If You Know What I Mean

If You Know What I Mean

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"If You Know What I Mean" is a rage comic character based on a still frame of actor Rowan Atkinson portraying the fictional character Mr. Bean. It is used to point out a double entendre in a post or image macro, commonly in the form of sexual innuendo. Although originally created as a rage face, the character is also used in vertical comics in a similar manner to the You Don't Say? and We've Got a Badass Over Here reaction images.

Origin

The first instance of the rage character was submitted by 9gag[1] user aldik101 in a post titled "Let's watch a movie, if you know what I mean" on January 28th, 2012, featuring a screen capture of Rowan Atkinson from the 2007 comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday (shown below, left). As of November 7th 2012, the post accumulated over 43,000 likes, 3,300 Facebook shares and 240 comments. The same day, an extended version of aldik101's comic was posted by 9gag[2] user elyo11, who added a vectorized version of Atkinson's expression along with the caption "If you know what I mean" (shown below, right).


Adding "if you know what I mean" at the end of an ordinary sentence can make it sound sexual Have fun on 9GAG.COM Adding "if you know what I mean" at the end of an ordinary sentence can make it sound sexual hmmm, wait a minute. This needs.. A MEME! If you know what I mean 9GAG.COM/GAG/2209770

Colloquial Usage

The phrase “if you know what I mean” has been colloquially used to point out a sexual double entendre for many years prior to the creation of the Mr. Bean rage face. On August 1st, 2003, Urban Dictionary[19] user Tommy Harkness submitted an entry for the phrase, defining it as a “way to make a statement ‘dirty’.” TV Tropes[20] also includes the phrase as part of the "Lampshaded Double Entendre"[20] trope, describing it as "a remark to ensure that the audience spots the hidden meaning," similar to "That's What She Said."



Spread

On January 29th, 2012, a template of the rage face was posted on the Internet humor site Meme-O-Rama.[6] On January 31st, FunnyJunk[3] user potatoos submitted a vertical comic using the rage face to the Internet humor site. On February 1st, 9gag[9] user iv4eto_19_95 submitted a post titled "If you know what I mean," which included a poem accompanied by the Mr. Bean rage face (shown below). Within nine months, the post received over 56,900 up votes and 7,200 Facebook shares.


roses are red the grass is green i want you in my bed if you know what i mean If you know what I mean

On February 23rd, the Internet humor site Smosh[8] published a post titled “Best Of The ‘If You Know What I Mean’ Face!”,[8] featuring notable examples from the series. As of November 7th, 2012, a Facebook page[17] titled "If You Know What I Mean" has accumulated over 73,000 likes.

Notable Examples

Additional examples can be found on FunnyJunk,[10] 9gag,[11] MemeCenter,[12] MemeBase[21] and the f7u12 subreddit.[13] Advice Animal templates using the image can be found on Quickmeme,[14][15] MemeGenerator[18] and Zipmeme.[16]


Settings Safari Privacy Private Browsing ON Accept Cookies From visited If vou know what I mean memecenter.com MemeCenterae DO NOT DISTURB! IFYOU KNOW WHATI MEAN Sun isn't the only thing that rises up in the morning. If you know what I mearn
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wor of love g oU you'll ever If you know what I mean OC: The Try le beatles singin... J well she was just seventeen. if you know what mean Caterpie Just evolved to metapod If you know what I mean

Template

If you know what I mearn


Search Interest

Note: Search results before February 2012 are unrelated to this entry.


External References

[1] 9gag – Let's watch a movie, if you know what I mean.

[2] 9gag – If you know what I mean.. ;)

[3] FunnyJunk – If you know what I mean.

[4] RageGenerator – If You Know What I Mean

[5] WeKnowMemes (via Wayback Machine) – If You Know What I Mean Face

[6] Meme-O-Rama (via Wayback Machine) – If You Know What I Mean Mr Bean Meme

[7] WeKnowMemes (via Wayback Machine) – If You Know What I Mean Meme

[8] Smosh.com (via Wayback Machine) – Best Of The 'If You Know What I Mean' Face!

[9] 9gag – If you know what I mean

[10] FunnyJunk – Search 'If You Know What I Mean' (must be logged in to search)

[11] 9gag – Search 'If You Know What I Mean'

[12] MemeCenter – Search 'If You Know What I Mean'

[13] /r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu – Search 'If You Know What I Mean'

[14] Quickmeme – 'If You Know What I Mean' Variation 1

[15] Quickmeme – 'If You Know What I Mean' Variation 2

[16] Zipmeme – If You Know What I Mean (page unavailable)

[17] Facebook – If You Know What I Mean

[18] MemeGenerator – Mr. Bean – If You Know What I Mean

[19] Urban Dictionary – If You Know What I Mean

[20] TvTropes – Lampshaded Double Entendre

[21] MemeBase – Tagged 'If You Know What I Mean'

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