About

Prayge is a Discord and Twitch emote combining a flattened Pepe the Frog, also used in other Peepo emotes including Sadge, and the Prayer Hands emoji, made to look like Pepe is praying. The most prevalent version of the emote was posted to BetterTTV in August 2020 and became increasingly popularized on Twitch in the following years. The term "prayge" is also used as a standalone slang term, mostly on Twitch, as an alternative to "pray."

Origin

On March 17th, 2020, FrankerFacez^[1] user Kipp20 posted an emote called "Prayge" showing a praying Pepe the Frog with open eyes and a smile (shown below). The emote was used by over 70 channels in two years.

On August 20th, BetterTTV^[2] user Czharu posted a new version of the meme where Pepe's eyes are closed and the Prayer Hands emoji is used as the arms (shown below). The emote was used by over 5,700 channels in roughly one year. This version was also uploaded to FrankerFacez^[3] on August 24th.

Spread

The emote became increasingly popularized on Twitch and Discord over the following year. It also saw use in memes and inspired many variations on BetterTTV^[6] (examples shown below).

On December 22nd, 2020, YouTuber sordishitposts posted a video with a photoshop of the prayge emote in a Santa outfit over Christmas music (shown below).

On April 7th, 2021, YouTuber Just Clips posted a clip of streamer Ludwig saying an ironic prayer, calling it a "prayge" (shown below).

On May 20th, 2021, Redditor President_Butters posted a meme to /r/atrioc^[4] asking the streamer to add the emote, gaining over 100 upvotes in nine months (shown below, left). On May 24th, 2021, a Tenor^[5] user posted an edited version of the emote showing Pepe with a turban as a GIF (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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