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Topics2012 phenomenon - The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs which posit that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012, which is said to be the end-...
300 (film) - 300 is a American action film adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by Frank Miller, and is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae.
300-page iPhone bill - A 300-page iPhone bill from AT&T Mobility mailed in a box was the subject of a viral video by Justine Ezarik which quickly became an Internet meme in August 2007.
A Night at the Roxbury - A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 comedy film based on a recurring skit on television's long-running Saturday Night Live called The Roxbury Guys.
AACS encryption key controversy - A controversy surrounding the AACS cryptographic key arose in April 2007 when the Motion Picture Association of America and the Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator, LLC began issuin...
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog - The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American and French animated series that was first broadcast in September 1993, and only for one season.
All your base are belong to us - "All your base are belong to us" is a broken English phrase that was central to an Internet phenomenon, or meme, in 2000–2002, with the spread of a Flash animation that depicted the slogan.
Alyssa Alano - Alyssa Alano is a Filipina film and TV actress.
Anime music video - An anime music video is a music video consisting of clips from one or more anime series or movies set to songs; the term usually refers to fan-made unofficial videos.
Animutation - Animutation or fanimutation is a form of web-based computer animation, typically created in Adobe Flash and characterized by unpredictable montages of pop-culture images set to music, ofte...
Anonymous (group) - Anonymous is a label and Internet meme adopted within Internet culture to represent the actions of many online community users acting anonymously, usually toward a loosely agreed-upon goal.
Anton Maiden - Anton Maiden, real name Anton Gustafsson achieved Internet fame around 1999 by singing over MIDI and MOD-versions of Iron Maiden songs.
Argleton - Argleton is a "phantom" settlement that appears on Google Maps and Google Earth but does not actually exist.
Ate my balls - Ate my balls was an early example of an Internet meme.
Atlanta Nights - Atlanta Nights is a collaborative novel created by a group of science fiction and fantasy authors, with the express purpose of producing a bad piece of work of unpublishable quality to test ...
b3ta - B3ta is a high-profile British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.
Back Dorm Boys - The Back Dorm Boys is a Chinese duo who gained fame for their lip sync videos to songs by the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars.
Backbone cabal - The backbone cabal was a group of large-site administrators who pushed through the Great Renaming of Usenet newsgroups during most of the 1980s.
Bacon Explosion - A Bacon Explosion is a pork dish that consists of bacon wrapped around a filling of spiced sausage and bacon bits.
Bad Day (viral video) - Bad Day is the name of a 25-second viral video that has circulated online since 1997.
Bad Times (computer virus hoax) - Bad Times is a computer virus hoax sent out by e-mail.
Badger Badger Badger - "Badger Badger Badger", "The Badger Song" or "Badgers" is a Flash cartoon by British animator Jonti Picking.
Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures - The Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures, alternatively Ten Baidu Deities, was initially a humorous hoax from the interactive encyclopedia Baidu Baike which became a popular and widespread internet...
Bale Out - "Bale Out – RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix!" is a satirical dance remix by American composer Lucian Piane, also known as RevoLucian, released on February 2, 2009 to YouTube and MySpace.
Balloon boy hoax - The balloon boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, in Fort Collins, Colorado, when the parents of a six-year-old boy, Falcon Heene, claimed that he had floated away in a home-made balloon.
Baman Piderman - Baman Piderman, also titled Baman & Piderman, is a popular series of internet Flash cartoons by Alex Butera and Lindsay Small.
Bear Surprise - Bear Surprise is a watercolor painting by American painter John Lurie, the style of which has been described as primitivist and naïve.
Ben Going - Ben Going, username boh3m3 on YouTube, is a video blog personality based in Torrance, California.
Bert is Evil - Bert is Evil is the name of a widely mirrored web site, founded by Dino Ignacio, which featured Bert, a character on the American children's television program Sesame Street.
BIFF - BIFF, later sometimes B1FF, was the most famous pseudonym on, and the prototypical newbie of, Usenet, the precursor to the World Wide Web.
Billy Mays - William Darrell "Billy" Mays, Jr. was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and mainte...
Bitoy's SHOwwwTIME - Bitoy's SHOwwwTIME is a talent show broadcast on the Philippine television network, GMA Network.
