Note: Work in progess, reseaching
About
“Ur a Faget” is a intentionally misspelled insult that is often used towards another poster’s belief or behavior. The phrase first became popular when it was used in a MS Paint comic featuring the main characters from the video game Devil May Cry, and has since used in exploitable images with the viewer looking disgruntled, in a similar vain as Dick Butt.
Origin
Though it is the phrase’s origins is uncertain, the earliest online posting was on a Blizzhacker[1] forum thread by user Spearinmyhead on December 7th, 2007, who used the phrase to intently troll users on the thread.
Spread
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Around the same time, an MS Paint comic (shown below) featuring Devil May Cry main character Dante delivering a letter reading “ur a faget” to his bother Vergil began circulating on 4chan as early as December 17th, 2007, when it was featured with the phrase as the GET post for the 9 millionth posting on the /v/[2] (video game) board. Though the possibly of the comic dating back further, archives of it, and it’s creation date, has since been lost.
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