| "Distracted Boyfriend" and "Sad Keanu" |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2025 |
| Viral internet jokes |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Distracted boyfriend and Surprised Pikachu |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2025 |
| Viral internet images |
The Telegraph Plusword |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Many group chat texts |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Funny images on the internet |
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| Jokes that might go viral on Reddit |
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| Social media pics |
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| Much social media humor |
New York Times |
21 May 2025 |
| Ideas spread on the internet |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Apr 2025 |
| They spread on the internet |
Universal |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Viral internet fads |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Much-copied poster art |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Some viral content |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2025 |
| Funny images on the internet |
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| Viral jokes |
Universal |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Riffed-upon images |
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| Many viral posts |
Universal |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Sleeping Squidward, Nyan Cat, etc |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Sending each other ___ (modern love language) |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Many reaction gifs |
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| They're often shared on Facebook |
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| Some funny GIFs |
USA Today |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Surprised Pikachu and Futurama Fry, for two |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2024 |
| "This is fine", "Success Kid" etc |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Viral phrases or pictures, e.g. |
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| Viral GIFs, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Group chat fodder |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Viral posts may feature them |
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| They're often shared online |
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| Viral online pictures, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 May 2024 |
| Many viral posts |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Apr 2024 |
| 2023's "Skibidi Toilet" and "girl dinner," for two |
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| Internet jokes |
USA Today |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Funny images on the internet |
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| Images like "Cold Bernie" |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Dramatic Chipmunk and Surprised Pikachu, for two |
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| Riffs on, modernly |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Some viral Threads |
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| Some viral images |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Viral jokes like Grumpy Cat and Sad Frog |
New York Times |
07 Aug 2023 |
| Some shared GIFs |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Viral web sensations |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 May 2023 |
| Viral jokes |
Universal |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Bits of internet humor |
Universal |
06 Feb 2023 |
| Viral social media posts |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Kermit sipping tea and Keanu playing with puppies |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Viral videos, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
20 Nov 2022 |
| Cultural fads |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Fast-spreading social media posts |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Funny GIFs and videos, say |
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| Internet fads |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Bernie in his mittens, Keanu playing with puppies, etc |
The Washington Post |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Bernie in his mittens, Keanu playing with puppies, etc |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Cultural fads |
Newsday |
13 May 2022 |
| Pics up on Twitter, say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Apr 2022 |
| Gorgeous Gorgeous Girls and Grumpy Cat |
Universal |
24 Apr 2022 |
| Viral GIFs, e.g |
Universal |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Viral videos, e.g |
Universal |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Much internet humor |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2021 |
| References often hard to explain to non-internet users |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2021 |
| Sources of group chat amusement |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2021 |
| Viral web sensations |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Viral loads? |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2021 |
| Fast-spreading Web posts |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Crying Jordan, etc |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Viral videos, e.g |
Universal |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Some viral trends |
Premier Sunday |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Grumpy Cat and Keyboard Cat, for two |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2020 |
| Viral GIFs, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Fast-spreading Web units |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Fast-spreading Web units |
The Washington Post |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Funny images that go viral on the internet |
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| Ideas that spread |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2019 |
| They spread on Reddit |
Universal |
09 Mar 2019 |
| They may be dank on the Internet |
Jonesin |
15 Jan 2019 |
| They might go viral |
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| They might go viral |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2019 |
| Ideas that spread |
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| They spread on Reddit |
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| Fast-spreading Web units |
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| Bits of viral web content |
Premier Sunday |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Cultural fads |
Thomas Joseph |
31 May 2018 |
| Fast-spreading online phenomena |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Fast-spreading online phenomena |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Viral videos, e.g |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Trending posts |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Viral YouTube videos, say |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Viral videos, e.g. |
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| Viral YouTube videos, say |
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| Fast-spreading online phenomena |
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| Ideas spreading virally |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2017 |
| Ideas spreading virally |
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| Viral videos, for example |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2016 |
| Viral online phenomena |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2016 |
| Fast-spreading Internet phenomena |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2016 |
| Fast-spreading Internet phenomena |
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| Cultural fads |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2015 |
| They trend online |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Feb 2015 |
| Pictures of Hillary Clinton wearing sunglasses saying things, and the like |
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| Pictures of cats or celebrities saying things, often |
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| They trend online |
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| Cultural fads |
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| Viral things |
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| Some modern fads |
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| Videos that go viral, e.g. |
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| Viral Internet images, say |
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| Internet fads |
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| Things spread on imgur, e.g. |
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| LOLcats and literal videos, e.g. |
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| Ideas that spread |
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| Internet -- (viral phenomena) |
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| Internet phenoms |
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| Cultural ideas |
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| Vous-___ (yourselves): Fr. |
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| Nous ___ (ourselves): French. |
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