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#MyAgeInAPhrase

#MyAgeInAPhrase

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Updated Jul 14, 2017 at 04:56PM EDT by Matt.

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About

#MyAgeInAPhrase is a hashtag game in which Twitter user write famous and/or descriptive expressions that allude to their age.

Origin

On July 13th, 2017, Twitter user @SheaBrowning[1] posted a four-panel image of the Smurfs, an MTV logo, Dukes of Hazard character Daisy Duke and a "Just Say No to Drugs" logo. The user captioned the post "I'm "Saturday morning cartoons, music videos on MTV, Daisy Duke poster on the bedroom wall, Just Say No to Drugs" years old. #MyAgeInAPhrase." This post (shown below) received more than 140 retweets and 700 likes.


Shea Browning @SheaBrowning I'm "Saturday morning cartoons, music videos on MTV, Daisy Duke poster on the bedroom wall, Just Say No to Drugs" years old. #MyAgelnAPhrase DRUGS

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@SheaBrowning is the host of @EsquireTags weekly hashtag games. The account releases a hashtag and others submit variations on the tag.[2] @EsquireTags tweeted the game in a tweet (shown below, left), whcih read "Let’s play: #MyAgeInAPhrase [I’m __ years old – but no numbers!] With @EsquireTags & @SheaBrowning."

@HashTag roundup, a hashtag game app, tweeted about the game as well (shown below, right).[3]


Let's play: #MyAgelnAPhrase [I'm__years old - but no numbers! With @EsquireTags & @SheaBrowning On the free @HashtagRoundup app! Tell Us Your Age Without Teling Us Your Age! Im "This 14.4k modem is so fast!" years old. I'm "I Woke up at 8am for The Smurfs" years old. #MyAgelnAPhrase @tsouireTags HASHTAG ROUNDUP Hosted by @SheaBvouning #MyAgenAPhrase is this week's @EsquireTags hosted by @sheabrowning HASHTAG④ ROUNDUP dplgy hashlng somes dlaily ush uol Esquire Tags available on app.hashtagroundup.com App Store

Shortly after, other Twitter users began tweeting in responses (examples below). Twitter published a Moments[4] page to collect some of the most popular tweets.

Several media outlets wrote about the popularity of the game, including BuzzFeed,[5] Uproxx,[6]

Various Examples


I'm, "ride in the back of the station wagon years old." #MyAgelnAPhrase NFR 29 I'm "When candy cigarettes were cool" old. #MyAgelnAPhrase リ NGS TAR ET CAND Y CANDY CAND Y I'm "pass me that pencil so l can rewind my tape" years old #MyAgenAPhrase GIF
I'm 'the phone cord isn't long enough to reach the bathroom' old #MyAgenAPhrase THE PHONE CORD ISNTLONG ENOUGH TO REACH THE BATHROOM I'm "get off the phone so I can use the internet years old" #MyAgenAPhrase Dialing Piogress GIF They finally replaced the broken speakers at the drive in. #MyAgenAPhrase REFRESHMENTS GIF

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External References

[1] Twitter – @SheaBrowning's Tweet

[2] Twitter – @EsquireTag's Tweet

[3] Twitter – @HashtagRoundup's Tweet

[4] Twitter – Can't bear to say your age? Say it this way!

[5] BuzzFeed – 17 People Describing Their Age In The Most Hilarious And Accurate Way

[6] Uproxx – Twitter Shouts At Clouds And Summarizes Our Childhoods With Shared Experiences

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