Kabosu and Doge: Meme Origin Facts
A sourced evergreen guide to Kabosu, with facts, context and reference links.
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Grumpy Cat Meme: Internet Fame and Facts
A sourced evergreen guide to Grumpy Cat, with facts, context and reference links.
Internet Memes: How They Spread and Stick
An evergreen explainer on internet memes, what they are and why they spread.
Rickrolling: History and Key Facts
Rickrolling is an Internet meme and prank involving the unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up", performed by the English singer Rick Astley.
Doge (meme): History and Key Facts
Doge (usually DOHJ, DOHG or DOHZH) is an Internet meme that became popular in 2013.
Keyboard Cat: History and Key Facts
Keyboard Cat is a viral video and internet meme.
All your base are belong to us: History and Key Facts
"All your base are belong to us" is an Internet meme based on a poorly translated phrase from the opening cutscene of the Japanese video game Zero Wing.
Hide the Pain Harold: History and Key Facts
Hide the Pain Harold is an Internet meme based on a series of stock photos of András István Arató (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɒndraːʃ ˈiʃtvaːn ˈɒrɒtoː]; born 11 July 1945), a Hungarian retired el
Pepe the Frog: History and Key Facts
Pepe the Frog ( PEP-ay) is a comic character and Internet meme created by cartoonist Matt Furie.
Internet meme: History and Key Facts
An Internet meme, or meme (), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behavior, or style) that spreads across the Internet, now primarily through social media platforms.
Viral phenomenon: History and Key Facts
Viral phenomena or viral sensations are objects or patterns that are able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them.
Wilford Brimley: History and Key Facts
Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor.
Brony fandom: History and Key Facts
The brony fandom is composed of adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, an animated children's television series produced by Hasbro that ran from 2010 to 2019 as part of the My Little
Crysis (video game): History and Key Facts
Crysis is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by Crytek and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows.
Catvertising: History and Key Facts
Catvertising is the use of cats in advertising.
Greyson Chance: History and Key Facts
Greyson Michael Chance (born August 16, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter.
Cheezburger: History and Key Facts
Cheezburger is an American digital media brand and website focused on viral stories, internet culture, memes, and humor.
Chonky (slang): History and Key Facts
Chonky is an adjective internet slang usually for describing animals that are fat, plump or chubby, especially in an adorable and pleasant way.
Cooks Source infringement controversy: History and Key Facts
The Cooks Source infringement controversy is an Internet phenomenon which occurred in November 2010, when Cooks Source, a free, advertising-supported publication distributed in the New England re
Creepypasta: History and Key Facts
A creepypasta is a horror-related legend which has been shared around the Internet.
Decorah Bald Eagles: History and Key Facts
The Decorah Bald Eagles (also known as Decorah Eagles or variations) is a website featuring a live-streaming webcam trained on a bald eagle nest and family in Decorah, Iowa.
Diaosi: History and Key Facts
Diaosi (Chinese: 屌丝; pinyin: Diǎo Sī; lit.
Dogecoin: History and Key Facts
Dogecoin ( DOHJ-koyn or DOHZH-koyn, Abbreviation: DOGE; sign: Ð) is a cryptocurrency created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, who decided to create a payment system as a jok
Doogtoons: History and Key Facts
Doogtoons is a production studio founded and headed by Doug Bresler, best known for its series of "animated celebrity interviews" on the internet.
Emoticon: History and Key Facts
An emoticon (, ə-MOH-tə-kon, rarely , ih-MOTT-ih-kon; portmanteau of emotion and icon) is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using characters—usually punctuation marks, numbers and
Exploding whale: History and Key Facts
There have been several cases of natural or intentional explosion of whale carcasses.
Femboy: History and Key Facts
Femboy ( ) is a slang term that typically refers to young, male individuals who express themselves with traditionally feminine characteristics, or—in the variant spelling femboi—to young trans me
Flash mob: History and Key Facts
A flash mob (or flashmob) is a group of people that assembles suddenly in a public place, performs for a brief time, then quickly disperses, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and/o
Food challenge: History and Key Facts
Food challenges, such as the gallon challenge or the saltine cracker challenge, are specific challenges or competitions involving food.
Front-facing camera comedy: History and Key Facts
Front-facing camera comedy is a comedic genre filmed on the front-facing camera of smartphones in which performers deliver in-character monologues while directly facing the camera, sometimes play
From stability to prosperity: History and Key Facts
From stability to prosperity (Chinese: 由治及興) is a neologism coined by Xi Jinping and the government of Hong Kong in 2022 after the pass of the national security law.
Goodtimes virus: History and Key Facts
The Goodtimes virus, also styled as Good Times virus, was a computer virus hoax that spread during the early years of the Internet's popularity.
Green Onion Chex: History and Key Facts
Green Onion Chex (Korean: 첵스 파맛), commonly known as Pa-mat Chex, was a limited-edition green onion-flavored cereal released by Nongshim in South Korea on July 1, 2020.
Grindmother: History and Key Facts
Grindmother was a Canadian grindcore band centered around its eponymous vocalist and her son, guitarist and producer Rayny Forster.
Megamind: History and Key Facts
Megamind is a 2010 American animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation.
The Hands Resist Him: History and Key Facts
The Hands Resist Him is a painting created by artist Bill Stoneham in 1972.
Hipster PDA: History and Key Facts
The Hipster PDA is a paper-based personal organizer, popularized by Merlin Mann in 2004.
I Can Has Cheezburger?: History and Key Facts
I Can Has Cheezburger?
IJustine: History and Key Facts
Justine Ezarik ( ee-ZAIR-ik; born March 20, 1984) is an American YouTuber.
Illegal flower tribute: History and Key Facts
"Illegal flower tribute" (simplified Chinese: 非法献花; traditional Chinese: 非法獻花; pinyin: fēifǎ xiànhuā) is an Internet meme that emerged after Google's announcement of a possible exit from mainland