Whomst

Whomst

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About

Whomst is a fake word used to signal ironic superior intelligence, similar to the me, an intellectual snowclone. In early 2017, "whomst" images pairing the word with pictures of people photoshopped to have bright purple eyes a la Gordon Ramsay's Lamb Sauce grew popular on meme focused subreddits.

Origin

On June 2nd, 2016, lighting guy submitted a definition of "whomst" to Urban Dictionary[1] that reads, "For times when you want to ask 'who or whom', but need a fancier connotation."


TOP DEFINITION whomst For times when you want to ask "who or whom", but need a fancier connotation. "Francois dropped his caviar in the toilet." "Whomst would do such a thing?!" by lighting guy June 02, 2016

The earliest known sarcastic use of the word was posted to Instagram on December 27th, 2016, by fkinsnapss,[2] who used it to caption of a video of a man walking with his pants extremely high up on his waist while the X-files theme music played (shown below).


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Spread

On January 21st, 2017, Instagram user b3pis[3] posted what would become the most popular example of the "whomst" meme. In the image, a boy shows increasingly pleased reactions to variations on "who," ending with a glowing purple eyed reaction to "whomst'd" (shown below). The post has gained 2,669 likes on Instagram as of February 1st, 2017.


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The image set a precedent for "Whomst" memes to be used in a similar vein as the #UpgradeChallenge, where one image compares a small-minded "person who does X" with a comically large-brained "person whomst does Y" (ex: shown below).


People who watch Dr. Who People who Watch Dr. CVWhomst'd leバレジクノリ C. funny.Ce

Other variations on the meme include making "whomst" even longer and more nonsensical, i.e. "whomst'd've." On Janurary 31st, 2017, redditor Julien2000 posted a comment to /r/MemeEconomy of the original "whomst image" titled, "Whomst'd memes are on the rise! Whomst'd've's'nd would not want to invest this in amazing offer! Buy! Buy! Buy! But beware of demand side inflation!"[4]

Whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es

"Whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es" is one of the more popular extended riffs on the original joke, and is used comically as an absurdly long word. Posts featuring began appearing after the spread of Whomst. A pronunciation was added to YouTube by user Zekzgo on March 3rd, 2017 (shown below).



A post featuring the word was posted to /r/copypasta[5] on March 5th, 2017. It was added to Urban Dictionary on the 24th (shown below).


2 whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es A dead meme.Grants favroite contraction. whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es is a long word. by Aronak March 24, 2017

Examples of the word could be seen in expanding brain parodies as the ultimate variation of whomst (examples shown below).


C. Whom Whomst Whomst'd Whomst'd've Whomst'd've'nt Whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es wh what who when where basic whom what's where'd while when'll advanced whom'st whence why d what ve where've dee whom'st've en'ee'te what'd'll why'l'd where't'shve hen'c'e'tbe where't's'h've'could ere't's'have'th'e'who'm woke whom st've did what'd'll'ke why l'd'the utrawoke who'm'st"ve'd'one that wh what dl d'keke when'c'et'be'gone god

Various Examples


Men who listen to J. Cole N----- whom listen to Lil Uzi N----- whom'st listen to Migos HAHAHAH Fellas who use analog clocks Humans whomst rely solely on digital clocks N----- who listen to lil yachty @chesto v.2 Individuals whomst listen to "Pink Guy" Men who s--- in the toilet N----- whom s--- standing up N----- whom'st Se who whom WHOM ST ORTON ORTON

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Gentleman Quagsire
Gentleman Quagsire

>On December 17th, 2016, Tumblr user nyanberry[4] posted a comic of Superman arm wrestling a glowing figure who replies “yaint” to the phrase “you are all not.”
>The earliest known sarcastic use of the word was posted to Instagram on December 27th, 2016, by fkinsnapss, who used it to caption of a video of a man walking with his pants extremely high up on his waist while the X-files theme music played

>Whomst succeeds Yaint as grammar memes continue to have a strong showing in 2017 thus far.

Man, the fucking 'yaint' entry was put up a day ago. What kind of meme decay is this?

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