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"Lemme Smash" and "Wanna Smash" are slang expressions indicating an interest in engaging in sexual intercourse. Online, the phrase is often mocked as a poorly chosen pick-up line, similar to the expression "ayy bby u wan sum fuk?" Additionally, the phrase "lemme smash" is associated with a series of text-to-speech narrated videos in which a male bird tries to mate with a female bird.

Origin

On June 30th, 2003, Urban Dictionary^[1] user Tai submitted an entry for "smash," defining it as the "process of fucking someone good" (shown below).

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On April 12th, 2008, a Yahoo Answers^[4] user submitted a question asking "What does the term 'I wanna smash' mean?" On April 22nd, 2014, BodyBuilding Forums^[5] member robbocrew submitted a thread titled "How to tell a girl you just want to smash." On October 16th, Urban Dictionary^[3] user llamalord submitted an entry for "lemme smash," defining it as slang for "let me have sex with you." On February 13th, 2015, YouTuber Erik Shaw uploaded a video titled "Wanna Smash?", in which a friend misunderstands his invitation to play Super Smash Bros. (shown below).

On August 31st, Redditor ah00287 posted a two-pane image in which a woman says "I thought u said u wanted to smash" followed by a screenshot from the game "Super Smash Bros. to /r/funny^[2] (shown below).

On August 30th, 2016, YouTuber TheMungBros uploaded a prank video in which he asks people if they want to "smash," before revealing that he is inviting them to play a game of Super Smash Bros. (shown below).

On December 16th, 2016, YouTuber Incept uploaded footage of two birds involved in a courtship ritual titled "Lemme smash," dubbed with various text-to-speech pickup lines (shown below, left). On December 25th, Instagram user memeophiliac.v9^[6] uploaded a comic titled "How to Start a Conversation With a Girl," featuring a screencapture of the "lemme smash" bird (shown below, right).

On December 28th, YouTuber Mini Meatwad uploaded a remix of the bird courtship video in "G Major" (shown below, left). On January 5th, 2017, YouTuber Jadyn – Fang Trap uploaded an illustrated parody of the "Lemme Smash" video (shown below, right).

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