featuring a young male with short disheveled brown hair drinking a pint of beer. It is typically captioned with unmotivated statements or behaviors that are associated with burnt out college students during their final year of school, a phenomenon commonly known as “senioritis.”[5]
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About Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction is a rage comic character and reaction face of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson making a defensive gesture. The character image is sometimes associated with the catchphrase “Watch out guys, we’re dealing with a badass over here” that is used to mock arrogant and boastful statements that people proclaim on t
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About “Huh?” Guy is the nickname given to Nate Dern, a commercial actor in an AT&T Wireless commercial in which his only line is a surprised “Huh?” in replying to the character of his boss. Along with the video, the actor rose to the status of an overnight celebrity after he posted a link to the video on Reddit in November of 2011. Origi
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About “Yes, This is Dog” (also known as “Hello, This is Dog”) is an image macro series featuring a black Labrador anthropomorphized with the caption as if it is answering the telephone. The phrase and image have been remixed into a variety of different photographs often including other animals in anthropomorphic situations. Origin The trope
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About The Rake is a creepypasta story featuring a humanoid creature that stalks and attacks people in a manner similar to Slender Man. Since 2006, pictures, fan-art and video blogs have been made of the monster, including numerous allusions in the Slenderverse YouTube series EverymanHYBRID. Origin One of the earliest appearances of the story was pos
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About Tebowing is a photo fad named after Tim Tebow in that involves getting down on one knee, placing one’s elbow on the knee and fist against the forehead, similar to a prayer or Thinker’s pose[15], named after the Rodin sculpture.[16] Origin The fad originated from the Denver Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow, who was photographed in the posit
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About “You Are NOT The Father!” is a catchphrase popularized by Maury Povich, the host of the American tabloid talk show The Maury Povich Show.[1] One of the most popular segments featured in the show is “paternity testing,” in which a mother appears on the show with a request to prove or disprove that a man is the biological father of her c
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About Dubstep is a genre of electronic music originating from South London in the late nineties. Although it is rather difficult to define, it is generally characterized by a slow tempo, repetitive low-key beats, heavy emphasis on “wobble” bass lines and hard hitting drum patterns. History Dubstep began in South London, and derived from “dub,
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About Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses is a photo editing meme that features posters and photos of people (typically celebrities) that have been edited with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles masks over the tip of the subject’s nose. Origin The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise began as a comic book in 1984 and was popularized in 1987 as a cartoon televi
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About Friend Zone Fiona is an advice animal image macro series with a stock photo of a laughing girl. The caption technique is similar to Successful Black Man, where the top refers to something a girl would say romantically followed by the bottom text confirming that she is just a friend. Origin “Friend zone” is a dating term describing a relati
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About Shit That Siri Says refers to humorous chat logs of human voice interaction with Siri, the personal assistant application for iPhone operating system iOS5, as documented by the single topic blog Advertised by Apple[7] as a voice interactive program with an attitude and a sense of humor, iPhone users began sharing their memorable dialogues with
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About We are the 99% (a.k.a “I am the 99%”) is a catchphrase that became widespread in the days leading up to and during the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests and offshoot demonstrations elsewhere. Origin The single topic Tumblr for “We are the 99 Percent”[1] was first launched on August 23rd, 2011, nearly a month before the protests began
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About The Wadsworth Constant is an axiom which states that the first 30% of any video can be skipped because it contains no worthwhile or interesting information. For EVERY youtube video, I always open the video and then immediately punch the slider bar to about 30 percent. For example, in this video, it should have just started at :40. Everything b
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About “NONONONO Cat” is the nickname given to Marquis (Russian: Маркиз), a domestic Siberian cat most well known for his meowing that resembles the sound of a person saying “NO NO NO NO.” Marquis garnered much attention in the media and Internet blogs in September 2011, after a YouTube video of him meowing went viral and spawned numero
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About Zyzz (pronounced “Ziz”) was the online handle of Aziz Shavershian, an Australian bodybuilder who frequented 4chan’s /fit/ (health & fitness) board and Bodybuilding Forums /misc (miscellaneous) board. He promoted his “aesthetics” lifestyle, similar to that of a Guido, known for loudly playing dance music and frequenting gyms and t
