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Shattered By Five Simple Words refers to a viral tweet by the Daily Mirror newspaper, which read, "Woman's perfect Tinder date with 'The One' shattered by five simple words." Following the post, people retweeted the story and added what the five words might be for humorous effect.

Origin

On September 18th, 2018, the Daily Mirror tweeted,^[1] "Woman's perfect Tinder date with 'The One' shattered by five simple words." Within 24 hours, the post (shown below) received more than 40 retweets, 150 likes and 620 comments.

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Following the post, people online began posting their ideas as to what the five words might be. Twitter^[2] user @StokelyHathaway tweeted, "You don't know Puma King?" The tweet (shown below, left) received more than 85 retweets and 570 likes in 24 hours.

The official Twitter account for the Sacramento Kings basketball team tweeted,^[3] "I root for the Lakers." The post (shown below, center) received more than 175 retweets and 770 likes in 24 hours.

Throughout the day, people continued to add five words that would humorously mean the end of a romantic courtship (example below, right)

That day, The Daily Dot ^[4]

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