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Where Does The 'White Girl Save Me' Phrase Come From? The Catchphrase Origin And Its Memes On Twitter / X Explained
Memes have become a prevalent form of online communication, especially when you want to express something that might be considered unusual or controversial. The silly jokes and images shared on social media are a great way to transfer information and provide little bursts of laughter or knowledge.
Some memes use memorable lines from movies or public figures to cement a joke, like The Anchorman's "That escalated quickly" quote Thanos's "Perfectly balanced" scene. In other cases, the internet can pick a random tweet posted by a regular person and completely transform it into an exploitable meme, like the "White girl save me" catchphrase.
Where Does The 'White Girl Save Me' Phrase Come From?
X user @dawgpleasee decided to express some of his inner thoughts on social media in August 2023, by posting several tweets asking for a "white girl" to save him. Although is unclear why and from what was he asking for a white girl to save him, X user @5RC00L15MU5 screenshotted the series of posts and used it as a reaction image to reply to a Taylor Swift video (shown below), which amassed more than 1,200 views and 13 likes.
white girl…save me… https://t.co/n5taF4OtNT pic.twitter.com/NKSH2OXq8z
— COOLISMUS ⚫ (@5RC00L15MU5) August 11, 2023
What Memes Are People Creating Using The 'White Girl Save Me' Catchphrase?
The series of tweets by @dawgpleasee quickly evolved into an exploitable meme on X, in which users replaced "white girl" with other topics of their interest. For example, On October 27th, 2023, Tumblr[4] user @funtergeist posted a version of the meme that gathered over 10,000 notes in a week (seen below, left). On October 22nd, X user @hagiwara81 posted a version of the meme where "white girl" was switched for "$7 beverage," gathering over 11,000 likes in a week (seen below, right).
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For the full history of "White girl save me," be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.
