Me Me Big Boy

About

"Me Me Big Boy" is an expression popularized by YouTuber Jack Douglass, better known by his online handle Jacksfilms. The phrase began circulating widely online after Douglass uploaded a video of himself repeating "me me big boy" to a telemarketer in late February 2017.

Origin

In mid February 2017, Douglass posted "Me me big boy" as a comment on YouTube (shown below).^[3]

Spread

On February 16th, Redditor revy_mcq submitted a post titled "Me me big boy" to the /r/jacksfilms^[4] subreddit. On February 24, 2017, Douglass tweeted "Just had a telemarketer hang up on me by answering 'me me big boy'" (shown below, left).^[1] Within nine days, the tweet gathered upwards of 6,600 likes and 950 retweets. On February 28th, 2017, Douglass tweeted "Me: Me / Big: Boy," gathering upwards of 9,100 likes and 1,800 retweets within four days (shown below, right).^[2]

That day, YouTuber Ostrich Pecan uploaded a video of Douglas repeating the phrase "me me big boy" for an hour (shown below, left). Meanwhile, YouTuber JeanlucF100 uploaded a short video of himself uttering the expression (shown below, right).

On March 1st, 2017, Douglass uploaded a video of himself saying "me me big boy" into a phone repeatedly while talking to a telemarketer. Within 24 hours, the video gained over 490,000 views and 3,500 comments. On the 6th of the same month, YouTuber RageNineteen had created a mock version of the telephone conversation, which Jacksfilms had uploaded to his main Youtube channel.

Eight days after the original video was posted, Jack would post a parody YIAY video (#318), entitled “Me Me Big Boy”, in which follows the typical YIAY format with the exception of every comment and spoken word as “me me big boy.”