So Close!! That Is A Shape 💕
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So Close!! That Is A Shape 💕 is a memorable tweet posted by X / Twitter user @dolphin_dom in May 2020. The user posted the catchphrase in response to someone asking if star fruit counts as a fruit named after a color. Screenshots of the amusing interaction spread online in subsequent months, with "So close!! That is X" becoming a phrasal template meme in the following years.
Origin
On May 22nd, 2020, X / Twitter user @dolphin_dom posted a tweet claiming that blueberries are the only fruit named after a color. The user then fielded suggestions from other people, with one person saying, "star fruit?" This led to @dolphin_dom replying with, "So close!! That is a shape 💕."
While @dolphin_dom's X profile has since been deleted, the interactions were documented by X[1] user @colynelliott in a post made on the same day that gathered over 338,000 likes in four years (seen below).
![Colyn @colynelliott what have I witnessed an utadä @rinasawayana - 1h star fruit? 17 ÆEnzo @dolphin_dom So close!! That is a shape 3 ↑ 18:28. 5/22/20. Twitter for iPhone •°'»j«'° @ANGELPHOBIC - 1h Replying to @dolphin_dom oranges 27 Daniel Rivera @itsextrasweet. 1h Replying to @dolphin_dom What about blackberries?? 27 T 8:52 PM May 22, 2020 632 22 Enzo @dolphin_dom. 1h Not a fruit! Good try, though :) 1 27 BRANDON @bjbjonez. 1h ? T 14 T 147K 338K ☐ 4.9K <]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/796/801/35e.png "So Close!! That Is A Shape 💕")
![Ænzo @dolphin_dom. 2h Fun fact: blueberries are the only fruit named after a color 76 2717 utadä @rinasawayana - 1h star fruit? 1 ÆEnzo @dolphin_dom So close!! That is a shape 18:28 5/22/20 Twitter for iPhone 2 Retweets 40 Likes 3 160 ←] L L](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/796/797/5c4.png "So Close!! That Is A Shape 💕")
Spread
On December 31st, 2022, X[2] user @LysLightRchd replied to a failed attempt at writing 2023 in ASCII, saying, "So close! That is a shape ⭐" The post gathered over 21,000 likes in two years (seen below, left). On March 20th, 2023, X[3] user @homesweethomo quoted someone calling a Staraptor a "GOAT pokémon," writing, "so close! That is a bird 💜," and gathering over 30,000 likes in a year (seen below, right).
On October 4th, 2023, Redditor[4] /u/DEADWW posted an edited version of the original screenshots to reflect different characters from /r/NikkeMobile games. The post gathered over 500 upvotes in six months (seen below, left). On November 11th, X[5] user @PeachyKneeSocks quoted a post about women dominating the Grammy's, writing, "So close! That is Dave Grohl ❤️." The post gathered over 11,000 likes in five months (seen below, right).
![ÆEnzo @dolphin_dom Fun fact: blueberries are the only fruit named after a color 5:00 PM 5/22/20 Twitter for iPhone 108 Retweets 608 Likes 27 utadä @rinasawayana - 21h Replying to @dolphin_dom star fruit? <] 1 27 22 Ænzo @dolphin_dom. 21h So close!! That is a shape 275 182](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/796/805/f75.png "So Close!! That Is A Shape 💕")
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External References
[1] X – colynelliott
[2] X – LysLightRchd
[3] X – homesweethomo
[4] Reddit – NikkeMobile
[5] X – PeachyKneeSocks
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![ÆEnzo @dolphin_dom Fun fact: blueberries are the only fruit named after a color 5:00 PM 5/22/20 Twitter for iPhone 108 Retweets 608 Likes 27 utadä @rinasawayana - 21h Replying to @dolphin_dom star fruit? <] 1 27 22 Ænzo @dolphin_dom. 21h So close!! That is a shape 275 182](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/796/805/f75.png "So Close!! That Is A Shape 💕")
