Twitter's White Boy of the Month

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Twitter's White Boy of the Month, also known as Stan Twitter's White Boy of the Month, refers to the online conversation among Twitter users as to which white male celebrity is the most discussed and popular.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the expression in regards to celebrity was tweeted by Twitter ^[1] user @WhoIsLailaMarie on June 24th, 2011. They wrote, "Chris Pine is my white boy of the month. Congratulations homez! If I see u, jus kno its yam city" (shown below).

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The meme grew in popularity following a viral tweet posted by Twitter^[2] user @ONLYAVGEL on November 11th, 2018. They wrote, "yes, ben hardy as roger taylor is our white boy of the month. mind your business, sit back, and enjoy." The tweet received more than 14,000 likes and 5,000 retweets in less than one year (shown below, left).

On December 2nd, 2018, Twitter^[3] user @masionripley tweeted, "i’ve kept track of all the “Twitter’s White Boys of the Month” this year so here’s the 2018 thirst calendar." The tweet included a calendar of the popular "white boys of the month" and received more than 37,000 likes and 7,500 retweets in less than one year (shown below, right).

Two days later, on December 4th, Urban Dictionary ^[4] user illumithottie defined "stan twitter’s white boy of the month" as "stan twitter’s white boy of the month is when stan twitter crowns a skinny, attractive white boy as their king to obsess over for a month only then to drop him the next month when a new one rises."

In August 2019, the media outlet Teen Vogue^[5] covered the meme.

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