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Spell Coconut With Your Waist or the Coconut Challenge refers to a piece of sexual advice that suggests that while on top during sex, women should move their hips as if they were writing the word "coconut." The advice became a running joke on social media in July 2019 due to the specificity of the action, with some women saying they were excited to try it. The move became popularly known as the "coconut challenge" on TikTok throughout the 2020s.

Origin

While the exact origin of the idea is unclear, it was first mentioned on Twitter by user @danielmaven^[5] on February 14th, 2019 (shown below).

Spread

The phrase's surge in popularity during the summer of 2019 likely originated in the Kenyan Facebook group Kilimani Mums Udaku Zone KMUZ. On July 11th, 2019, the Kenyan publication Kenyan Post^[1] posted about how women in the group had responded to a woman asking how to ride a man (have sex on top of him) with the advice "spell coconut with your waist" (shown below).

On the same day of Kenyan Post's piece, Facebook users began joking about the practice. For example, user Eliakim Otipo^[3] posted about the act, gaining over 80 likes and reactions (shown below, left). User Dj 2one2^[4] also posted about the practice that day (shown below, right).

The practice began seeing more widespread attention when on July 15th, 2019, Twitter user @_lexwil^[2] tweeted, "dick riding tip #1: spell COCONUT with your waist." The tweet gained over 35,000 retweets and 183,000 likes (shown below).

Over the following several days, Twitter users joked about the advice. Some, such as user @goddessofnaps, tweeted they were excited to try it out (shown below, left). User @whoahitzjadey tweeted that they had tried the advice and found it successful (shown below, right). Meanwhile, Memebase^[6] highlighted several tweets joking about the sex tip titled "'Spell Coconut With Your Waist' Sex Tip Has Twitter All Hot And Bothered." On July 17th, BuzzFeed^[7] reported on the challenge.

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This Bitch Megan Said She's Gonna Do The Coconut Challenge On The Dick

On January 18th, 2023, TikToker^[8] @bardi_song posted a clip of Cardi B, likely from a live stream, saying, "This bitch Megan said she's gonna do the coconut challenge on the dick," then jokingly calling her a "nasty bitch," garnering over 2.4 million views in two days (shown below). In the video, she is referring to rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

The video inspired an increase in search interest for the "coconut challenge" and the original sound started to see use in the following days (examples shown below).

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References