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Oopsie Woopsie refers to a mock website error message used to satirize websites that display cutesy, custom error page screens rather than a simple error code.

Origin

On March 10th, 2018, Twitter user @cherrikissu^[1] posted a tweet criticizing websites who post cutesy error messages, using the mock example “Oopsie woopsie! Uwu we made a fucky wucky! A wittle fucko boingo!” (shown below). Within 72 hours, the tweet gained over 28,000 likes and 8,700 retweets.

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That day, Redditor Reddexter submitted a screenshot of the tweet to /r/me_irl,^[3] where it gathered upwards of 5,400 points (99% upvoted) and 120 comments within 72 hours.

On March 12th, 2018, Redditor zeroxOnReddit submitted a screenshot of a mock error page based off the @cherrikissu tweet to /r/osugame^[2] (shown below).

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Donald Trump Jr, Chocolate Bunny Interview refers to an image macro series based on a viral photograph of United States president Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., being interviewed by a reporter who is blocked by a chocolate bunny. Because of the angle, it appears as though the bunny is interview Trump.

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On March 12th, 2018, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette photographer Andrew Rush tweeted^[1] a photograph of Donald Trump Jr. being interviewed at a Pennsylvania candy factory. However, because a chocolate bunny was blocking the interviewer, the photograph features an optical illusion in which it appears that the bunny is interviewing Trump. Rush captioned the photograph, “This is the danger of campaigning at a candy factory. #PA18.” The post (shown below) received more than 5,500 retweets and 20,000 likes in 24 hours.

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Shortly after the tweet went viral, people began to retweet the image and adding various captions. That day, Twitter^[2] @ziwe tweeted the photograph and added the caption, “‘did YOU frame roger rabbit?’” The post (shown below, left) received more than 445 retweets and 2,270 likes in 24 hours. New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff tweeted,^[3]“When you definitely didn’t take a meeting to dig up dirt on Marshmallow Peeps.” The post (shown below, center) received more than 360 retweets and 1,700 likes in 24 hours.

Additionally, Twitter^[4] user @darth photoshopped the image, so that the bunny’s and Trump’s head are switched. The post (shown below, right) received more than 500 retweets and 3,400 likes in 24 hours.

That day, Donald Trump Jr. commented about the picture on Twitter.^[5] He said, “The chocolate rabbit gave a hard hitting interview and was delicious afterwards.” The post (shown below) received more than 1,700 retweets and 8,000 likes in 24 hours.

That day, Twitter^[6] published a Moments page about the popularity of the photograph. Additionally, several media outlets covered the meme, including TIME,^[7] HuffPost,^[8] The Hill^[9] and more.

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Stretchy Cats refers to a meme on Japanese Twitter in which people take pictures of their cats either held in such a way that shows off their length a la Long Cat, or stretching on their own to look tall. The pictures are shared using the hashtag #全日本猫伸ばし協会, which roughly translates to “All Japan Cat Extension Association” according to Google Translate.

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On February 11th, 2018, Twitter user @yaha_bon^[1] quote-tweeted an image of a stretched-out cat, using the phrase “All Japan Cat Stretch Association” (shown below, left). A reply to that tweet by user @14unyan^[2] turned the phrase into a hashtag (shown below, right).

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Emmanuel Macron Grinning is a series of image macros based on a photograph of French President Emmanuel Macron hugging Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Due to the seemingly malevolent look on Macron’s face, people joke about Macron having sinister intention online.

Origin

On March 9th, 2018, Hindustan Times^[1] photographer Vipin Kumar published a photograph of President Emmanuel Macron hugging Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he leaving a plane. In the photograph, Macron can be seen grinning (shown below).

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Two days later, on March 11th, 2018, Twitter^[2] user @AisiTaisiDemo tweeted the image with the caption, “Season Finale cliffhanger ending shot.” The post (shown below, left) received more than 1,600 retweets and 5,800 likes in two days.

Over the next few days, more users added captions to the photograph (examples below).

On March 12th, Twitter^[3] published a Moments page about the meme. Additionally, several media outlets covered the popularity of the photography, including TIME,^[4] The Indian Express,^[5] The India Times^[6] and more.