Boemerang - In De Gloria was a Flemish sketch comedy show by Jan Eelen that ran on the Canvas television station in the period 2000–2002.
Bonsai Kitten - Bonsai Kitten was an internet hoax that claimed to give instructions on how to grow kittens in bottles as a form of decoration, similar in fashion to a Bonsai tree.
Brian Collins (reporter) - Brian Collins is a former reporter for KXXV television in Waco, Texas, best known for creating the catchphrase "Boom goes the dynamite" during a college sportscast that became an internet sensation.
Brian Does Hollywood - "Brian Does Hollywood" is an episode of Family Guy and the conclusion of the two-part story arc.
Bride Has Massive Hair Wig Out - Bride Has Massive Hair Wig Out is the name of a viral video uploaded to YouTube in early 2007.
Brooke Brodack - Brooke Allison Brodack, aka Brookers, is a viral video comedian mainly known for her short videos on YouTube, which have received 45 million views and led to a contract from the mainstream...
Caitlin Upton - Lauren Caitlin Upton is an American fashion model and former beauty queen from Lexington, South Carolina.
Cake Wrecks - Cake Wrecks is an entertainment website featuring user-submitted photographs of professionally made cakes that are unintentionally humorous or strange in appearance.
Calvin Tran - "Here Comes Dr. Tran" is a 7-minute 46 second long animated short film that has become an internet meme.
Canada on Strike - "Canada on Strike" is the fourth episode of the twelfth season of the animated series South Park.
Canon Rock (music) - "Canon Rock" is a neo-classical metal arrangement of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D major by the Taiwanese musician and composer Jerry Chang.
Caramelldansen - "Caramelldansen" is the first track of the album Supergott released in November 2001 by the Swedish music group Caramell.
Carson Williams - Carson Williams from Mason, Ohio, is noted for his light shows using Christmas lights affixed to and around his house.
CD-i games from The Legend of Zelda series - Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, and Zelda’s Adventure are three action-adventure games produced by Philips for the CD-i as part of The Legend of Ze...
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager - Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager is a series of comedy shorts by Blame Society Productions that has gained popularity on the Internet, particularly through viewings on YouTube and MySpace.
Chaos cloud - The chaos cloud is a hoax that originated in a Weekly World News article in September 2005.
Charice Pempengco - Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, best known as Charice Pempengco, or simply Charice, is a Filipina international singer who rose to popularity through YouTube.
Charlie Bit My Finger - "Charlie Bit My Finger – Again!" is an Internet viral video famous for being the most viewed YouTube video of all time with over 150 million hits as of January 2010.
Children of a Lesser Clod - Children of a Lesser Clod is the 20th episode of The Simpsons twelfth season.
Chocolate Rain - "Chocolate Rain" is a song and music video written and performed by American Internet personality Tay Zonday.
Christian the lion - Christian was a lion originally purchased by Australians John Rendall and Anthony "Ace" Bourke from Harrods department store of London in 1969 and ultimately reintroduced to the African wi...
Chuck Norris facts - Chuck Norris facts are satirical factoids about martial artist and actor Chuck Norris that have become an Internet phenomenon and as a result have become widespread in popular culture.
Church of the SubGenius - The Church of the SubGenius is a parody religion that promotes slack, while in a meta-commentarial way, satirizing religion, conspiracy theories, UFOs, and popular culture.
Cindy Sander - Cindy Sander is a French singer.
Claire Swire e-mail - The Claire Swire e-mail of 2000 was supposedly a very personal e-mail from Claire Swire to Bradley Chait, who worked at Norton Rose, a law firm in London.
CNN-YouTube presidential debates - The CNN-YouTube presidential debates were a series of televised debates in which United States presidential hopefuls field questions submitted through the social networking site YouTube.
Contagious media - Contagious media is a term coined by Jonah Peretti describing how websites and email media get disseminated via the "Bored at work network".
Crasher Squirrel - Crasher Squirrel is the name given to a squirrel seen in a photograph originally intended to be a self-portrait of a Minnesota couple; it can also refer to the resulting internet meme.
Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog, originally known as The Annoying Thing, is a computer animated character created by Erik Wernquist.
