Professor Whats His Nuts

Professor Whats His Nuts

Updated Sep 26, 2018 at 10:45AM EDT by Sophie.

Added Sep 24, 2018 at 11:15AM EDT by Adam.

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.

This submission is currently being researched & evaluated!

You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation.

Overview

Professor What's His Nuts is a placeholder name used by a Ohio University freshman student to address her professor in the heading of an essay assignment. Upon accidentally submitting her paper with the placeholder name still intact, the awkward yet comical e-mail correspondence that ensued between the student and the professor quickly went viral on Twitter and led to widespread media coverage in September 2018.

Background

On September 19th, 2018, Twitter user @HendyHendel[1] tweeted that he had received an essay from a student in which his name was listed as "Professor What's His Nuts." The tweet gained over 54,000 retweets and 352,000 likes (shown below).


Professor whats his nuts @Hendyhendel Follow A student emailed me, profusely apologizing for getting my name wrong at the top of their paper, and I was like, "Thanks, whatever, nbd." Then I got to their paper and saw their instructor was "Professor whats his nuts" 3:09 PM - 19 Sep 2018

Developments

A day later, the student, @Zoeyoxley on Twitter,[2] tweeted her side of the story, including photos of the emails she sent to the professor preemptively apologizing for her error and @HendyHendel's tweet. It gained over 156,000 retweets and 626,000 likes (shown below).


zo !!! @Zoeyoxley Follow A series of unfortunate events: turnitinJ al your assi or yor Welcome to your new dn omepagat From the clas homwpae you a ntormation Class Homepage A student emaled me protusely apologizing for getting my name wrong at the top of their paper,andl was ike, "Thanks, whatever,nbd Then I got to their papor and saw their nstructor was "Prolessor whats his 2:20 AM 20 Sep 2018

As the tweet began spreading, other Twitter users reacted with intense secondhand embarrassment for Oxley (examples shown below). Several of these reactions were compiled by Buzzfeed[3] and Daily Dot.[4]


Natalie Smith @_nataliesmith90 Follow ) ﹀ I just fully laughed/cringed/died. I would see no alternative but to emigrate and start a new life with a different name where I could never be found. ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK WHAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING FRIENDS. zo !!@Zoeyoxley A series of unfortunate events: Not Courtney @notcourtneymaye Follow This is like the one time i submitted a paper and the document was titled "s--- ass philosophy paper zo !! @Zoeyoxley A series of unfortunate events: 2:32 PM 21 Sep 2018 from Green Bay, WI

The dual viral tweets led Select All[5] to coin the term "Twerendipity," which author Madison Malone Kircher defines as "those moments when 'characters' from the stories people tell on Twitter suddenly show up in the middle of the story" (other examples shown below).


Sophia @pixyrue Follow Wait. That girl is me. That is my orthodontist's tumblr. This is a post about me? l'm going to kill myself mia @lvstbleu I WHEEZED 12:34 PM-5 Mar 2018

Search Interest

External References

Recent Videos

There are no videos currently available.

Recent Images 6 total


Top Comments

Cellular Lukeleus
Cellular Lukeleus

You know what? At the end of the day, this was a humorous event where both parties had a laugh, and hopefully they will both move on from this.

I can't wait for someone to make this political.

+68

+ Add a Comment

Comments (23)


Display Comments

Add a Comment


Howdy! You must login or signup first!