About
“Fuckboy” is an Internet slang term used as a pejorative toward men who are perceived as immature, weak or disrespectful toward women. On Tumblr, the term is associated with the phrase “En garde, fuckboy,” which is often paired with images of skeletons in a similar vein to 2Spooky.
Origin
On December 29th, 2004, Urban Dictionary[1] user bretb submited an entry for the term “fuckboy,” defining it as “a person who is a weak ass pussy.”
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Spread
On November 29th, 2008, YouTuber DJFullmoon uploaded a music video for the track “Fuck Boy” by hip hop artist Papa Duck (shown below).
On March 11th, 2014, YouTuber BrealTV uploaded a satirical video titled “Signs you may be a fuckboy with Professor Houseshoes,” which called out submissive, unoriginal and fake men as being “fuckboys” (shown below).
On April 30th, the “No time for dat goku” Tumblr[2] blog posted a photoshopped image of a retro-themed video game with a skeleton wielding a knife and the caption “En Garde, Fuckboy” (shown below). In the first four months, the post gained over 39,000 notes.
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On August 7th, 2014, the “Get Wrecked Fuckboy” Tumblr[3] blog was launched, which highlights images and animated GIFs of skeletons. On September 5th, Redditor ThirdWaveSTEMinism submitted a post questioning the use of the term “fuckboy” on Twitter toward perceived bigots to the /r/socialjustice101[4] subreddit. On September 27th, Tumblr[5] user rememberingsuunday published a list of “fuckboy symptoms,” which gathered upwards of 165,600 notes within 48 hours.
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Search Interest
External References
[1]Urban Dictionary – fuck boy
[2]Lysol.co.vu – En Garde, Fuckboy
[3]Tumblr – Get Wrecked Fuckboy
[4]Reddit – as an insult is fuckboy
[5]Tumblr – remberingsuunday
