Rikka's Finger Spin
AboutRikka’s Finger Spin refers to a series of hand-drawn animated GIFs/videos which are tributes to an adorable finger spin by Rikka Takanashi, a main character in a Japanese light novel/anime Love,...
View ArticleMewtwo vs. Greninja
AboutGreninja vs. Mewtwo is a popular debate topic among fans of Nintendo’s upcoming Super Smash Bros. crossover fighting game, similar to Ridley is Too Big.OriginOn April 8, 2014, Nintendo released...
View Article@Everyword
About@Everyword is a novelty Twitter account which tweets out one word every 30 minutes from an alphbetical list of over 100,000 English language words. Launched in November 2007, the account is...
View ArticleAlbert Einstein Copypasta
AboutAlbert Einstein Copypasta, also known as “Malice of Absence,” is a fictional account of a philosophical debate on the benevolence of God between a religious-skeptic professor and a student of...
View ArticleGuys With Zoe Eyes
AboutGuyswithzooeyes is a single topic Tumblr blog featuring photos of male celebrities with actress Zooey Deschanel’s eyes photoshopped to replace their own.OriginThe Tumblr blog was created on May...
View ArticleNoot Noot
About“Noot Noot” is the sound made by the titular character from the British-Swiss children’s TV series Pingu. Due to its frequent utterance throughout the series, the soundbite of the catchphrase has...
View ArticleUVB-76 Mystery
AboutThe UVB-76 Mystery refers to investigations and theories surrounding the Russian UVB-76 shortwave radio station (also known as “The Buzzer”) on the 4625 kHz frequency, which is known for...
View ArticleDucking
AboutDucking is a slang word which is a common autocorrect spelling and predictive text suggestion of the swear “f**king.”OriginThe earliest appearances of “ducking” in the place of “f**king” came in...
View ArticleStop Trying to Make Fetch Happen
About“Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen” is a memorable quote uttered by the character Regina George in the 2004 teen comedy film Mean Girls when discouraging her friend Gretchen from using the slang...
View ArticleThe Fault In Our Stars
AboutThe Fault in Our Stars is an American drama film based on the 2012 novel of the same name, which follows two teenagers who meet in a cancer support group and fall in love. Due to the popularity of...
View ArticleCritters Posting On 4chan
AboutCritters Posting on 4chan is a two-pane image series combining screenshots of 4chan posts defending various creatures with illustrations of the animal seated at a computer as if they were...
View ArticleCheektowaga Mom's Racist Rant
OverviewCheektowaga Mom’s Racist Rant refers to a YouTube video of an enraged woman yelling racial slurs at a man in the parking lot outside of a dollar store after he allegedly scared her children by...
View ArticleSlime Man
About“Slime Man” is an automated signature used in a series of text messages posted on Tumblr in February 2014 which subsequently became an in-joke on the microblogging site.OriginOn February 24th,...
View Article#GetWoodyHome
Overview#GetWoodyHome is a hashtag campaign created in June of 2014, after a Twitter user found a lost Woody doll, in order to find the child who had lost the toy and reunite them.BackgroundOn June...
View ArticleTurn Down for What
About“Turn Down for What” is a trap song by artists DJ Snake and Lil Jon which celebrates being “turnt up,” an excited state of being typically used in the context of partying.OriginOn October 14th,...
View ArticleMy Daguerreotype Boyfriend
AboutMy Daguerreotype Boyfriend is a single topic blog featuring late 1800s black-and-white and daguerreotype photographs of handsome men.OriginDaguerreotype[1] is a photographic process introduced in...
View ArticleCaging
AboutCaging is a type of practical joke that involves taping photographs of the American actor “Nicolas Cage”: over someone else’s belongings without their knowledge.OriginThe earliest known documented...
View ArticleLove, Chunibyo & Other Delusions / Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
[w.i.p. Don’t complain until it’s done. I promise I’ll finish this one, hopefully that is]AboutLove, Chunibyo and Other Delusions is a Japanese Light Novel series first written by Torako, and later...
View ArticleMatty B
AboutMatty B and MattyBRaps are the stage names of tween rapper Matthew David Morris, who gained much notoriety online with the launch of his YouTube channel in May 2010.HistoryAccording to the...
View ArticleGuilty Gear
(Work in Progress. I can only do a little at a time. Tman2bard)AboutGuilty Gear is a series of competitive fighting games by Arc System Works and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. The first game...
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