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"Hand Me the Aux Cord" is an expression used to request an auxiliary audio input cable in order to play music off a mobile device. On Twitter, the expression is often used to caption images of flaming vehicles, indicating that the music was so hot it set the car ablaze.

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On August 17th, 2014, the WorldStarHipHop Twitter feed @WSFights[3] posted photographs of a burning car with the caption "When the homie hand me the AUX cord" (shown below). In the first two months, the tweet gained over 1,200 retweets and 750 favorites.

WorldStarHipHop TM @WSFights * 塩Follow When the homie hand me the AUX cord RETWEETS FAVORITES 1,232 754 6:35 PM-17 Aug 2014

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On August 28th, 2014, Redditor spacymushroom submitted a 3-pane image of the Pokemon character Ash Ketchum turning his hat backwards titled "When someone hands me the AUX cord in the car" to the /r/funny[1] subreddit (shown below).

On October 23rd, Urban Dictionary[2] user USAFmondesir submitted an entry for "Aux Cord," defining it as the "blood and lifeline of a car trip." On October 29th, Twitter user @KingRyin[5] posted a photograph of a flaming airplane with the caption "when the pilot hands me the AUX cord," garnering upwards of 3,400 retweets and 2,600 favorites in 48 hours (shown below). On October 31st, Redditor Pikey7 submitted a photograph of a burning car titled "When you give me the aux cord" to the /r/teenagers[4] subreddit.

* 塩 BITCH N---- RYIN @KingRyin Follow when the pilot hands me the AUX cord わt3 RETWEETS FAVORITES :: 3,401 2,671 -- 11:39 PM - 29 Oct 2014

According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[6] the keywords "aux cord" received over 400,000 mentions during October 2014.

Tweets per day: aux cord October 1st- October 31st 100K 80K 60K 40K 20K 10/2 10/5 10/8 10/13 10/16 1019 1022 10/25 10/28 aux cord 417,522 ANALYTICS BY

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[1] Reddit – When someone hands me the AUX cord in the car

[2] Urban Dictionary – Aux Cord

[3] Twitter – @WSFights

[4] Reddit – When you give me the aux cord

[5] Twitter – @KingRyin

[6] Topsy – aux cord



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Hand Me the Aux Cord

Hand Me the Aux Cord

Updated Aug 17, 2020 at 05:42AM EDT by shevyrolet.

Added Oct 31, 2014 at 05:12PM EDT by Don.

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About

"Hand Me the Aux Cord" is an expression used to request an auxiliary audio input cable in order to play music off a mobile device. On Twitter, the expression is often used to caption images of flaming vehicles, indicating that the music was so hot it set the car ablaze.

Origin

On August 17th, 2014, the WorldStarHipHop Twitter feed @WSFights[3] posted photographs of a burning car with the caption "When the homie hand me the AUX cord" (shown below). In the first two months, the tweet gained over 1,200 retweets and 750 favorites.


WorldStarHipHop TM @WSFights * 塩Follow When the homie hand me the AUX cord RETWEETS FAVORITES 1,232 754 6:35 PM-17 Aug 2014

Spread

On August 28th, 2014, Redditor spacymushroom submitted a 3-pane image of the Pokemon character Ash Ketchum turning his hat backwards titled "When someone hands me the AUX cord in the car" to the /r/funny[1] subreddit (shown below).



On October 23rd, Urban Dictionary[2] user USAFmondesir submitted an entry for "Aux Cord," defining it as the "blood and lifeline of a car trip." On October 29th, Twitter user @KingRyin[5] posted a photograph of a flaming airplane with the caption "when the pilot hands me the AUX cord," garnering upwards of 3,400 retweets and 2,600 favorites in 48 hours (shown below). On October 31st, Redditor Pikey7 submitted a photograph of a burning car titled "When you give me the aux cord" to the /r/teenagers[4] subreddit.


* 塩 BITCH N---- RYIN @KingRyin Follow when the pilot hands me the AUX cord わt3 RETWEETS FAVORITES :: 3,401 2,671 -- 11:39 PM - 29 Oct 2014

According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[6] the keywords "aux cord" received over 400,000 mentions during October 2014.


Tweets per day: aux cord October 1st- October 31st 100K 80K 60K 40K 20K 10/2 10/5 10/8 10/13 10/16 1019 1022 10/25 10/28 aux cord 417,522 ANALYTICS BY

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Not available.

External References

[1] Reddit – When someone hands me the AUX cord in the car

[2] Urban Dictionary – Aux Cord

[3] Twitter – @WSFights

[4] Reddit – When you give me the aux cord

[5] Twitter – @KingRyin

[6] Topsy – aux cord

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