![Hewwo Hewwo](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/023/634/Screen_Shot_2017-08-09_at_2.47.30_PM.jpg)
Hewwo
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About
Hewwo is an intentional misspelling of "hello" with a cutesy or babyish connotation. The word grew into slang on Tumblr in 2017 as it began being used with a shitposting connotation.
Origin
"Hewwo" has been used in popular culture as a babyish way of saying "hello" for some time. Meme Documentation [1] traces an early example of "hewwo" to a Vanity Fair[2] article in which a woman is quoted as saying "hewwo, did you weally do Pwivate Benjamin?" (shown below).
![First documented use of the phrase HEWWO in a Vanity Fair article First documented use of the phrase HEWWO in a Vanity Fair article](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/426/eae.png)
The top Urban Dictionary [3] definition of the term, submitted May 26th, 2006, defines it as a variation of "hello" (shown below).
![Urban Dictionary TOP DEFINITION hewwo Hewwo is a variation of hello. "Oh hewwo! What new now?" thai #hi #hello #bai #bi by Jonathan Barger May 26, 2006 b 120 20](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/431/d22.png)
Spread
The word initially was used in engrish memes, particularly those involving Lu Hao (examples shown below).
![Lu Hao Example 1 HEWWO S THIS CITY SUSH memegen.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/283/427/600.jpg)
![Weight Problem HEWWO WHY YOU NO WISTEN? memegenerator.ne](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/283/428/7a9.jpg)
![Happy Birthday HEWWO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY SOWILLDERBE CAKE? memegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/283/429/68e.jpg)
On Tumblr, the word had been used sparingly over the years with the babyish connotation. Some popular early posts that have used the word include a text post by letshearitforthisclown[4] posted October 26th, 2016, that reads "me at a job interview: don’t fuck up dont fuck up kisses the interviewer straight on the lips for like 3 seconds hewwo" (shown below, top) The post gained over 35,000 notes. A post by the since-deactivated chicksalloverme[5] used the word and gained over 25,000 notes (shown below, bottom).
![Me at a Job Interview me at a job interview don't f--- up dont f--- up "kisses the interviewer stralight on the lips for like 3 seconds hewwo](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/433/0bc.png)
![Hewwo??!?!? chicksalloverme: chicksalloverme: louder and more scaredly* HEWWO?1?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/440/8e1.png)
Tumblr Surge
These were precursors to a larger surge on Tumblr in which "hewwo" became a full fledged meme. In July of 2017, the word began being used in more shitpost-type posts, often met with exasperation (examples shown below). Another popular iteration of the meme includes people walking into scary places and saying "hewwo." Meme Documentation[1] covered the spread of "Hewwo" on August 8th, 2017.
![Hewwo Text MESSAGES now a shramp? *more loudly, my huge breasts trembling* HEWWO??](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/445/b08.jpg)
![Reaching For My Gun yall: hwewo, cwould i intwest ywou in swome twop qwualitwy 2017 twumbwr humow? me: "exhausted, already reaching for my gun*](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/447/d67.png)
Various Examples
![Cherynobl peaks my head into the main reactor room at Chernobvl* hewwo? Is anyone dere? *Dies weeks later from intense radiation poisoning 11,896 notes Aug 8th, 2017](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/448/02e.png)
![My TED Talk h-hewwo and wawcome to mny TED talk- *a steel beam, falle from the ceiling and crushes me to death* 17,380 notes 10:29am 5 Aug 2017 Tagged: #texte](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/450/9b7.png)
![Mister Pwesident dreamhouse777: dreamhouse777: Hewwo....thls is your president speaklng. mister pwesident get down!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/451/a9a.png)
![Hewwo This Is Your Captain HEWWO EVEWYBODY, THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING AN IM GONNA FWY ALL U NICE PEOPL TO MINNEAPOWIS OWO](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/453/8af.png)
![Hewwo? heww woooo...? H. フ C.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/283/454/92e.png)
![Hewwo Megapost HEWWO?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/283/456/3c0.png)
![Loss Edit hhe W W o](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/283/457/e94.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Meme Documentation – Explained: Hewwo Meme
[2] Google – Vanity Fair, Volume 52
[4] Tumblr – letshearitforthisclown
[5] Tumblr – chicksalloverme reblog
Top Comments
tino768
Aug 09, 2017 at 10:37PM EDT
Maxilor64
Aug 10, 2017 at 12:06PM EDT