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Whomst
About
Whomst is a fake word used to signal ironic superior intelligence, similar to the me, an intellectual snowclone. In early 2017, "whomst" images pairing the word with pictures of people photoshopped to have bright purple eyes a la Gordon Ramsay's Lamb Sauce grew popular on meme focused subreddits.
Origin
On June 2nd, 2016, lighting guy submitted a definition of "whomst" to Urban Dictionary[1] that reads, "For times when you want to ask 'who or whom', but need a fancier connotation."
![Whomst Definition TOP DEFINITION whomst For times when you want to ask "who or whom", but need a fancier connotation. "Francois dropped his caviar in the toilet." "Whomst would do such a thing?!" by lighting guy June 02, 2016](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/217/705/9a7.png)
The earliest known sarcastic use of the word was posted to Instagram on December 27th, 2016, by fkinsnapss,[2] who used it to caption of a video of a man walking with his pants extremely high up on his waist while the X-files theme music played (shown below).
Spread
On January 21st, 2017, Instagram user b3pis[3] posted what would become the most popular example of the "whomst" meme. In the image, a boy shows increasingly pleased reactions to variations on "who," ending with a glowing purple eyed reaction to "whomst'd" (shown below). The post has gained 2,669 likes on Instagram as of February 1st, 2017.
![Whomst'd who whom whomst whomst'd](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/217/709/f3d.jpg)
The image set a precedent for "Whomst" memes to be used in a similar vein as the #UpgradeChallenge, where one image compares a small-minded "person who does X" with a comically large-brained "person whomst does Y" (ex: shown below).
![Dr. Whomst People who watch Dr. Who People who Watch Dr. CVWhomst'd leバレジクノリ C. funny.Ce](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/217/710/c3a.jpg)
Other variations on the meme include making "whomst" even longer and more nonsensical, i.e. "whomst'd've." On Janurary 31st, 2017, redditor Julien2000 posted a comment to /r/MemeEconomy of the original "whomst image" titled, "Whomst'd memes are on the rise! Whomst'd've's'nd would not want to invest this in amazing offer! Buy! Buy! Buy! But beware of demand side inflation!"[4]
Whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es
"Whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es" is one of the more popular extended riffs on the original joke, and is used comically as an absurdly long word. Posts featuring began appearing after the spread of Whomst. A pronunciation was added to YouTube by user Zekzgo on March 3rd, 2017 (shown below).
A post featuring the word was posted to /r/copypasta[5] on March 5th, 2017. It was added to Urban Dictionary on the 24th (shown below).
![Urban Dictionary 2 whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es A dead meme.Grants favroite contraction. whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es is a long word. by Aronak March 24, 2017](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/380/328/346.png)
Examples of the word could be seen in expanding brain parodies as the ultimate variation of whomst (examples shown below).
![whomst C. Whom Whomst Whomst'd Whomst'd've Whomst'd've'nt Whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/219/543/3af.jpg)
![Iceberg wh what who when where basic whom what's where'd while when'll advanced whom'st whence why d what ve where've dee whom'st've en'ee'te what'd'll why'l'd where't'shve hen'c'e'tbe where't's'h've'could ere't's'have'th'e'who'm woke whom st've did what'd'll'ke why l'd'the utrawoke who'm'st"ve'd'one that wh what dl d'keke when'c'et'be'gone god](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/720/451.jpg)
Various Examples
![N----- whomst listen to Migos Men who listen to J. Cole N----- whom listen to Lil Uzi N----- whom'st listen to Migos HAHAHAH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/217/713/be2.png)
![Digital Clocks Fellas who use analog clocks Humans whomst rely solely on digital clocks](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/217/714/116.jpg)
![Pink Guy N----- who listen to lil yachty @chesto v.2 Individuals whomst listen to "Pink Guy"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/217/716/bf5.jpg)
![S---- Thyself Men who s--- in the toilet N----- whom s--- standing up N----- whom'st Se](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/217/717/e45.jpg)
![Whomst Chart who whom WHOM ST](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/217/719/10a.jpg)
![Horton Hears a Whom ORTON ORTON](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/217/722/715.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[2] Instagram – Whomst Video
[3] Instagram – b3pis post
[4] /r/MemeEconomy – Whomst'd memes are on the rise! Whomst'd've's'nd would not want to invest this in amazing offer! Buy! Buy! Buy! But beware of demand side inflation!
[5] /r/copypasta – Whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es
Top Comments
MahWaht
Feb 01, 2017 at 03:28PM EST
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Feb 01, 2017 at 02:02PM EST