Absolute Cunt... and a Proper Legend
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Absolute Cunt… and a Proper Legend refers to a phrase used in a tweet made in December of 2013 by Twitter user @bikinibabelover parodying British lad culture slang. Though the tweet did modest numbers, it continues to be referenced over five years since it was first tweeted.
Origin
On December 3rd, 2013, Twitter user @BikiniBabeLover[1] tweeted "MATE YOUR AN ABSOLUTE CUNT… AND A PROPER LEGEND," gaining over 1,500 retweets and 4,300 likes (shown below).
Spread
The tweet saw some recognition as one of Twitter's best tweets in the following years. On March 21st, 2016, the tweet was included in Bullett Media's list of the 40 best tweets from the first ten years of Twitter.[2] Critic Sean T. Collins called it one of the five funniest tweets he'd seen on the site in 2016.[3] Parodies of the tweet began seeing spread in the 2017 UK Election as people applied the phrase to Jeremy Corbyn. For example, Matt Christman tweeted it about Corbyn, gaining over 460 likes (shown below, left). Collins tweeted a Bad Acronym about Corbyn, gaining over 50 retweets and 290 likes (shown below, right).
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External References
[1] Twitter – @bikinibabelover
[2] Bullett Media – Happy Birthday Twitter
[3] Twitter – @Seantcollins
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