internet memes

A rick roll is a prank that redirects people to the music video for Rick Astley’s 1987 song “Never Gonna Give You Up.” It emerged from early internet bait-and-switch tacti...

'Guy yelling at cats' refers to a widely circulated internet meme format featuring a man appearing to shout at cats, often used to parody exaggerated frustration or to comment o...

“Rick Astley virus” is an informal label for the online phenomenon of tricking someone into watching or listening to Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.”...

Weeds Dad is an internet persona and meme that emerged around a father figure appearing in cannabis culture–related images and videos. The phrase is typically used to describe...

‘Let them’ is a succinct online shrug that signals indifference or detachment, often paired with a controversial or polarizing topic. The phrase is typically extended in for...

The phrase "Kim there's people dying" is a compact, darkly humorous line that has circulated widely in online spaces, often directed at a person known as Kim. At its core, the m...

"Skibidi Toilet Ohio" is an internet mashup that pairs the Russian absurdist music video "Skibidi" with the U.S. state name Ohio, yielding a nonsensical but highly repeatable on...

The "Skittles Song" refers to a short, catchy phrase that became a recurring punchline in online jokes, reaction videos, and meme formats. Its staying power comes from the absur...

The Eminem spaghetti sauce meme originated from a 2009 Saturday Night Live sketch in which Eminem, playing himself, aggressively defends his preference for spaghetti sauce on a...

‘We killed your dad for a lighter’ is a provocative phrase rooted in online meme culture and shock humor, not a literal event. It distills exaggerated nihilism, absurdist de...

The "Becky with the good hair" meme originates from a single line in Beyoncé's 2016 song "Sorry" from the album Lemonade, where she sings, "Becky with the good hair, Becky that...

“Who stole the hat” is a recurring online question that functions less as a literal accusation and more as a compact expression of confusion, suspicion, or playful accusatio...

"Poop Ship Carnival" is an absurdist meme phrase that gained widespread attention in 2023 as a nonsense jingle paired with increasingly elaborate visual edits. The line originat...