Meme History

Celebrity Profiles

The Kanye West and George Bush meme originates from a widely circulated photograph of then-President George W. Bush reacting beside Kanye West at a 2005 White House press confer...

internet culture

The "you’ve been rick rolled" meme describes a prank in which someone is tricked into clicking a link that leads to the music video for Rick Astley’s 1987 hit "Never Gonna G...

internet culture

‘Chloe we’re going to Disneyland’ is an internet phrase that began as a moment of sincere celebration and became a durable meme used to express triumph, motivation, and pl...

Celebrity Profiles

In a short scene during the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana , Miley Stewart’s character notices flakes on Jackson Stewart’s (her brother) collar, sparking a quick joke...

Celebrity Profiles

‘William Shatner get a life’ is a recurring meme and internet refrain aimed at the Star Trek actor, suggesting he move on from decades of public association with the charact...

meme-culture

"Swag surfin" is an internet phrase that fuses swagger with the imagery of riding waves, producing a playful way to describe moving stylishly through digital spaces or real life...

internet culture

Pepe the Dog is an internet meme originating from the character Pepe in the 2005 comic series Boy’s Club by artist Matt Furie. The anthropomorphic green frog, not a dog, becam...

culture-and-society

'Kiki Are You the One' is a meme format that combines the name Kiki with the reality TV premise of matching people in romantic pairs. In internet usage it functions as a humorou...

internet culture

The Bed Intruder costume refers to the recurring visual motif and meme format derived from a 2010 televised news interview in which Antares Dawson describes a home invasion whil...

culture-and-society

The phrase The Man Show beer #chug is tied to a moment from the American comedy series The Man Show, where a beer-chugging stunt is performed and often discussed with the hashta...