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Double Boost refers to a move in Sonic Forces when Sonic the Hedgehog and your avatar join together to perform a high-five. After this gesture, they perform a Spin Jump before dashing away, and with their combined strength, they perform an augmented boost.^[2] Once activated, a short version of the song Fist Bump plays instead the background music.^[1]

Origin

On July 6th, 2017, the official Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube account uploaded the full version of the song. As of March 3rd, 2018, the video has 2.9 million views with about 48,000 likes (shown below).^[3]

Being the main theme to Sonic Forces, it was composed by Tomoya Ohtani, written by Douglas Robb, and perform by the Hoobastank. The rock song is somewhat similar to previous songs in earlier installment of Sonic games like the Sonic Adventure series.^[1]

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On August 26th, 2017, YouTuber XPool da Meme Lord uploaded a video of Sonic the Hedghog and their possible original character performing a Double Boost using sprite animation, which gained 3,560 views as of March 2018.^[4] A day later, YouTuber Jdude330 made a Blazblue edit of when Sonic and the avatar complete a Double Boost, it obtained 6,700 views (both videos shown below).^[7]

On November 15th, 2017, YouTuber Redcat628 created a video with Sheldon J. Plankton when he tries to shift into maximum overdrive, receiving 3,100 views.^[6] Three days later, YouTuber Modern Sonic made a version with live action plush Sonic and Sliver performing the gesture, currently having 1,050 views (both videos shown below).^[5]

On February 13th, 2018, YouTuber Mr. Pasquale posted a shitpost of Double Boost, attaining 74,000 views [Volume Warning] (video shown below).^[8]

As of the month of March, searching up the term “double boost” results in over 1,860,000 results on YouTube.^[9]

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Locals is a slang term used predominantly on Twitter to describe someone who is behind on social trends and engages in generic internet behavior that is also known to be from the same area as the poster. It is used synonymously with normie.

Origin

The most popular definition for “Locals” was added to Urban Dictionary on November 10th, 2017 by user Madisonblegh (shown below).^[1]

Prior to the definition being submitted, the term saw use on Twitter to describe social media users in the immediate area who were uncultured to current internet trends (example shown below).

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Over the following several months, the phrase saw increasing use on Twitter. For example, Twitter user @touchnick used the phrase to describe people reacting to the news that noted Twitter meme-stealing accounts @Dory and @Girlposts had been suspended, echoing the example given in the Urban Dictionary definition of the term (shown below).

Additionally, the term has seen particular use in Stan culture. For example, on March 11th, Twitter user @samsgh_ uploaded an image from the Netflix series Jessica Jones asking about “wigs.” Taken out of context, “Wig” is another Stan term meaning to do something extremely good. The tweet gained over 11,000 retweets (shown below, left). Twitter user @NathanTriska posted a tweet on March 13th that stated “attention all of stan twitter: since “wig!” is now mainstream we need a new words that the locals can’t de-code,” gaining 60 retweets and 300 likes in less than 30 minutes (shown below right).

On March 12th, 2018, The Daily Dot^[2] covered the spread of the term.

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Hire More Women Guards is a snowclone and copypasta popular on Twitter meant to mock liberal and neoliberal priorities which suggest that rather than dismantle oppressive system, society should make those systems more diverse. The joke spread from a tweet by Twitter user @historyinflicks.

Origin

On March 9th, 2017, Twitter user @historyinflicks^[1] tweeted, “Conservatives: Lets round up Muslims and put them in camps. Liberals: HIRE👏 MORE👏 WOMEN👏 GUARDS👏.” The tweet gained over 8,400 retweets and 22,000 likes (shown below).

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After the tweet was posted, it became prophetic as notable Democratic politicians began inadvertently echoing the point of the tweet. On March 16th, 2017, Democratic Senator Kamala Harris argued for maintaining hiring standards on US Border Patrol. This led to a user on /r/chapotraphouse connecting the speech to the tweet.^[2]

The phrase appeared often on /r/ChapoTrapHouse related to current events that seemed to follow the scenario presented by the tweet.^[3] Meanwhile, the phrase continued to appear on Twitter in relation to current events. For example, a tweet by @punksandwitch compared a tweet by @TheDemocrats to @historyinflicks’ tweet (shown below, left). A tweet by @detachment_red parodying a tweet by Amber Tamblyn gained 16 retweets and 73 likes (shown below, right).

The tweet saw increased relevance on March 13th, 2018, when Gina Haspel was named the new CIA Director. While the White House celebrated the hire as the first woman to have the position, many noted that Haspel oversaw torture during the George W. Bush administration.^[4]

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The Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal is ongoing international controversy in which a former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent in England. English Prime Minister Theresa May said that it was “highly likely” that the Russian government was behind the attack. The Kremlin has denied the allegations.

