King

About

King is a slang expression used to address a male person, commonly used by members of meme communities to express feelings of camaraderie, respect and/or support. Gaining initial popularity in July 2019, the expression received spread on iFunny and certain parts of Instagram and Reddit in the following months. Some memes based on the expression feature a character offering the viewer a crown or another object, claiming that they have dropped it.

Origin

The exact first instance of usage of the word "king" in its slang sense is currently unknown but is assumed to be on iFunny. Starting on July 9th, 2019, Instagram user youfrienddoge used the expression in a series of memes featuring Buff Doge, with the characters referring to each other as "kings" with the purpose of conveying feelings of friendship and respect (examples shown below).^[1][2]

Spread

In the following month, the expression received wider spread on iFunny, certain parts of Instagram and Reddit communities such as /r/dogelore and /r/bruhfunny (meme examples shown below).^[3][4][5][6]

In addition to its use in memes, the slang expression has been actively utilized by members of the aforementioned meme communities to address fellow users in comment sections.^[7][8]

On August 31st, 2019, /r/BruhFunny imposed a restriction on the use of the slang expression as a post title.^[9]

Related Memes

Nice Cock

Nice Cock refers to an image macro series based on images of various characters captioned with the compliment "Nice Cock." Stemming from an image of Shadow the Hedgehog captioned with the phrase, the macros have been used both as reaction images and for ironic meme purposes.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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