About

Hop On Among Us is a catchphrase used to ask someone to play Among Us with them. The phrase took on a double meaning as an ironic slang term used to ask someone if they want to have gay sex, essentially calling the game's players "gay," after an Urban Dictionary user defined the term as such in 2020, inspiring image macros and memes using the phrase in the given context over the following years.

Origin

On September 10th, 2020, Pinterest^[1] user dumb whore uploaded an image macro showing two anime women kissing, captioned, "Hop on Among Us" (shown below, left). On September 21st, Urban Dictionary^[2] user L. Homunculus defined the term "hop on Among Us," writing, "Slang for rough gay sex, commonly used by males who are fond of video games," gaining over 1,200 likes in two years (shown below, right).

Spread

Meme using the phrase in the Urban Dictionary context increased over the following months. On December 2nd, 2020, Pinterest^[3] user soggysocks posted a meme showing Light Yagami and L from Death Note embracing under the caption (shown below, left). On February 11th, 2021, an /r/okbuddyretard^[4] user posted a meme using the caption with images of two men exercising together, gaining over 900 upvotes in a year (shown below, right).

On February 20th, TikToker^[5] @emmett_0k posted a video referencing the term in the given definition, gaining over 169,000 views in a year (shown below, left). On March 18th, 2022, TikToker^[6] @jayalex2103 posted a similar video, gaining over 4,600 views in five days (shown below, right).

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