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1-800-ARE-YOU-SLAPPIN

1-800-ARE-YOU-SLAPPIN

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Added Sep 18, 2017 at 02:04PM EDT by Adam.

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About

1-800-ARE-YOU-SLAPPIN is a Tumblr phrasal meme posted in reference to a comment of a video of a seal slapping itself on the chest.

Origin

On March 1st, 2017, Tumblr account Babyanimalgifs[1] posted a video of a seal with a plush toy of a seal on its back slapping itself on the chest.


http://babyanimalgifs.co/post/157848019576/reblog-if-you-love-sea-dogs

The same day, Tumblr user hemingwayjaw[2] reblogged the post with the caption "1-800-ARE-YOU-SLAPPIN." The post currently has over 253,000 notes as of September 18th, 2017.


babyanimalgifs: Reblog if you love sea dogs 1-800-ARE-YOU-SLAPPIN MAR.01.17 253,778 NOTES VIA/SRC 乜


Spread

The phrase did not become a widely-used Tumblr meme until the summer of 2017. Meme Documentation [3] points out that while there were some posts referencing the phrase prior, the phrase started rising in popularity after user doglesbian[4] created a tattoo design for the phrase on July 29th, 2017 that gained over 16,000 notes (shown below).


doglesbian Follow doglesbian i want to get the 1-800-ARE-YOU-SLAPPIN seal meme as a tattoo on me doglesbian heres my design

Following that post, "Are You Slappin?" posts began appearing on Tumblr with more frequency through August and September. A pun on the name posted by timetickticksaway[4] gained over 8,200 notes (shown below, left). A banner by evenmoreuserboxes[5] gained over 9,200 notes (shown below, right).


timetickticksaway: timetickticksaway are you slappin? legally you have to tell me if you are Hotherwise it's enslapment 1-800-THIS-USER-IS-SLAPPIN evenmoreuseroox sep 16th (2 days ago)-9,562 notes

Various Examples


1-800-areevou-slapping CRASH LIEUTENANTGROVES ASKED: 1-800-ARE-YOU-SLAPPIN Ones NAITURE Originally posted by pbsnature yes? 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN 1-800-AREYOUSLAPPIN Wouldn't it be more like 1-800-R-U-SLAPN? You know, so you can dial it on a phone. SFX: SLAP SLAP 1-B00-ARE-YOU-SLAPPIN Anonymous: 1-800 are you slappin but it grows in intensity and volume as it goes on 1-800-are you-slappin 1-800-are you-slappin 1-800-are you-slapPIN 1-800-ARE-

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External References

[1] Tumblr – babyanimalsgifs

[2] Tumblr – hemingwayjaw

[3] Meme Documentation – Explained: are you slappin meme

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