About

Gargingo is a nonsensical word and slang term that appeared in several GIFs uploaded to Tenor in 2022 and 2025. The nonsensical word is also sometimes referenced in YouTuber Isaacwhy's "Last To Leave VC" series, and may have originated on Discord servers associated with the YouTuber. Gargingo memes typically reference a Gargingo "Flood" on Tenor, and sometimes reference cryptic events like the "Squid Incident" or "Gargingo Fascism." The "Gargingo" meme is similar to jokes about Glaggleland that first began making the rounds in 2021.

Origin

The YouTube^[1] channel Gargingo was first created on December 3rd, 2020, posting a December 17th, 2020 video titled "Gaygingo," and gathering over 100 likes in four years.

Tenor^[6][7] users @quanquanquanquan and @toastyyyyy posted the earliest known "Gargingo" GIFs to Tenor on July 5th, 2022, showing a Peter Griffin shaped piece of jewelry captioned, "Gargingo Sweepstakes," and a Fortnite GIF captioned, "insane Gargingo gameplay."

Spread

On May 6th, 2024, the Gargingo YouTube^[2] account posted a video titled, "Gargingo Reviews: RAISING CANES!" The videos gathered over 200 views in a year.

On July 11th, 2025, YouTuber^[3] Isaacwhy posted a video titled, "Last to Leave VC wins $100,000 [Part 2]," where at the 16:25 timestamp, the group of participants discuss a series of "Gargingo" GIFs on their Discord channel. The video gathered over 1 million views in two days.

On July 12th, 2025, Isaacwhy posted a tweet on his X^[4] account @isaacwhom with a GIF of Peter Griffin from Family Guy sliding on the floor alongside a caption that reads, "gargingo fascism and its effect on the global economy." The post gathered over 7,600 likes in two days.

Also on July 12th, X^[5] user @TeBuckshotbandi posted a GIF showing Peter Griffin slowly turning around alongside text that reads, "did you say "gargingo"?" The post gathered over 2,000 likes in two days.

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