memedics

Slang for excessively flattering or hyping someone up, often insincerely. Rose to popularity in 2024.

A 2024 fashion trend embracing a bold, glamorous "mob wife" look (fur coats, gold jewelry, dark lips) as the flashy opposite of the minimalist "clean girl" aesthetic.

A drop-in sound bite of someone saying "oi oi oi," used as comedic background audio layered over various clips, popular in 2024.

A video of a cat swaying set to the song "Chipi Chipi Chapa Chapa," which went viral as a meme in 2024.

Baby king penguin Pesto, who grew larger than his own parents, became a viral cute-animal meme in 2024.

Baby pygmy hippo at a Thai zoo who went viral worldwide for her bouncy, expressive antics, 2024.

TikTok trend pushing back against overconsumption, encouraging people to use up what they already own rather than buy more, 2024.

Meme sparked by the question of how often men think about the Roman Empire, leading people to share their own recurring obsessive thoughts, their own Roman Empire, 2023-2024.

A tongue-in-cheek TikTok trend rationalizing purchases with quirky logic -- cash purchases are free, returns make money -- 2023-2024.

Contrasts a crying soyjak with a "mewing" jawline diagram, framing self-improvement (mewing) as the superior side. From 2024.

A "rizzler" is someone with excellent "rizz" (charisma/charm used to attract romantic interest), a term popularized by streamer Kai Cenat. It's used to praise someone smooth at flirting or effortlessly charming.

"Gyatt" is a Gen Alpha exclamation derived from "God damn," used to express shock, awe, or exaggerated appreciation -- often shouted reflexively in reaction videos or when someone has a striking figure.

"Fanum tax" is a Gen Alpha slang term from streamer Fanum, who's known for stealing food off his friends' plates on livestreams. It now broadly means taking a cut of someone else's stuff (food, money, whatever) without asking.

"Mewing" — pressing the tongue to the roof of the mouth to sharpen the jawline — became a meme, also used as a silent "shush" gesture with the jaw instead of words.

"Looksmaxxing" refers to going to extreme lengths to maximize one's physical appearance; the meme half-mocks this self-improvement obsession, often paired with "mewing."

A 2024 slang phrase, "standing on business," used to emphasize taking something seriously and following through.

A street interview clip where Hailey Welch delivers a raunchy joke, "hawk tuah," in a thick Southern drawl. The phrase instantly became a viral catchphrase and turned her into an overnight celebrity. Summer 2024.

Charli XCX's album "brat" and its lime-green cover art spread into a full lifestyle meme: confident, party-oriented, and a bit messy "brat" energy came to define summer 2024.

Started from a TikTok by Jools Lebron describing her exaggeratedly composed and thoughtful demeanor as "very demure, very mindful." Became a catchphrase for performing over-the-top politeness or restraint. From 2024.

A blanket term (and criticism) for the flood of cheap, uncanny AI-generated images — like "shrimp Jesus" or bizarre baby pictures — that spread across Facebook and sparked debate over AI ethics and content quality. From 2024.

A 2024 tvN drama. Scenes between leads Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won, like "Why is Baek Hyun-woo here," were mass-turned into memes.

A 2024 tvN time-slip romance drama. Its own abbreviated nickname, "Seonupt," became a meme in itself.