Creepy-chan - Allison Harvard is an American artist and fashion model.
Crichton Leprechaun - The Crichton Leprechaun is a leprechaun purported to have been sighted in March 2006 by the residents of the Crichton neighborhood in Mobile, Alabama.
Dancing baby - The "dancing baby," also called "Baby Cha-Cha," refers to a 3D model of a baby and a variety of 3D-rendered animations of that baby dancing for several seconds, which became a popular meme...
Densha Otoko - Densha Otoko is a Japanese movie, television series, manga, novel, and other media, all based on the purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku who intervened when a drunk man was har...
Dian Shi Mali - Dian Shi Mali, is a pirated video game released only for the Family Computer and sold primarily around Hong Kong.
Diary of an Unborn Child - Diary of an Unborn Child is the title of an anonymously-written article which was published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in the May 22, 1980 issue of its Awake! magazine.
Diet Coke and Mentos eruption - A Diet Coke and Mentos eruption, Also known as a Mentos eruption or a coke geyser is a reaction of Diet Coke and mint Mentos candies.
Ding Dong Song - "Ding Dong Song" is a song by Swedish pop singer Günther, featuring The Sunshine Girls.
Domo (NHK) - Domo is the mascot of Japan's NHK television station, appearing in several 30 second stop-motion sketches shown as station identification during shows.
Don't Copy That Floppy - Don’t Copy That Floppy was an anti-copyright infringement campaign run by the Software Publishers Association beginning in 1992.
Donga (film) - Donga is a Telegu film which was released on March 14, 1985.
Dopefish - The Dopefish is a fictional fish that originated in the fourth Commander Keen video game, Secret of the Oracle, released in 1991.
Downfall (film) - Downfall is a 2004 German-Austrian drama film, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's life in his Berlin bunker and Nazi Germany in 1945.
Dr. Tran - Dr. Tran is the main character of several short animated films by Lone Sausage Productions.
Dramatic Chipmunk - Dramatic Chipmunk, also referred to as Dramatic Prairie Dog, is a popular viral video, originally released on June 19, 2007 on CollegeHumor.
Dudeism - Dudeism is a religion whose primary objective is to promote a philosophy and lifestyle represented by the character of "the Dude" in the Coen Brothers' 1998 film The Big Lebowski.
Dumb laws - Dumb Laws, also weird, strange, or unnecessary laws, are laws that are perceived to be useless, no longer applicable, or humorous.
Dutch talk show (Internet meme) - The Dutch talk show, also known as Boemerang or The laughing host, is an internet meme, peaking in popularity around 2007.
Dysfunctional Family Circus - The Dysfunctional Family Circus is the name of several long-running parodies of the syndicated comic strip The Family Circus, featuring either Bil Keane's artwork with altered captions, or o...
E-mail letter - An e-mail letter is a letter which sent as an e-mail using a computer then printed out and delivered as a traditional letter.
Ebdo Mihemed - Ebdo Mihemed is a Kurdish wedding singer from Efrin, Syria.
Edgar's fall - Edgar's fall is a video that was uploaded to YouTube in March 2006 from México.
Ellen Feiss - Ellen Feiss became an Internet phenomenon after her 2002 Errol Morris-directed television commercial for Apple Computer's Switch campaign grew into a cult hit.
Emoticon - An emoticon is a textual expression representing the face of a writer's mood or facial expression.
Eric Conveys an Emotion - Eric Conveys an Emotion is a humor website in which the site's owner Eric Wu takes requests for emotions, and then posts photos of himself acting out the emotions.
Eric Freeman (actor) - Eric Freeman is an American actor.
Eul-Yong Ta - Eul-Yong Ta is a South Korean internet phenomenon used to describe the incident when South Korean footballer Lee Eul-Yong slapped Chinese forward Li Yi in the back of his head in a match against...
Everyday (video) - Everyday is a viral video produced by American photographer Noah Kalina.
Exploding whale - Exploding whale most often refers to an event at Florence, Oregon, in 1970, when a dead sperm whale was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass.
Fei hua qing han - Fei hua qing han is an apocryphal poem falsely attributed to Li Bai, an influential 8th-century Chinese poet.
