Witerally Hitting the Gwiddy

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About

Witerally Hitting The Gwiddy or Witerwally Gwiddying is a baby-talk catchphrase associated with a trend on TikTok in which one person "hits the Griddy," often in an inappropriate location, while another off-camera says, "He's witterally hitting the gwiddy right now." The first video using the phrase was uploaded in April 2022 and it was popularized by a viral video posted to TikTok in early February 2023 in which a skier hits the Griddy while wearing skis, the camera operator saying, "she's hitting the gwiddy on the skis," resulting in parodies of the video.

Origin

On April 14th, 2022, TikToker^[8] @whosdiced posted a low-res video of Fortnite gameplay showing a character doing the Griddy while the player says, "Oh my God he's literally hitting the gwiddy right now," garnering over 1.8 million views in a year (shown below).

@whosdiced #griddy #fortnite #ScreamItOut #awesome ♬ original sound – diced

On January 14th, 2023, TikToker^[6] @jackson._.burrus posted a video where someone hits the Griddy on a frozen lake, the camera operator saying in baby talk, "buddy is literally gwiddying on the frozen lake," garnering over 4 million views in a month (shown below).

@jackson._.burrus
Frozen lake gwiddy

♬ original sound – jackson._.burrus

On February 2nd, TikToker^[1] @frankiesylz__ then posted a video in which she films a person hitting the Griddy while on skis, saying, "You guys I literally cannot make this up she's hitting the gwiddy on the skis, going down the ski hill doing the gwiddy," garnering over 7.4 million views in three weeks (shown below).

@frankiesylz__ i literly am shook @misshallee12 ♬ Litewaly doin the gwiddy – Frankie

Spread

The catchphrase spread over the following weeks across TikTok. On February 4th, 2023, TikToker^[2] @mollyrrusso posted a video about how she's become obsessed with the phrase, garnering over 281,000 views in three weeks (shown below, left). On February 5th, TikToker^[3] @ayden.dunn5.0 posted a video showing someone "hitting the gwiddy" on a frozen lake, garnering over 3.6 million views in the same rough span of time (shown below, right). On February 11th, the @barstoolsports TikTok^[4] page reposted a now-deleted video recreating the original on skis, garnering over 4.7 million views in two weeks.

@mollyrrusso
I WIDDERALLY JUST HIT THE GWIDDY

♬ original sound – molly 🤠🤡

@ayden.dunn5.0 Chilliest gwiddy around #GetCrackin #ohio #fypシ #gwiddy #waterfowl ♬ original sound – jackson._.burrus

On February 18th, TikToker^[5] @ben_louie posted a video saying the phrase while someone hits the Griddy in the grocery store, garnering over 15 million views in four days (shown below). The phrase also spread to Twitter^[7] throughout the course of the month.

@ben_louie gwiddying to the gwocewies #gwiddy ♬ original sound – Ben Louie

Various Examples

@officialharvardwbb can’t believe they would do this … #harvardwomensbasketball #believeit ♬ original sound – Harvard Women’s Basketball

@outofsystemofficial GWIDDY #griddy #gwiddy ♬ original sound – OutofSystemOfficial

@respectivetok Gwiddy king🇮🇹🍝🍕 #griddy #littleitaly #NextLevelDish #nyc #griddydance #dance #fyp #funny ♬ original sound – Respective

@deenalig Doing the gwiddy in the desert is crazyyy, I literally cannot make this up #armylife #soldierlife #army #miltok ♬ original sound – Denali Gomez