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Haudi is a portmanteau of the greeting "Howdy" and the German auto manufacturer Audi. The word is frequently paired with a photograph of an Audi car with a cowboy hat photoshopped on to the roof of the car.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the word "Haudi" was posted by Twitter ^[1] @JoelDouthit tweeted, "Haudi from Audi! It's Saturday morning and what do we have? No a/c! #justhowilikeit" (shown below).

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Several years later, on August 23rd, 2014, Twitter^[2] user @Escalante_go tweeted a photograph an Audi with the license plate "Haudi" (shown below, left)

On November 29th, 2018, Redditor ^[7] svgcbbg posted the earliest known example of the Haui image that featured the car wearing the hat. The following day, Redditor^[3] Tayttajakunnus posted the image in the /r/me_irl subreddit, receiving more than 9,600 points (98% upvoted) in less than one year (shown below, center).

On December 15th, Redditor^[4] Bigmaczack69 posted the image in the /r/funny subreddit, where it received more than 4,400 points (92% upvoted) in six months.

On March 25th, 2019, Redditor^[5] Lenastam posted the image with the caption "Therapist: cowboy audi does not exist, it can't hurt you". The post received more than 275 points (96% upvoted) (shown below, right).

On May 13th, 2019, Redditor^[6] Silvain69 posted an I Miss The Internet with the image. The post received more than 47,000 points (93% upvoted) and 185 comments in one week (shown below).

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