Background

In 2004, Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy who had been working as a double agent for the British government, was arrested in Moscow, Russia. Six years later, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and England.

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Spitting Jamie Carragher refers to a series of jokes and online discussion regarding a video Sky News sports commentator Jamie Carragher spitting at a motorist.

Origin

On March 10th, 2018, following a Manchester United football match in England, Sky News commentator Jamie Carragher was recorded spitting at a nearby motorist, who was heckling him from their car (shown below).^[1]

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Shortly after the incident was reported, people began photoshopping the image of Carragher spitting onto various images. On March 11th, Twitter^[2] user @MarkSummy photoshopped it onto the t-shirt of former player Kenny Dalgish. They added the caption “The spitting was misunderstood. Where Jamie Carragher comes from it’s a way of greeting someone; almost treating them like family.” The post (shown below, left) received mroe than 2,000 retweets and 4,800 likes in less than one week.

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“Where’s Riss?” is a a meme spawned from the meeting of the Double-Chin Wonder and the Spunker’s Spunk-ess. After a thrilling encounter between the Spunk-ess and the Scary Violet Lady, the Double-Chin Wonder’s e-gril, did the Spunk-ess suggest a replacement for the ScARY Lady; Riss. From that day foward, the Double-Chin Wonder would ask, as if lost in a misty mist like pokemen, “Where’s Riss?”

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Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician and the incumbent President of the People’s Republic of China, as well as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the ruling party of China. He is simultaneously praised and criticized online and in international media.

Online History

Xi has garnered a large online following from modern day communists for his contributions to Socialism With Chinese Characteristics, solidified in the Chinese constitution as Xi Jinping Thought. In 2018, under the leadership of Xi, the Communist Party of China introduced a bill that would allow Xi Jinping to be continually reelected until his death or retirement, doing away with an old law introduced by Deng Xiaoping that limited the terms of China’s rulers, in an effort to counteract the rising of a new Mao Zedong.

Winnie the Pooh controversy

In 2017, it was reported that China had banned Winnie the Pooh for resembling Chairman Xi. This garnered a lot of criticism from Western sources and sources from within China, as it was claimed that this was an attempt at a power grab from Xi and the CPC.

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Rex Wayne Tillerson is a former business executive and current US Secretary of State under the Trump administration.

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Wig is a slang term which is shorthand for doing something so incredibly it causes another’s wig to fly off. The phrase originated in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and became associated with Stan culture as fans of artists and celebrities would respond “wig” to actions of their idols.

Origin

The first Urban Dictionary definition of “Wig” with this meaning was submitted on November 28th, 2017, by user buterabliss.^[1]

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Airboarding is a social game in which people hang their hands out of car windows and hold a paper card at their fingertips against the wind so that the card stays connected and mimic the act of skateboarding.

Origin

While the game of airboarding likely existed offline, the earliest known iteration of the sport online was posted in a sketch by the comedy group The Bath Boys on September 8th, 2013. That day, they published a video parody of the trailer for the skateboarding biopic Lords of Dogtown entitled “AIRBOARDERS (Official Movie Trailer).” The video mimics the beats and structure of a biopic about late-70s skatboarding pioneers and maps the act of hanging their hands out of a car window and “surfing” the wind with a business card on the tips of their fingers. The post (shown below) received more than 790,000 views in four and a half years.

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On March 11th, 2018, Twitter^[2] @JeremyWiegman tweeted a video of a man airboarding with various items. The post (shown below, left) was captioned, “BET YOU’VE NEVERSEENTHISBEFORE,” and received more than 42,000 retweets, 114,000 likes and 1.9 million views in three days.

Following the initial tweet, people began sharing their airboarding videos, as well. On March 13th, Twitter^[3] user @keithpucarelli posted a video of a person airboarding with a candy wrapper. The post (shown below, right) received more than 145 retweets and 1,400 likes in 24 hours.

On March 13th, Twitter^[4] published a Moments page about the popularity of the videos.

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National School Walkout refers to a March 14th, 2018 mass protest by school students across the United States for stricter gun control laws. The protests took place a month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting. The students demanded the banning of assault weapons, universal background checks for gun purchasers, and pass a gun violence restraining order law that would allow courts to disarm people who display warning signs of violent behavior.

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The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school organized the protest with the help of Empower, the Youth Wing of the group which organized the Women’s March. ^[1][2]

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Liang Xiangyi Eye Roll refers to jokes, videos and online discussion regarding the frustrated facial movement of Chinese reporter Lian Ziangyi during a perceived fawning question for the Chinese government at the National People’s Congress. References and tributes to the moment were censored online by the Chinese government.

