PAWG

About

PAWG is a slang term and an acronym for Phat Ass White Girl. While the origins of the term are unclear, it started to become increasingly popularized online as early as 2005, inspiring memes over the following decades.

Origin

The exact origins of the term "PAWG" are unknown. A Quora^[1] page suggests it comes from rap and hip-hop culture but with no timing provided. The slang term has been used since as early as 2005, but it's unclear when it first emerged online. For example, on March 27th, 2005, a thread was started on the freeones^[2] forum to collect images of PAWGs.

Some of the earliest definitions of the term on Urban Dictionary,^[3] made that same month, refer to a forum of anime lovers who enjoy "fat anime girls" (shown below).

A community of people that like fat anime girls.

pawg is an interesting place.

Spread

The term became increasingly prevalent online over the next two decades as a way to describe white women with large posteriors, also inspiring memes that used "PAWG" in various contexts. On August 7th, 2018, eBaum's World^[4] included a meme using the term in a list of "33 Funny AF White Girl Memes Will Have You Rolling."

On October 12th, 2023, Instagram^[5] user bortposting posted a meme using the term, garnering over 5,000 likes in five months (shown below, left). On November 28th, the Simpsons Memes Facebook^[6] page posted a meme using the term that gained over 4,200 reactions in four months (shown below, right).

Related Memes

PAWG Patrol

PAWG Patrol is a group of Twitter users who got their name by claiming that the term "P.A.W.G." (Phat Ass White Girl) is problematic and racist. This aforementioned viewpoint of theirs was seen by some liberal and conservative Twitter users as "ridiculous" and alluded to issues within politically correct discourse and extreme social justice warrior online circles. The PAWG Patrol discourse is predominantly perceived as one alt-left group attempting to cancel other members of the alt-left. PAWG discourse surfaced multiple times throughout 2022 related to political YouTubers like SocialismDoneLeft, the Snickers Dick Vein fake news article headline started by Twitter user JUNIPER and the argument that Anne Frank had white privilege during the Holocaust.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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