Freaky 👅

About

Freaky 👅, also written in script as 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂, refers to a series of Papyrus Irony memes that use the words "freak" and "freaky," originally based on a Papyrus font meme that read, "Im fr a freak Just lmk.." showing Paul the alien. Freaky memes often use the tongue emoji or show a character with a long tongue sticking out of its mouth. Most of the memes were over-edited and moldy, using various filters like Rio De Janeiro and strange fonts other than Papyrus like a copy-and-paste script font. The Hood Irony trend started on Instagram in late 2023, carrying into early 2024 as it spread to other platforms like Twitter / X.

Origin

On September 21st, 2023, Instagram^[1] user @yocrizp posted a meme with a "New York" story filter, reading, "Im fr a freak Just lmk.." featuring Paul the alien from the 2011 comedy film Paul. Over five months, the post received roughly 1,400 likes (shown below).

Spread

In October 2023, the meme earned viral reposts from other accounts on Instagram, such as Instagram^[2] user @krustyobama on October 18th, 2023, gaining over 256,500 likes in four months.

On November 22nd, 2023, Instagram^[3] user @machine_computer_cellphone (formerly known as @bug2sick) posted an image that used Papyrus and the word "freaky," gaining over 13,900 likes in three months (shown below, left). The post came at a time when @machine_computer_cellphone was pretending to be the Settings iOS app.

On December 15th, 2023, Instagram^[4] user @yocrizp posted a Plants vs. Zombies iteration of the meme, gaining over 2,700 likes in two months (shown below, right).

On December 20th, 2023, Instagram^[5] users @softwareupdateios and @splongebob collabed on a post reading, "Freaky Bob 👅," gaining over 64,100 likes in two months (shown below, left).

On December 28th, 2023, Instagram^[6] user @sexmaxxing posted a Freaky meme that also used the tongue emoji, gaining over 590 likes in two months (shown below, right).

In January 2024, Freaky memes spread to Twitter / X as meme creators made their original versions. For instance, on January 28th, 2024, X^[7] user @KrisSkulls showed a so-called "Freaky Mode" setting on their account, gaining over 36,000 likes in four days (shown below, left).

On January 31st, 2024, X^[8] user @SarahTheKitty7 posted an altered version of Fortnite reading "freakynite," gaining over 52,000 likes in one day (shown below, right).

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