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Gurting or Gurt is an ironic slang term and spinoff of the "Gurt: Yo" meme that means doing something that's very smart but also very dangerous, which is a reference to the "What They're Doing Is Very Smart but Also Very Dangerous" meme. The term was popularized as the subject of memes in mid-April 2025 and is often used alongside other niche slang terms like "IKIAB."

Origin

On April 8th, 2025, TikToker^[1] @jdawg.157 posted a video captioned, "New underground slang word Gurt/Gurting When you do something that's very smart but also very dangerous We will be using ts new slang word," garnering over 1.2 million views in six days.

Spread

Memes using the term "gurting" in the relevant context became increasingly popular over the following days. On April 10th, 2025, TikToker^[2] @slugrust posted a video using the term, garnering over 142,000 views in five days.

On April 11th, TikToker^[3] @c.o.d.y9 posted a video sharing the definition, garnering over 2.7 million views in four days.

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Related Memes

Gurt: Yo

Yogurt / Gurt: Yo, also known as Yo Gurt / Gurt: Yo, refers to a pun on the word "yogurt," which morphs it into a conversation of someone saying, "Yogurt," and a character named "Gurt" responding, "Yo." The joke dates back as far as 2012, but didn't gain viral acclaim until 2025. The meme went viral on TikTok in March and April 2025, via a series of JuggTok videos that mutated the conversation into a phrasal template. Meme creators replaced the words, commonly having Gurt respond with "What's up twin," or "SYBAU." Others replaced the "yogurt" pun with other puns that turned one word into a greeting, such as "Support / Port: Sup."

What They're Doing Is Very Smart but Also Very Dangerous

What They're Doing Is Very Smart but Also Very Dangerous, also known as What He's Doing Is Very Smart but Also Very Dangerous, refers to a catchphrase and phrasal template used in a series of JuggTok memes showing cute animals doing something "very smart" but also "very dangerous." The trend could be described as JuggTok mixed with Soft Irony in the form of a parody nature documentary. The full phrasal template reads, "See this X. I knew this was going to happen. What they're doing is very smart. But also very dangerous," in which the X is replaced by the animal subject, among other subjects. The meme went viral on TikTok in April 2025.

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