About
Synonym Rolls is a misspelling of “cinnamon rolls” that first appeared in a tweet describing a photograph of baked cinnamon-flavored pastries, which became widely mocked on Twitter and Tumblr upon its spread in August 2014., in a similar vein to parodies of the phrases “chicken nuggers” and “commit sudoku”.
Origin
On November 1st, 2011, a 5th grade teacher published a post on Blogspot[7] about using using construction paper to make “synonym rolls” teaching aids to help children learn to properly identify synonyms in context.
On July 9th, 2014, Twitter user @placelikethis[1] tweeted “Made some synonym rolls” along with a photograph of freshly baked cinnamon rolls (shown below). Within three months, the tweet garnered upwards of 950 retweets and 800 favorites.
Spread
On August 9th, 2014, Twitter user @IAmDeionte[2] posted a photograph of cinnamon rolls with the caption “Just made some synonym rolls” (shown below). In the first two months, the tweet gained more than 370 retweets and 335 favorites.
On the same day, Tumblr[3] user drinksallroundcunt highlighted @IAmDeionte’s tweet. On September 16th, Tumblr user gonzozeppeli reblogged a screenshot of the tweet with the caption “Just like grammar used to make,” gathering upwards of 210,000 notes in the next 2 weeks.
On September 15th, Tumblr[4] user SirArtwork published a comic in which a chef if forced to make “synonym rolls” for a large group of people (shown below). In the first week, the post gained over 37,450 notes.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Twitter – @placelikethis
[2]Twitter – @IAmDeionte
[3]Tumblr – so this just poped up on my twitter feed
[4]Tumblr – SirArtwork
[5]Tumblr – Tagged Results for ‘Synonym Rolls’
[6]Twitter – Search Results for ‘Synonym Rolls’
[7]Blogspot – Messy Jofu