About
Gr8 B8 M8 is a copypasta involving changing words with the -ate ending with the number 8. It originally appeared on 4chan’s/b/ board in the middle of 2013.
Origin
Although appearing on /b/, an archiveless board, it is clear the origin appeared sometime through the middle to late of 2013. In the middle of 2013, a user by the name of TrovaTravita[1] asked what “gr8 b8 m8 check my 8” means, explaining that he is not English and does not get the term. The earliest screenshot of the phrase is from December 25th, 2013.
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The copypasta is usually used around the /b/ board in 4chan, as well as other boards including /v/. On June 16th, Reddit user WillyTheWackyWizard posted a screenshot of a post on a thread on /b/ using the copypasta to the subreddit “U Wot M8”, receiving 225 upvotes, and 18 comments.
m8
m8 is a slang word has been used ironically for the term “mate”. Originally deriving from the copypasta, the slang has a heavy affiliation with montage parodies and the related montage speak.
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External References
[1]- Yahoo Answers – TrovaTravita
[2]- Yahoo Answers – What’s the meaning of this: ‘gr8 b8 m8 check my 8’?
[3]- reddit – Gr8 b8, m8. I rel8, str8 appreci8, and congratul8. [xpost r/4chan]