Grumpy Cat Meme: Internet Fame and Facts
A sourced evergreen guide to Grumpy Cat, with facts, context and reference links.
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Harlem Shake Meme: Viral Video Facts
A sourced evergreen guide to Harlem Shake, with facts, context and reference links.
Valeriepieris circle: History and Key Facts
A Valeriepieris circle ( VAL-ə-ree-PY-rəs) is a figure drawn on the Earth's surface such that the majority of the human population lives within its interior.
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
Pirates versus Ninjas: History and Key Facts
Pirates vs.
Internet Memes: How They Spread and Stick
An evergreen explainer on internet memes, what they are and why they spread.
Kabosu and Doge: Meme Origin Facts
A sourced evergreen guide to Kabosu, with facts, context and reference links.
Photobombing: History and Key Facts
Photobombing is the act of purposely putting oneself into the view of a photograph, often in order to play a practical joke on the photographer or the subjects.
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
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.
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.
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.
OS-tan: History and Key Facts
OS-tans are moe anthropomorphic personifications of popular operating systems, originating on the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel.
Omoide wa Okkusenman!: History and Key Facts
"Omoide wa Okkusenman!" (思い出はおっくせんまん！; translated as "110 million memories!" or "Countless memories!") is a song that has become an Internet meme in Japan.
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
Megamind: History and Key Facts
Megamind is a 2010 American animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation.
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
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
Scam baiting: History and Key Facts
Scam baiting (or scambaiting) is a form of internet vigilantism primarily used towards advance-fee fraud, IRS impersonation scams, technical support scams, pension scams, and consumer financial f
IJustine: History and Key Facts
Justine Ezarik ( ee-ZAIR-ik; born March 20, 1984) is an American YouTuber.
Steak and Blowjob Day: History and Key Facts
Steak and Blowjob Day (sometimes Steak & BJ Day or Steak and Knobber Day) is a satirical unofficial holiday created in the United States as a male response to Valentine's Day and celebrated a mon
Diaosi: History and Key Facts
Diaosi (Chinese: 屌丝; pinyin: Diǎo Sī; lit.
Pasaron cosas: History and Key Facts
Veníamos bien, pero de golpe pasaron cosas (Spanish pronunciation: [paˈsaɾoŋ ˈkosas], English: "Things happened" or "We were doing well, but then things happened all of a sudden") or simply abbre
Megalovania: History and Key Facts
"Megalovania" (sometimes stylized in all caps) is an instrumental video game song composed by Toby Fox.
Grindmother: History and Key Facts
Grindmother was a Canadian grindcore band centered around its eponymous vocalist and her son, guitarist and producer Rayny Forster.
It's Over 9000!: History and Key Facts
"It's Over 9000!", also known simply as "Over 9000!", is an Internet meme that became popular in 2006, involving a change made for English localizations of an episode of the Dragon Ball Z anime t
Who Killed Captain Alex?: History and Key Facts
Who Killed Captain Alex?
Exploding whale: History and Key Facts
There have been several cases of natural or intentional explosion of whale carcasses.
Waiting for Uncle Fat: History and Key Facts
Waiting for Uncle Fat is a Hong Kong Internet slang term and an internet meme; “Uncle Fat” is the nickname of rural patriarch Lau Wong-fat.
Hipster PDA: History and Key Facts
The Hipster PDA is a paper-based personal organizer, popularized by Merlin Mann in 2004.
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.
Internet slang: History and Key Facts
Internet slang (also known as Internet shorthand, cyber-slang, netspeak, or digispeak) is a non-standard or unofficial form of language used by people on the Internet to communicate with one anot
Kung Fu Bear: History and Key Facts
Kung Fu Bear is an Internet meme involving an Asian black bear who skillfully twirls, throws and catches a long staff.
Cheezburger: History and Key Facts
Cheezburger is an American digital media brand and website focused on viral stories, internet culture, memes, and humor.
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.
Putin's rynda: History and Key Facts
Putin's rynda (Russian: рында Путина) is an internet meme which refers to a LiveJournal user post, picked up by the radio station Echo of Moscow, and forwarded to the Prime Minister of Russia Vla
LazarBeam: History and Key Facts
Lannan Neville Eacott (born 14 December 1994), also known as his pseudonym LazarBeam, is an Australian YouTuber, gamer and Internet personality, known primarily for his video game commentary vide
Tailrank.com: History and Key Facts
Tailrank.com was a site that provided a feed of content on the World Wide Web that was being discussed across the blogosphere.
Pepe the Frog: History and Key Facts
Pepe the Frog ( PEP-ay) is a comic character and Internet meme created by cartoonist Matt Furie.
I Can Has Cheezburger?: History and Key Facts
I Can Has Cheezburger?
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
Real Ultimate Power: History and Key Facts
The Official Ninja Webpage: Real Ultimate Power is a satire website created in 2002 by the pseudonymous Robert Hamburger.
Streets (song): History and Key Facts
"Streets" is a song by American rapper and singer Doja Cat from her second studio album, Hot Pink (2019).
Greyson Chance: History and Key Facts
Greyson Michael Chance (born August 16, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter.
La Tigresa del Oriente: History and Key Facts
Juana Judith Bustos Ahuite (born 22 November 1945) is best known as La Tigresa del Oriente (lit.
Videobombing: History and Key Facts
Videobombing is the phenomenon of an unexpected appearance in a video of individuals who were not intended to be there by the operators of the camera or the individuals being filmed.
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.