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Tested Positive for Missing the Homies is a copypasta used to express feelings of loneliness and longing for one's friends. The phrase grew in popularity on Twitter during the quarantine period of the coronavirus in March 2020. Additionally, the phrase parodies how one might share the news that they tested positive for the coronavirus.

Origin

On March 15th, 2020, Twitter ^[1] user @NotYuntoungKim tweeted the earliest known usage of the phrase. they wrote, "got tested positive for missing the homies" (shown below).

Spread

The following day, Twitter^[2] user @youveeuh tweeted, Tested positive for missing the homies." The tweet received more than 219,000 likes and 110,000 retweets in less than two weeks (shown below).

Over the next few days, people began reposting the phrase on Twitter (example below, left).^[3] On March 20th, Twitter^[4] user @douzmanian tweeted the phrase multiple times and received more than 10,000 likes and 1,800 retweets in less than one week (shown below, center).

That day, Twitter^[5] user @papi40oz tweeted the phrase with a photograph of Ronnie Ortiz from the reality television series Jersey Shore. The post received more than 187,000 likes and 80,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below, right).

On March 23rd, Twitter user @AMABOUTOBUST posted the phrase and video of man crying and listening to music. The post received more than 25,000 likes and 11,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below).

tested positive for missing my homies pic.twitter.com/aZKZx6ND5y

— simpy (@AMABOUTOBUST) March 24, 2020

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