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http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Woll_Smoth
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2009-07-02T10:28:10Z
4chan
2007
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woll smoth, 4chan, photoshop, celebrity, pop culture, TV, pop icon
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Woll Smoth
<h2>About</h2>
<p>The term “Woll Smoth” refers to any image of a person (usually a celebrity) that has been photoshopped in such a manner as to shrink the size of the eyes and mouth.</p>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=woll+smoth&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=600&h=350&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script><p><a href="http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=woll%20smoth&date=9%2F2007%2017m&cmpt=q">Google Insights for Search</a> shows that interest in “Woll Smoth” started in December of 2007. Activity for “Woll Smoth” peaked on July 5th, 2008, but has continued to draw search results to this day.</p>
<h2>Origin</h2>
<p>According to ED, this meme started when the Will Smith page on Wikipedia (they call it <span class="caps">TOW</span>) was vandalized with the original Woll Smoth image, and the title changed to reflect how one with such a small mouth would speak. Wikipedia has the proof that this happened <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/Tryptech">here.</a> The first instance of this was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will_Smith&diff=197931066&oldid=197425116">March 13, 2008,</a> 4 months after the first sighting on Google trends. So ED is incorrect.</p>
<p>On ED there was an article called “Solobrities” <a href="http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Talk:Solobrities">here</a> is the talk page that shows the meme was created around November 2007. <a href="http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Talk:Woll_Smoth">This</a> talk page confirms the link between the two.</p>
<h2>Reach</h2>
<p>Blue = “Woll Smoth”<br />
Red = “Epic Fail Guy”<br />
Orange = “Cockmongler”<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=woll%20smoth%2Cepic%20fail%20guy%2Ccockmongler&cmpt=q">Google Insights</a> results</p>
<p>In terms of scale, interest in “Woll Smoth” is about equal in scale to Cockmongler, and Epic Fail guy, two notable 4chan memes.</p>
<p>Encyclopedia Dramatca’s earliest mention of “Woll Smoth” dates back to February 20th, 2008.<br />
ED called “Woll Smoth” a forced meme, and “the cancer.” Those labels have stuck on their entry to this day.</p>
<p>However, as we can see that the meme has continued to endure for well over a year, the act of shrinking the eyes and mouths of celebrities has become self-propigating; making it a meme.</p>
2009-11-16T23:56:26Z
426
19
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