One Does Not Simply
'One does not simply…' is the Boromir snowclone from Lord of the Rings, used to explain why an obvious-sounding plan is secretly impossible.
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Catalog
Meme Meanings A–Z: What Popular Memes Mean & Where They Came From
This is the full A–Z of the memes we have written up properly: every reaction image, image macro, video and slang term explained in plain English. Each entry tells you what the meme means, where it came from, and how it is actually used, so you can recognise it in a feed and use it without getting the joke wrong.
Image macros
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Overly Attached Girlfriend
Overly Attached Girlfriend is Laina Morris's wide-eyed stare from a 2012 Justin Bieber parody, used for jokes about clingy, all-consuming relationships.
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Pablo Escobar Waiting
Pablo Escobar Waiting (Sad Pablo Escobar) meaning: the 2016 three-panel Narcos meme for the bleak boredom of waiting — origin and examples.
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Running Away Balloon
Running Away Balloon is the two-panel webcomic of a goal drifting out of reach — the meme for things you can't quite get.
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Scumbag Steve
Scumbag Steve meaning: the 2011 backwards-cap image macro for that one selfish friend everyone has — origin, caption format, and examples.
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Socially Awkward Penguin
Socially Awkward Penguin meaning: the 2009 advice animal for small, cringey social blunders — the counterpart to Good Guy Greg. Origin and examples.
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SpongeBob in Handcuffs
SpongeBob in Handcuffs is the 2017 SpongeBob screenshot with oversized cuffs, used to mock people trapped in trivial, self-made situations.
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Stonks
'Stonks' is a deliberate misspelling of 'stocks', mocking absurd financial decisions — classically paired with a grey, featureless statue-like figure holding an upward arrow.
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Success Kid
Success Kid is the fist-clenching beach baby photo used to celebrate small victories — one of the internet's favorite reaction images.
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The Most Interesting Man in the World
The Most Interesting Man in the World gives us 'I don't always X, but when I do, Y' — the Dos Equis macro for deadpan personal rules.
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Waiting Skeleton
Waiting Skeleton meaning: the skeleton-on-a-bench meme for waiting so long you have died — origin from "waiting for OP" and how it is used today.
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Wojak
Wojak — aka Feels Guy — is the simple bald MS Paint man from 2009–2010 who became the internet's face for every mood and archetype.
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Video memes
Slang
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Rizz
'Rizz' is slang for charisma — specifically the skill of charming a romantic interest. It went mainstream in 2023 through Kai Cenat and was crowned Oxford Word of the Year.
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Stonks
'Stonks' is a deliberate misspelling of 'stocks', mocking absurd financial decisions — classically paired with a grey, featureless statue-like figure holding an upward arrow.
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Rage comics
Rage Comics
Rage comics meaning: the 2008 MS Paint comic format and its cast of rage faces — what each face means, where it started, and every face in our library explained.
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Trollface
Trollface is the smug MS Paint drawing from 2008 that became the universal symbol of trolling, always captioned 'Problem?'
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Reaction memes
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