About

Weird Flex But Ok, also known as Odd Flex But Ok, is a catchphrase used to refute an explanation or boast that some would describe as more negative than positive.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the phrase was posted by Twitter ^[1] user @finnfeighery on December 31st, 2017. They responded to a tweet by human rights activist Malala with the phrase (shown below).

Spread

Over the next year, more people began responding to various social media posts with the expression. On July 20th, Twitter^[2] user @abila_ariana tweeted, "Every animal at the aquarium: *does the thing that makes them unique* Allison: weird flex but ok" (shown below, left).

Two months later, on September 20th, Twitter^[3] @Harvested commented with the phrase to a tweet that reads, "What I spend on gummies you’ll probably spend on gas lol." The post received more than 50,000 retweets and 274,000 likes in one week.

Four days later, on September 24th, Twitter^[4] user @SJSchauer commented to a report from Fox News in which Supreme Court-nominee Brett Kavanaugh claimed "I was a virgin in high school and 'many years after.'" The post received more than 15,000 retweets and 120,000 likes in three days.

On September 27th, The Daily Dot ^[5] published a listicle about the phrase.

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