Fensler Films - Fensler Films is a video production company, based in Chicago, Illinois and headed by Eric Fensler.
Finding Forrester - Finding Forrester is a 2000 movie, written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant.
Flash mob - A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse.
Flying Spaghetti Monster - The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism.
Fofudja - Fofudja fofudyá is an internet and social phenomenon in the Ukrainian segment of the LiveJournal community.
Fu Yan Jie - Fu Yan Jie is a personal bodily cleanser product for females, which is popular in China.
Gachapin - Gachapin is a popular Japanese television character who appeared in the children's program Hirake! Ponkikki on Fuji TV. He is a green, bucktoothed dinosaur, and is usually accompanied by his...
Garbage day! - Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 is the 1987 sequel to the 1984 slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night.
Gary Brolsma - Gary Brolsma, also known as simply The Numa Numa Guy, gained worldwide attention after posting onto the Internet, near the end of 2004, a webcam video of himself miming to the song "Dragos...
Gary Spivey - Gary Spivey describes himself as a psychic, medium, spiritual healer, and spiritual teacher who has made appearances on radio programs, TV shows and live casino shows.
Gay Fuel - Gay Fuel was an energy drink marketed by Florida-based Specialty Spirits, LLC towards the gay community, using the slogan "GET FIRED UP." Some refer to it as a "graphite smoothie".
Genghis Khan (pop group) - Genghis Khan was a German pop band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Germano Mosconi - Germano Mosconi is a sports journalist and former television anchorman.
Gert Jonnys - Gert Jonnys was a Swedish dansband during the 1970s and 1980s.
Get Your War On - Get Your War On is a series of satirical comic strips by David Rees about political topics — originally the effects of the September 11 attacks on New York City but quickly switching f...
Goatse.cx - The goatse.cx domain name was reported sold at an auction on April 30, 2007 to an unknown bidder.
Goodtimes virus - The Goodtimes Virus was a computer virus hoax that spread during the early years of the Internet's popularity.
Googlezon - EPIC 2014 is a Flash movie released in November 2004 by Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson with original music by Aaron McLeran.
Grass Mud Horse - The Grass Mud Horse Cǎo Ní Mǎ is a Chinese Internet meme widely used as symbolic defiance of the widespread Internet censorship in China.
Gröûp X - Gröûp X is a faux Arabian rock band from Georgia but claiming to be from the fictional village of Cramshananteen, Saudi Arabia.
Happy Tree Friends - Happy Tree Friends is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro, Warren Graff, and Aubrey Ankrum.
HeadOn - HeadOn is the brand name of a topical product claimed to relieve headaches.
Helicopter Shark - Helicopter Shark is a composition of two photographs that gives the impression that a Great White shark is leaping out of the water attacking military personnel climbing a suspended ladder attac...
Here It Goes Again - "Here It Goes Again" is a alternative rock song by OK Go, and is the third released single from the album Oh No.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear that originated from the Biblical verse Revelation 13:18 which indicates that the number 666 is the Number of the Beast, linked to Satan or the Anti-Christ.
Hipster PDA - The Hipster PDA is a paper-based personal organizer, popularized by American writer Merlin Mann.
Hockey Scores - "Hockey Scores" was a song entered in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's contest to replace The Hockey Theme as the theme song of Hockey Night in Canada.
Homokaasu - Homokaasu is a fictitious poisonous chemical substance, that is supposedly an odorless and invisible gas at room temperature.
Hong Kong 97 (game) - Hong Kong 97 is a game made in Japan in 1995 for the Super Famicom by HappySoft Ltd. The game has gained a cult following in Japan and Taiwan for its notoriously poor quality - it has been r...
Honor system virus - Honor system viruses or signature viruses are not actual computer viruses but Internet jokes that are passed around voluntarily.
Hooked on a Feeling - "Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1968 pop song written by Mark James originally performed by B. J. Thomas.
Hot Hot Hot (meme) - "Hot Hot Hot" is the informal title of a promotional video about Appalachian State University that became an internet phenomenon in late 2005.
Hotel Mario - Hotel Mario is a puzzle game developed by Fantasy Factory and published by Philips Interactive Media for the CD-i on December 31, 1994.
