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The Director Said "Cut!" But X Heard "Cunt" is a catchphrase and phrasal template used to commend an actor or artist for their performance. The phrase was popularized on Twitter by K-Pop stans in August 2022, before the format migrated to TikTok and Instagram in the following weeks. The phrase is derived from the slang term "serving cunt" and is generally paired with a scene from a movie, TV show or music video.

Origin

On August 15th, 2022, Twitter^[1] user @gayboynamgi posted a photo of V from the K-Pop band BTS alongside a caption that read, "the director yelled “cut!” but he heard “cunt!” and rolled with it." The post gathered over 7,000 likes and over 1,000 retweets in nearly two weeks (seen below).

On August 16th, Twitter^[2] user @juhkinah posted a clip of K-Pop idol Kevin Moon from The Boyz singing their track "Whisper." The caption to the video read, "kevin in this mv???? the director yelled cut but he heard cunt and rolled with it." The tweet gathered over 1000 likes and 400 retweets in over a week (seen below).

kevin in this mv???? the director yelled cut but he heard cunt and rolled with it pic.twitter.com/7C3berdMin

— 🍒 (@juhkinah) August 16, 2022

Spread

On August 17th, 2022, Twitter^[3] user @photonverse posted a clip of Brie Larson from the movie Scott Pilgrim vs The World, alongside a caption that read, "the director yelled ‘cut’ but Brie Larson heard ‘cunt’ and rolled with it." The post gathered over 65,000 likes and over 9000 retweets in over ten days (seen below).

the director yelled ‘cut’ but Brie Larson heard ‘cunt’ and rolled with it
pic.twitter.com/ACztaJKIzA

— wendy (@photonverse) August 17, 2022

On August 19th, 2022, Twitter^[4] user @milfmurphy posted a clip of Cillian Murphy doing his "No Fighting" monologue from the TV show Peaky Blinders alongside the catchphrase. The post gathered over 300,000 likes and 39,000 retweets in 10 days (seen below).

the director yelled ‘cut’ but cillian murphy heard ‘cunt’ and went with it pic.twitter.com/jD86Jrg4QZ

— polly (@jackrippners) August 19, 2022

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