[EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

About

[EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER] is a catchphrase describing a loud sound effect that plays when a person provides an incorrect answer. Starting in October 2022, the catchphrase gained popularity online as a punchline for poorly worded and suspect jokes, most often used in combination with the She X on My Y Till I Z phrasal template. In late 2023, a graphic showing a green-and-red gauge labeled "truth" and "lie," known as the Lie Detector Meme, then saw use on TikTok.

Origin

On October 12th, 2022, Twitter^[1] user @hunter_hhhh tweeted several attempts to create a She X on My Y Joke from the dish name "beef stroganoff." Each attempts was followed by the words [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER], as if @hunter_hhhh was struggling to provide a correct answer on a game show. The tweet (shown below) garnered over 19,200 retweets and 121,000 likes in seven months.

Spread

Later on October 12th, Twitter^[2] user @TrickstersHole posted a voiced version of the tweet and several replies. The post (shown below) earned over 15,000 retweets and 59,400 likes in seven months.

https://t.co/fpx3oPx7DO pic.twitter.com/jKyLwUUzSG

— Corridor Man (@TrickstersHole) October 12, 2022

The original tweet inspired more She X on My Y Till I Z jokes incorporating the catchphrase as a punchline. For example, on October 18th, 2022, Twitter^[3] user @PennMost posted a tweet that received over 3,400 retweets and 23,800 likes in seven months (shown below, left). On February 24th, 2023, Twitter user @mutantmustared used the phrase in a reply to a James Bond Burger meme. The tweet^[4] (shown below, right) received over 120 retweets and 3,500 likes in three months.

In 2023, the phrase gained popularity as a punchline and a reply for poorly-worded, suspect and misinformed tweets. For example, on March 15th, Twitter^[5] user @uxiedust used the phrase in a tweet that received over 100 retweets and 4,000 likes in two months (shown below, left). On May 4th, 2023, Twitter^[6] user @fem2a used the phrase in a quote tweet which received 90 retweets and over 1,300 likes in two weeks (shown below, right).

Viral Sound Effect / TikTok Lie Detector Meme

In late 2023 the lie detector and the buzzer sound started to become popularized on TikTok with TikTokers using it over videos of people narrating their eating, among other things, usually to comically express that the person was lying. For example, on July 24th, 2023, TikToker pookieeatacookie^[7] uploaded a TikTok in which they claimed that they accidentally drove to a restaurant instead of the gym, earning over 315,000 likes in six months (shown below, left).

On October 29th, TikToker simplistic111 took the upload by pookie and added the lie detector buzzer sound, helping to create the new way of using it with further examples using it for any manner of outright lie (shown below, right).

On CapCut's template for the "Lie detector meme," which was added on November 18th, 2023, the format garnered over 1,200 uses and 85 likes in three months.

Various Examples

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