Hott4Hill - "Hott4Hill" is a popular internet viral music video, first posted on YouTube on July 2, 2007, that features a young woman singing of her love for Junior Senator of New York and 2008 U.S. preside...
Household Hacker - Household Hacker is a YouTube channel and website that posts videos of various "hacks", or quick solutions, to common everyday problems.
How does one patch KDE2 under FreeBSD? - "How does one patch KDE2 under FreeBSD?" is an internet meme in Russian Internet culture.
Hurra Torpedo - Hurra Torpedo is a band from Norway that plays songs using kitchen appliances.
I Am Your Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song) - "I Am Your Gummy Bear" is a novelty dance song by German composer Christian Schneider and released by Gummybear International that received international and internet meme success, in part, due ...
I Got a Crush... on Obama - "I Got a Crush... on Obama" is an internet viral video, first posted on YouTube in June 2007 featuring a young woman seductively singing of her love for U.S. Senator Barack Obama.
Ian Benardo - Ian Benardo rose to prominence after his 2007 appearances on the popular US talent competition television shows American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance? as a contestant.
Ievan Polkka - "Ievan Polkka" or "Ievan Polokka", is a popular Finnish song with lyrics written in the early 1930s by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune.
Illegal flower tribute - "Illegal flower tribute" is an Internet meme that emerged after Google's announcement of a possible exit from China in January 2010.
Impossible Is Nothing (video résumé) - Impossible is Nothing is a 2006 video résumé by self-styled 'CEO and Professional Athlete' Aleksey Vayner which became an Internet meme.
Indian Thriller - Donga is a Telegu film which was released on March 14, 1985.
Intelligent falling - Intelligent falling is a parody of the "intelligent design" movement.
Internet meme - The term Internet meme is a phrase used to describe a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet, much like an esoteric inside joke.
Internet slang - Internet slang is a type of slang that Internet users have popularized, and in many cases, have coined.
Invisible Pink Unicorn - The Invisible Pink Unicorn is the goddess of a parody religion used to satirize theistic beliefs, taking the form of a unicorn that is paradoxically both invisible and pink.
It's a trap! - Admiral Ackbar is a character in the Star Wars fictional universe.
Italian Spiderman - Italian Spiderman is a film parody of Italian action–adventure films of the 60s and 70s currently being developed by Alrugo Entertainment, an Australian film-making collective formed by Dari...
Jeffrey Pelehac - Jeffrey Pelehac, nicknamed "The Dancing Cadet", became famous in 2005 after a viral video of him dancing was placed on YouTube by his roommate.
Jesusland map - The Jesusland map is an Internet meme, created shortly after the 2004 United States Presidential election, which satirizes the red/blue states scheme by dividing the country and Canada into "The...
Jia Junpeng - Jia Junpeng is an internet meme and popular catchphrase within the People's Republic of China.
Jimmy Justice (activist) - Jimmy Justice is the pseudonym of a video activist in New York City.
John Smeaton (born 1976) - John Smeaton QGM is a former baggage handler at Glasgow International Airport.
John Titor - John Titor is the name used on several bulletin boards during 2000 and 2001 by a poster claiming to be a time traveler from the year 2036.
John West Salmon - John West Salmon is a brand of salmon owned by the Lehman Brothers banking group.
Ken Lee (song) - Ken Lee is a garbled interpretation of the song "Without You", performed by Valentina Hasan, a contestant auditioning for the Bulgarian show Music Idol in February 2008.
Kermit Bale - Kermit Bale is an internet meme from the Livejournal gossip blog Oh No They Didn't in which the original poster constructed a detailed post pointing out the similarities between Kermit the Frog ...
Krzysztof Kononowicz - Krzysztof Kononowicz was a candidate for the office of mayor of Białystok the 2006 local elections in Poland.
Kuso Miso Technique - Kuso Miso Technique is a one-shot bara manga by first published in a manga supplement of the gay magazine Barazoku in 1987.
Lasse Gjertsen - Lasse Gjertsen is a Norwegian animator, musician, and videographer known on YouTube as lassegg.
Laughing Baby - The laughing baby is an internet neologism given to a Youtube viral video of a laughing baby, which has expanded into a worldwide, internet phenomenon, with over 90 million views.
