Amirite

Updated May 30, 2019 at 05:29PM EDT by Don Caldwell.

Added May 30, 2019 at 11:02AM EDT by Don Caldwell.

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About

Amirite is a portmanteau of the words "am I right?", which is typically used online as a tongue-in-cheek way of seeking approval or recognition for a cheesy joke or statement.

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On December 7th, 2003, the domain for the site amirite.com was registered, which allows users can submit various opinions and vote on their accuracy (shown below).

Featured +10 -24 Alcohol should be sold in Capri Sun packets. What do you think of male teenagers or Then you know you've had enough when you young men who during the summer time shave can't get the straw in anymore, amirite? their legs to get hairless and smooth legs and thighs. Their legs look nicer, healthier, accentuate NO WAY YEAHYOU ARE the shape of them and give some tonus to the skin, amirite? relativelyrite SHARE YEAH YOU ARE NOWAY In the future they could have disposable SHARE smart phones like how there's disposable an125 cameras. amirite -22 Whenever you skip a rock into water, you YEAH YOU ARE NO WAY are robbing future generations the opportunity to do the same. You are the last person that will ever SHARE avrahamabulafia skip that rock. amirite?

On February 24th, 2004, the first Urban Dictionary^[1] entry for the term was submitted (shown below).

amirite Am I right? Hay guys, taht is so cool amirite lol!

On March 21st, 2011 an entry for "Am I Right?" was submitted to TV Tropes,^[4] which lists "Amirite" as an alternate title for the entry. On April 16th, an entry for the term was submitted to Encyclopedia Dramatica.^[2] On October 6th, 2011, YouTuber thankscomputer uploaded a video titled "Amirite?", in which a young man throws food on a woman singing karaoke and says "am I right?" (shown below).

On March 14th, 2012, the PronunciationDigest YouTube channel uploaded a video titled "How to Pronounce Amirite," in which a voice can be heard chuckling after saying "am I right?" (shown below).

Bad Joke Eel

Bad Joke Eel is an advice animal image macro series featuring a close-up photograph of a Moray eel with various captions delivering unfunny puns and jokes, very similar to Lame Pun Coon. Many variations of the image macro have used "Amirite" in the captioned text.