Meme Etymology

culture-and-society

"Bart Zombie Cat" is an internet phrase built from three recognizable pop culture references: Bart Simpson, zombies, and the now-famous screaming cat meme. In online usage, the...

culture-and-society

Big die sex and the city is an informal phrase that blends a dramatic verb with a recognizable cultural franchise, yielding a shorthand often used online and in nightlife contex...

culture-and-memes

No Good Deed Emily is a compact online idiom that captures the feeling of sincere, effortful kindness being met with indifference, mockery, or bad outcomes. At its core, the phr...

entertainment-memes

The phrase John Tucker must die is most widely recognized as a line from the 2006 film John Tucker Must Die , in which a group of women plot to end the protagonist's manipulativ...