No1Curr

About

No1Curr is an abbreviation of the phrase “no one cares” typically used in online discussions to dismiss someone else’s post or remark as insignificant, similar to other snide reaction memes like “Didn’t Read, LOL” and Look at All The Fucks I Give.

Origin

The term is said to have been coined by KatieKylie, a LiveJournal member and diehard fan of Christina Aguilera, on a spin-off site of the celebrity gossip community Oh No They Didn’t, where it became used to heckle articles about individuals widely regarded as unworthy of discussion.^[12] The earliest known mention of “No1Curr” can be found in a comment posted by LiveJournal member Hay_Bitch in an article^[13] about the details of Resident Evil 5 Collector’s Edition published on January 17th, 2009.

Spread

The earliest UrbanDictionary^[2] entry for “No1Curr” was submitted on June 11th, 2009, by user no1currz, which reads:

“Something you say when someone says something stupid, irrelevant or just ridiculously weird.

The hashtag instance of #no1curr on Twitter was tweeted by Cliffysworld^[3] on October 9th, 2009.^[4] On June 18th, 2010, a post about the boy band The Jonas Brothers titled “NO1CURR About The Jonas Brothers” was published on Ohnotheydidn’t,^[9] which sparked the first wave of search interest.^[10]On May 30th, 2011, DeviantArt artist saladsalty^[8] uploaded a GIF of a dancing pineapple which says “no1curr.”

On June 7th, the Tumbr blog no1curr-opinions^[5], which features images with sexist, homophobic, or overly privileged messages edited so they no longer falls in those categories, was created.On June 13th, YouTuber lolavermillion^[1] uploaded a video of the ’90s Disney castle with “no1curr” appearing at the base instead of Disney. As of March 2014, the video has more than 23,000 views.

On October 15th, Tumblr blog sayitwithgifs^[7] posted a GIF of the “no1curr” Disney castle. As of March 2014, the post has over 80 notes. On March 3rd, 2012, YouTuber DannyNoriega^[6] uploaded a video titled “no1curr” that explains no one cares if you delete them from your Facebook friends. As of March 2014, the video has over 36,000 views.