Lazy Sunday - "Lazy Sunday", the second SNL Digital Short, aired on the December 17, 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live.
Leeroy Jenkins - Leeroy Jenkins, sometimes misspelled Leroy Jenkins and often elongated with numerous additional letters, is an Internet phenomenon named for a player character created by Ben Schultz in B...
Limbo of the Lost - Limbo of the Lost is a traditional point-and-click adventure game that follows the adventures of Benjamin Briggs, captain of the Mary Celeste, as he explores the depths of Limbo in the K...
Little Superstar - Little Superstar is an Internet phenomenon, consisting of a video of Thavakalai, an Indian actor, breakdancing to MC Miker G & DJ Sven's remix of the Madonna song Holiday, in a clip from a 1...
Loituma Girl - Loituma Girl is a Flash animation set to a scat singing section of the traditional Finnish folk song "Ieva's Polka" sung by the Finnish quartet Loituma.
LOL - LOL, an abbreviation for laughing out loud or laugh out loud, is a common element of Internet slang.
Lolcat - A lolcat is an image combining a photograph of a cat, with a humorous and idiosyncratic caption in English—a dialect which is known as "lolspeak" or "kitty pidgin" and which parodies the poor gr...
lonelygirl15 - lonelygirl15 was an interactive web-based video series which began in June 2006, and ended on August 1, 2008, with a Japanese dub slated for release in 2009.
Luke Johnson Phone Experiment - The Luke Johnson Phone Experiment was started by 27 year-old Arizona resident Luke Johnson.
Lynne & Tessa - Lynne & Tessa are two young women from Frankfurt, Germany, who have released internet videos of themselves lip-synching to famous pop songs.
Magical Maestro - Magical Maestro is a 1952 animated short film directed by Tex Avery and produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.
Mahir Çağrı - Mahir Çağrı became an Internet celebrity in 1999.
Man-Faye - Man-Faye is the moniker given to Damon Evans, a crossplayer who dresses up as Faye Valentine from the Japanese anime series Cowboy Bebop.
ManBeef.com - ManBeef was an elaborate hoax site beginning in January 2001, news of which spread primarily by means of e-mail forwarding.
Manolo Cabeza de Huevo - Manolo Cabeza de Huevo is a series of famous prank calls made by the radio show El Vacilón de la Mañana.
Marly-Gomont (song) - "Marly-Gomont" is the first single by French "agricultural" rapper Kamini, recorded in 2006.
MeAnda – Don - MeAnda - Don is a satirical Video clip created by non-profit Mexican independent organization VideoGENTE. The name of the song is "Don" and is performed by a fictitious band called "MeAnda".
Megyeri Bridge - The Megyeri Bridge, previously known as the Northern M0 Danube bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, respectively the west and east sides of B...
Meme - A meme is a postulated unit of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena.
Memetracker - A memetracker is a tool for studying the migration of memes across a group of people.
Microbroadcasting - Microbroadcasting is the process of broadcasting a message to a relatively small audience.
Mike Gundy - Michael Ray Gundy is the head football coach at Oklahoma State University and a former quarterback of the Cowboys.
Milk and Cereal - Milk and Cereal is an internet meme originated by a group known as The original video features two Virginia Tech students named Matt Feidler and Dan Loveless lip synching to the song "Milk and C...
MilkandCookies - MilkandCookies is an archive of internet memes from sarcastic, pop culture geeks about humor, video clips, independent media, music, technology, toilet humor, television, politics, risque behavi...
Mister Splashy Pants - Mister Splashy Pants, or Mr. Splashypants, is the name of a humpback whale in the South Pacific Ocean.
Moe anthropomorphism - Moe anthropomorphism is a form of anthropomorphism where moe qualities are given to non-human beings, objects, concepts, or phenomena.
More cowbell - "More cowbell" is an American pop culture catchphrase originally derived from an April 8, 2000, Saturday Night Live comedy sketch fictionalizing the recording of the song " The Reaper" by B...
Moskau (Genghis Khan song) - "Moskau " was a single by the German pop-act Genghis Khan from their 1979 self-titled debut album.
Motivational poster - A motivational poster is a type of poster commonly designed for use in schools and offices.
