Woll Smoth

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'> <head> <meta content='text/html; utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' /> <meta name='keywords' content='woll smoth, 4chan, photoshop, celebrity, pop culture, TV, pop icon' /> <title>Woll Smoth | Know Your Meme</title> <link href='http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/stylesheets/mobile.css?1264901130' media='only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> <script src="http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery-ui.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jrails.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.timeago.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/application.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body id='mobile'> <div id='container'> <div class='c' id='content'> <div class='block c' id='entry_titlebar'> <div class='left'> <div class='c' id='entry_photo'><img alt="" class="thumbnail left" src="http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/426/thumb/Woll_Smoth_original.jpg?1247251771" title="Woll Smoth " /></div> <dl id='entry_details'> <dt>Status</dt> <dd>Confirmed</dd> <dt>Origin</dt> <dd>4chan</dd> <dt>Year</dt> <dd>2007</dd> </dl> </div> <div class='right'> <h1>Woll Smoth </h1> <p class='desc'> 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. Google Insights for Search 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. According to ED, this meme started when the Will Smith page on Wikipedia (they call it TOW) 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 here. The first instance of this was March 13, 2008, 4 months after the first sighting on Google trends. So ED is incorrect. On ED there was an article called “Solobrities” here is the talk page that shows the meme was created around November 2007. This talk page confirms the link between the two. Blue = “Woll Smoth” Red = “Epic Fail Guy” Orange = “Cockmongler” Google Insights results In terms of scale, interest in “Woll Smoth” is about equal in scale to Cockmongler, and Epic Fail guy, two notable 4chan memes. Encyclopedia Dramatca’s earliest mention of “Woll Smoth” dates back to February 20th, 2008. ED called “Woll Smoth” a forced meme, and “the cancer.” Those labels have stuck on their entry to this day. 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> </div> </div> <div class='c' id='entry_content'> <div class="block"><h1>About</h1> <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> <p class="ta_c">Chart unavailable on iPhone.</p><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> <h1>Origin</h1> <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> </div><div class="block"><h1>Reach</h1> <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></div> </div> <div class='block' id='entry_footer'> <h1>More Info</h1> <div class='c'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/photos' id='entry_photos'> View Meme Images <br /> <span># Total images</span> </a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/share' id='entry_share'> Share <br /> <span>Tell a friend!</span> </a> </div> <p> Author <span>aaa</span> </p> <p>Updated xxxx</p> </div> <div class='block c' id='entry_nav'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/prev' id='entry_nav_prev'>Prev Meme</a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/next' id='entry_nav_next'>Next Meme</a> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

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>

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