Origin

On March 13th, 2018, during National People’s Congress, Liang Xiangyi, a reporter for the financial news site Yicai, was recorded rolling her eyes at what she saw as a particularly fawning question for a Chinese official (shown below).^[1]

The question roughly translated to:

The transformation of the responsibility of supervision for state assets is a topic of universal concern. Therefore, as the director of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, what new moves will you make in 2018? This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Reform and Opening-up Policy, and our country is going to further extend its openness to foreign countries. With General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi proposing the One Belt One Road Initiative, state-owned enterprises have increased investment to countries along the route of One Belt One Road, so how can the overseas assets of state-owned enterprises be effectively supervised to prevent loss of assets? What mechanisms have we introduced so far, and what’s the result of our supervision? Please summarize for us, thank you."

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Following the incident, people online began to meme the moment. On March 13th, 2018, Twitter^[2] user and Bloomberg reporter shared a video of people parodying the eye roll. The post (shown below) received more than 300 retweets and 1,600 likes.

On Twitter, the incident was discussed under the hashtag“#eyerollgate.”^[3]

Additionally, various online retailers in China began selling images of the eye roll for t-shirts and smartphone cases (shown below).

Banning

Later that evening, references to the video and mentions of Liang Xiangyi name were banned from Weibo, China’s Twitter equivalent.^[4]

Additionally, the Chinese government sent an “urgent notice” to media outlets, banning mention of the episode. The notice read: “Urgent notice: all media personnel are prohibited from discussing the Two Sessions blue-clothed reporter incident on social media. Anything already posted must be deleted. Without exception, websites must not hype the episode.”

Virtually all major media outlets covered the censorship, including CNN,^[5] The New York Times, The Washington Post,^[6]BBC,^[7] The Guardian^[8] and more.

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They Think That I’m Tom Cruise refers to a lyric by rapper Bobby Shmurda from the song “Computers” by Rowdy Rebel. The lyric became a meme following a popular Vine video where a black person films himself in white makeup while the lyric plays.

Origin

“They think that I’m Tom Cruise” comes from the song “Computers” by Rowdy Rebel featuring Bobby Shmurda. The song was uploaded to YouTube on October 24th, 2014 and gained over 31 million views (shown below).

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On December 6th, 2014, Instagram and Vine user elitelife_kd^[1] uploaded a video where he literally acted out the lyrics of the Bobby Shmurda verse. On March 13th, 2015, he uploaded the clip to YouTube, where it gained over 417,000 views (shown below).

The song and video began seeing more parodies over the course of the following several years. On December 21st, 2015, YouTuber stardestroyer85 posted a remix of the ending of The Spongebob Movie, having Spongebob sing “They think that I’m Tom Cruise,” gaining over 53,000 views (shown below, left). On July 18th, 2017, YouTuber MeechOnMars uploaded a horror film parody which featured elitelife_kd as Tom Cruise, gaining over 60,000 views (shown below, right).

On Tumblr, a popular post about a scene from The Dark Knight in which the character Harvey Dent can’t recognize The Joker despite his white face paint until The Joker takes off a nurse’s mask referenced the video, gaining over 58,000 notes (shown below).

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Memes Then, Memes Now refers to exploitable charts comparing more straightforward memes of the late 2000s and early-2010s to the more surreal and shitpost memes of the late 2010s.

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One of the earliest known memes to apply the idea of comparing the surreal evolution of online humor appeared on March 1st, 2016 on Facebook page Kitfisto-core^[1] and referenced The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise.

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Zomp is the name for a light green color on the Resene Color List produced by the hex triplet #39A78E. In early March 2018, the color began appearing in photoshops and image macros on Facebook after being referenced in a tweet published by Vsauce.

Origin

According to the “Spring Green” Wikipedia entry, the color zomp was created sometime in 2007. On May 21st, 2016, Tumblr user bottshue posted a screenshot of a description of the zomp color, adding “there’s a fucking color named zomp” (shown below).

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On May 24th, 2016, a definition for “Zomp” was added by Urban Dictionary user Darcy Suthurlanach (shown below).

On March 6th, 2018, the Vsauce Twitter feed posted a link to a Wikipedia page titled “Lost of colors: A-F,” along with a screenshot of the colors acid green and zomp from the list (shown below).^[3]

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TippityTopKek, often referred to as just Tippity, is a meme page on Instagram with 105k followers as of March 14, 2018.