Moymoy Palaboy - Moymoy Palaboy is a Filipino comic and singing duo known for their uploaded lip sync videos in YouTube.
My eyes! The goggles do nothing! - "Radioactive Man" is the second episode of The Simpsons seventh season.
My Girlfriend's a Geek - Fujoshi Kanojo is a Japanese light novel series in two volumes by Pentabu based on a popular blog of the same name with 11 million pageviews.
Nannerpuss - Denny's is a full-service coffee shop/family restaurant chain in the United States.
Nate's Word of the Day - Nate's Word of the Day started in March 2007.
Nhlanhla Nene - Nhlanhla Musa Nene has been the deputy minister of finance in the Cabinet of South Africa since November 2008.
Ninja Burger - Ninja Burger is a parody website started in late 1999, purporting that a sect of noble ninja have taken to secretly delivering fast food meals, anywhere, anytime, within 30 minutes or less.
Ninja Spirit (video series) - Ninja Spirit is a series of martial arts parody videos that focus on the adventures of the eponymous character, Ninja Spirit.
Numa Numa - Numa Numa is an Internet phenomenon based on amateur videos, most notably Numa Numa Dance by Gary Brolsma, made for the song "Dragostea din tei" as performed by O-Zone.
O RLY? - O RLY? is an Internet phenomenon, ben's bog typically presented as an image macro featuring a Snowy Owl.
Olympic Torch (virus hoax) - Olympic Torch is a computer virus hoax sent out by e-mail.
Online quizzes - Online quizzes are quizzes that are published on the Internet and are generally for entertainment purposes.
Oolong (rabbit) - Oolong, named after the oolong variety of tea, was a domestic rabbit owned by photographer Hironori Akutagawa.
OS-tan - The OS-tan are an Internet phenomenon or meme that originated within the Japanese Futaba Channel.
Pancakes! - Pancakes! is a YouTube video produced by James Provan, a YouTube user under the name "GiR2007".
Partido da Imprensa Golpista - Partido da Imprensa Golpista or Pro-coup Press Party is a term which became widely used among Brazilian websurfers since 2007 to characterize the Brazilian mainstream mass media.
Pat & Stan - Pat et Stanley is an animated show that appears as part of the children's television programme TFou on the French network TF1.
Pete Hoekstra - Cornelius Peter "Pete" Hoekstra is a Dutch-born American politician and member of Congress from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Pilipinas, Game KNB? - Pilipinas, Game KNB? was a long-running Philippine game show aired on ABS-CBN. Hosted by Edu Manzano, past versions of the show were hosted by Kris Aquino and aired on primetime.
Pinky the Cat - Pinky the Cat is a video that aired on several American reality television programs in the 1990s before it achieved fame on the Internet as a viral video in the 2000s.
Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 - Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 is a 12-minute, black and white animated movie by Paul Laurence Robertson, featuring music by Cornel Wilczek, also known as Qua.
Pirates versus Ninjas - Pirates versus Ninjas is an internet meme that circulates in the form of an ongoing debate that asks the question "Who would win in a fight: pirates or ninjas?" More information needed as to the...
PopoZão - "PopoZão" is a rap song by Kevin Federline.
Pork and Beans (song) - "Pork and Beans" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on its 2008 album Weezer.
Porkbusters - Porkbusters is an effort led by mostly conservative and libertarian bloggers to cut pork barrel spending by the U.S. Congress in order to help pay for projects.
Post turtle - Post turtle is a phrase that has been used in political discussion of various countries, including the U.S. and Canada, based on an old joke.
Postcard Image (virus hoax) - Olympic Torch is a computer virus hoax sent out by e-mail.
Prabhu Deva - Prabhu Deva is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director.
Preved - Preved is a meme in the Russian-speaking Internet which developed out of a heavily-circulated picture, and consists of choosing alternative spellings for words for comic effect.
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Rickrolling - Rickrolling is an Internet meme typically involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up".
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Ron Paul - Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician and Republican Congressman for the 14th congressional district of Texas.
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Saturday Morning Watchmen - Saturday Morning Watchmen is a Newgrounds and YouTube viral video published on March 5, 2009.
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Über - Über or ueber comes from the German language.
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