About

Wamen is a pronunciation of the word "women" popularized by YouTuber PewDiePie in jokes referencing the "Respect Women" meme.

Origin

On June 2nd, 2017, PewDiePie uploaded a video titled "How to: Respect Women!", in which he discusses the Respect Women image macro series (shown below). Within two months, the video received upwards of 4.5 million views and 36,400 comments.

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On June 18th, 2017, YouTuber Mr poopoo pants Whoisaryan uploaded a supercut of PewDiePie's video titled "Respect Wamen" (shown below).

On July 3rd, Urban Dictionary^[1] user GovermentReptilian submitted an entry for "wamen," defining it as "a rare species of women that usually needs more attention/respect" (shown below).

On July 7th, Redditor boi267 submitted a Your Mother and I Will Always Love You comic in which PewDiePie abandons a baby for saying "i disrespect wamen" to /r/PewdiepieSubmissions^[2] (shown below).

On July 10th, PewDiePie uploaded a video titled "Never Say This to a Gamer," in which he references the "wamen" joke several times (shown below, left). On July 13th, YouTuber Day by Dave uploaded a music remix of PewDiePie's "How to: Respect Women" episode (shown below, right). Within three weeks, the video received more than 162,000 views and 840 comments.

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