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"Shooketh" or "I am shooketh" is a quote by YouTube comedian Christine Sydelko used to express shock or astonishment. First spoken in a YouTube video posted on her and Elijah Daniel's YouTube channel, Elijah & Christine, she uses the phrase while retelling a story to Elijah about an interaction she had just previously had with a cashier at the Boston Market. The phrase quickly became popular online and saw use in other contexts.

Origin

On March 2nd, 2017, the Elijah & Christine YouTube channel uploaded a video titled 'CRAZY FAN ATTACKED HER!!' in which Christine Sydelko appears scared and shaken saying "I am shooketh". In the vlog-style video Sydelko mentions that she no longer feels safe going to the Boston Market as she can't go there without being recognized. She goes on to explain that while waiting to pick up her food, the cashier called her by name despite not remembering giving it to them. The conversation, shown in the video below, appears at the 0:31 mark.

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On March 11th, 2017 "shooketh" was added to Urban Dictionary ^[2] with the definition "Beyond Shook." As of October 2017, the original video has over 890,000 views while a copy of the video posted by Mario B. on March 6, 2017, titled "I am shooketh!", has 648,000 views.^[1] In order to capitalise on the success of the catchphrase, Elijah & Christine also created a song titled 'shooketh', which featured rapper lil aaron and has amassed over 950,000 views (shown below).

The catchphrase quickly became popular on the internet to express shock or astonishment. The phrase is popular on Twitter to express one's overwhelmed reaction to a celebrity. For example, on September 30th, Twitter user @kongvenient used the phrase in a tweet referring to a Korean star that gained over 150 retweets (shown below, left). Twitter user @coltonleb used the phrase to refer to Beyoncé.

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