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He's Sart Of Like An Evil Porson, also known as He's Sort Of Like An Evil Person, is a catchphrase that was popularized on X / Twitter in 2024, which is used to poke fun at Irish actor Barry Keoghan's accent. The catchphrase and phrasal template meme was inspired by a May 9th, 2024, tweet by user @joelgolby, who wrote, "sabrina carpenter: so what's the joker? / barry keoghan: he's sart of like an evil porson." The words "sart of like" came to be used to joke about Keoghan in subsequent weeks following this post.

Origin

On May 9th, 2024, X^[1] / Twitter user @joelgolby tweeted, "sabrina carpenter: so what's the joker? / barry keoghan: he's sart of like an evil porson." The tweet gathered over 58,000 likes in eight months. The tweet was posted after news emerged that Barry Keoghan might reprise his role as the Joker in a Batman sequel.^[2]

Spread

The phrasal template "sart of like" gained traction on Twitter / X in July 2024, as seen in a July 23rd, 2024, tweet by X user @Eloy_BP^[3] that read, "interviewer in 2018: so what's Connell like? / sally rooney: he's sart of like a normal porson." The tweet was made in reference to Irish writer Sally Rooney's novel Normal People.

On July 11th, 2024, X^[6] user @cinnamonpepsi posted artwork showing a man in striped prison clothes looking at a dressed-up version of himself in the mirror, writing, "visualising in the mirror the sart of evil porson I want to become."

Also on July 23rd, X^[4] user @zachsilberberg wrote, "sabrina carpenter: so who's gru? / barry keoghan: he's sart of like a despicable porson." The post gathered over 70,000 likes in five months.

On August 2nd, 2024, X^[5] user @kengreller wrote, "Barry Keoghan working a hybrid remote job: It’s sart of in porson," gathering over 42,000 likes in four months.

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