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About “Nope! Chuck Testa” is a catchphrase associated with taxidermist Chuck Testa from Ojai Valley, California, that became popular after an ad made for his taxidermy services went viral on YouTube in September of 2011. Origin On August 14th, 2011, YouTuber ojaivalleytaxidermy uploaded a video titled “Official Ojai Valley Taxidermy TV Commerc
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About iPhone Whale is an emoticon of a cartoon whale sent using iPhone’s messaging app iChat. The concept became popular after a screenshot of the chat log was posted on the web, spawning a number of variations and parodies on Tumblr and Reddit. Origin The original image was posted by Tumblr user DaringCatastrophe[4] on September 7th, 2011, showi
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About Unhelpful High School Teacher is an advice animal image macro series featuring a stock photo of a woman standing in front of a map of the world and a chalkboard. The captioned text describes lazy or irresponsible teaching methods, as well as cliche expressions and retorts frequently used by teachers in interacting with students. Origin The bas
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About “Going to the Store” is a viral 3D animation video of a nude man walking clumsily through a suburban downtown. Set to the background music “Little Ships” by Jean Jacques Perrey, the unique style of the animation appealed to millions of viewers on popular video-sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo. Origin The short film was directed by
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About Sweded Films are amateur recreations of famous films using limited resources and technology. The films are typically much shorter in length than their originals and use shoe-string budget props to mimic the source material. Origin The term “sweded” comes from the 2008 Michel Gondry comedy film Be Kind Rewind starring Jack Black and Mos Def
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About Celebrity Pokémon Evolutions are a series of visual charts illustrating celebrities with common characteristics or facial resemblance in parallel to the evolutionary lineage of a character from the Pokémon anime and videogame franchise. When multiple celebrities are used, the subjects are typically ranked in the order of physical attractiven
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About Futurama Zoidberg, also known as “Why not Zoidberg?”, is an advice animal image macro series featuring the cephalopod-like alien Zoidberg from the cartoon TV series Futurama. Captions typically start with a query of some sort, followed by the rhetorical question “why not Zoidberg?” at the bottom. Origin Doctor John A. Zoidberg is a fic
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About MissingNo. (けつばん Ketsuban?), sometimes pronounced MissingNO, is a Pokémon species found in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue. Short for “missing number,” MissingNo. typically appears during gameplay in Pokémon videogames when the game attempts to access data for a nonexistence Pokémon species as a result of glitch. It is arg
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About “Nothing To Do Here” is a catchphrase associated with the rage comic character Jet Pack Guy who escapes awkward or difficult situations by flying away with his jet pack. It is used in a similar fashion to the jet pack sprouting “Spontaneous Snail” featured in abandon thread images. Origin The character was created on the Spanish rage
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About Michele Bachmann Newsweek Photo refers to a magazine cover featuring a wide-eyed photo of Minnesota congresswoman and 2012 Republican presidential candidate nominee Michele Bachmann. The image has inspired photoshop fads and parody videos, and sparked a debate about whether it was appropriate for Newsweek to use the photo. Origin On August 7t
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About Misunderstood D-Bag, also known as Misunderstood Mitch, is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photo of a man wearing a blue polo shirt with an erect collar and “soul patch” facial hair. The text on the top line describes stereotypical frat-boy or Scumbag Steve fashion choices or behavior, followed by a reasonable justification
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About “Everyday I’m Shufflin’” is a catchphrase and a snowclone based on a line from the 2011 dance / pop single “Party Rock Anthem” by American electronic hip hop duo LMFAO. Due to the many meanings of “shuffling,” the catchphrase has inspired a prolific series of parody images and video remixes on the web since its YouTube debut in
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About “Feel Like a Sir”, also known as “like a sir”, is a catchphrase and rage comic character used to convey elegance, wealth and class. It is associated with Victorian styles like wearing a top hat, monocle or various types of mustaches, similar to characters portrayed in Verbose Memes image macros. Origin The earliest known instance using
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About Steampunk[30] is a science fiction sub-genre and aesthetic movement that depicts an alternate universe of the Victorian era[15] or the American Wild West where steam power is the dominant source of energy. Steampunk is often associated with being optimistic and playful, albeit unrealistic. Objects made in this fashion can be either remakes of
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About Breadfish is a looped animation featuring several tiled loaves of bread with green fish protruding through the middle, accompanied by the song “Have You Seen the Marvelous Breadfish?” The animation bears many similarities to the tiled “Flying Toasters” After Dark screen saver. Origin According to the wiki page[7] on the humor site Weeb
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