About

You Will Begin To Cough In 7 Days is a catchphrase that grew popular on X in late 2023. The phrase is used to criticize other people by "cursing" them, typically with a moralizing tilt to the threat.

Origin

The earliest known use of the phrase "You will begin to cough in X days" is an August 8th, 2023 post by X^[1] user @dxckiii, in response to someone drawing Johnny Depp as a Barbie. The post gathered over 6,000 likes in four months (seen below).

Spread

On September 17th, 2023 X^[2] user @chismosavirus posted the phrase to criticize convicted felon Chris Brown, gathering over 17,000 likes in three months (seen below, left). On October 2nd, X^[3] user @eg0baby posted the threat in response to another user saying, "that phase where you slowly start hating your girlfriend is crazy😭." The post gathered over 120,000 likes in two months (seen below, right).

On November 10th, 2023, X^[4] user @rennbaebae posted a video of someone failing to do the Cinamon Challenge saying, "this what i imagine when i tell someone they will begin to cough in three days." The post gathered over 3,000 likes in a month (seen below).

this what i imagine when i tell someone they will begin to cough in three days pic.twitter.com/AnagrwhUlN

— ren (@rennbaebae) November 11, 2023

On November 13th, X^[5] user @itgirlposts made a post that read, "Noah Schnapp you will begin to cough and feel weakness in your heart in 7 days," gathering over 27,000 likes in two weeks (seen below).

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