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Added July 9, 2026

Internet slang misspelling of "hospital" born from a 2023 Tumblr reply chain—used as a deadpan punchline when someone faints, overexerts, or needs medical help after grandiose claims.

Added June 28, 2026

A June 2026 parody format mocking academic "ethically modified" line-drawing recreations of offensive memes from a Cambridge paper on race memes—users redraw viral images as awkward sanitized stick figures.

Added June 26, 2026

A May–June 2026 TikTok slang hashtag (#tlpur) tied to rainbow-lit dance edits and deliberately gatekept acronym jokes—often paired with DWBI ("don't worry 'bout it").

Added June 26, 2026

A mid-June 2026 viral TikTok mystery series on @jamesfranco2319 where James Franco insists he is not AI, references "2319," and claims something "not human"—later an alien—is in his garage.

Added June 26, 2026

A revived June 2026 meme about Tumblr's infamous 2014 crowdfunded sitcom pitch—an asexual and pansexual roommate comedy that raised ~$6,000 on Indiegogo but never shipped.

Added June 24, 2026

A June 2026 TikTok/X meme about a fictional early-2000s actress invented by @ssoftblooms—AI-generated "lore" clips and interview compilations that fooled viewers into debating a star who never existed.

Added June 24, 2026

A June 2026 rediscovery meme around Tyra Banks' 2011 YA novel and its promotional song—users mock the surreal lyrics and prose while ironically revisiting protagonist Tookie De La Crème and the Intoxibella academy.

Added June 24, 2026

A June 2026 TikTok meme treating a dense cube of pure tungsten—and sometimes banana bread—as the ironic "male equivalent of flowers," parodying gift advice from @jacobw.health and @uberstuber's 2024 Rolex roast.

Added June 23, 2026

A June 2026 viral-marketing character arc starring "retired accountant" Kumar pitching himself as the ultimate accounting influencer—parodied across TikTok and Instagram as a staged playbook for manufactured virality.

Added June 12, 2026

A May–June 2026 YouTube parody wave where creators roleplay as Markiplier, PewDiePie, LeafyIsHere, and other OG YouTubers—Larpiplier's channel passed 89k subs before TikTok compilations hit 1.4M views.

Added May 14, 2026

May 2026 discourse memes around the narrative adventure game Mixtape: viral clips highlight long stretches with little or no player input, while glowing critic scores sat awkwardly next to louder audience pushback and joke formats like a controller with no face buttons.

Added April 30, 2026

A viral April 2026 thought experiment: everyone privately votes red or blue—if a majority picks blue, everyone lives; otherwise only red voters survive—sparking polls, hot takes, and Wojak-style memes across X and Reddit.

Added April 30, 2026

Oxymoronic internet slang from 2023: calling someone “beautiful mid” means cute or appealing in a cozy, non-“model hot” way—often wrapped in the bait-y line “every man simply wants a beautiful mid to call his own,” which sparked parody and debate on X.

Added April 28, 2026

A TikTok catchphrase from creator Jools Lebron (@joolieannie) in August 2024: people joke about doing makeup, commuting, or social situations in a “demure, mindful, respectful” way—often ironic workplace humor.

Added April 28, 2026

A 2023 TikTok and Instagram trend where women ask men in their lives how often they think about the Roman Empire—often getting deadpan answers like “every day”—then spin “my Roman Empire” for their own hyperfixations.

Added April 26, 2026

A February 2026 catchphrase from a TikTok comment roast: when someone overshares online, replying “did the journal factory explode” jokes they should have journaled that thought instead.

Added April 16, 2026

A TikTok-originated routine label for piling snacks, journals, skincare, and devices on the bed so you can work, scroll, and wind down without getting up—often framed as cozy productivity until sleep experts and local news segments in early April 2026 argued it can backfire on rest.

Added April 15, 2026

A TikTok-originated campaign that jokes internet culture should “reset” at the start of 2026 and return from fast “brainrot” trends to 2010s-style dank memes, rage comics, and classic formats—often paired with countdown or nostalgia montage edits.

Added April 15, 2026

Short-form trend around ByteDance’s Seedance AI video model (often called Seedance 2.0): creators share surreal or cinematic AI clips and prompt recipes, turning the tool into a meme format in its own right on TikTok and Reels.

Added March 27, 2026

A legendary custom roller coaster in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 that trapped virtual passengers in a four-year loop, with an exit path leading straight back to the entrance — spawning the phrase 'The ride never ends.'

Added March 19, 2026

GigaChad is an ultra-masculine archetype meme based on highly edited photos of Russian model Ernest Khalimov from photographer Krista Sudmalis's 'Sleek'N'Tears' project. First posted to 4chan in 2017, it evolved into the pinnacle of the 'Chad vs. Virgin' meme spectrum. The 'Average Fan vs. Average Enjoyer' video format in 2021 sent it mainstream. GigaChad represents peak confidence, self-improvement, and ironic hyper-masculinity.

Added March 16, 2026

Distracted Boyfriend is a stock-photo meme in which a man turns away from his girlfriend to stare at another woman, usually labeled to show shifting attention or temptation.