Flashcards: Internet memes

The Harlem Shake is an Internet meme in the form of a video in which a group of people perform a comedy sketch accompanied by a short excerpt from the song "Harlem Shake".

An emoticon (ee-MOHT-i-kon), (/ᵻˈmoʊtᵻkɒn/, or /iˈmoʊtᵻkɒn/) is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using punctuation marks, numbers and letters, usually written to express a person's feelings or mood.

Harajuku (原宿, ) is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Rickrolling, alternatively rick-rolling, is a prank and an Internet meme involving an unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up".

The Gamergate controversy concerns issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture, stemming from a harassment campaign conducted primarily through the use of the Twitter hashtag #GamerGate.

Nyan Cat is the name of a YouTube video, uploaded in April 2011, which became an Internet meme.

Planking (or the Lying Down Game) is an activity consisting of lying face down—sometimes in an unusual or incongruous location.

Anonymous is a decentralized virtual community.

Doge (often pronounced /ˈdoʊʒ/ DOHZH or /ˈdoʊɡ/ DOHG) is an Internet meme that became popular in 2013.

The New Japan Philharmonic (新日本フィルハーモニー交響楽団 Shin Nihon Firuhāmonī Kōkyōgakudan) is a symphony orchestra based in Tokyo, Japan.

Snowclone is a cliché and phrasal template originally defined as "a multi-use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time-worn, quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open array of different variants".

Unexpected John Cena, also known as simply Unexpected Cena or his name is John Cena, refers to an Internet meme and a form of trolling involving videos that first garnered popularity on video-sharing services such as Vine and YouTube in the summer of 2015.

(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.) This is a partial list of social and cultural phenomena specific to the Internet, such as popular themes, catchphrases, images, viral videos, and jokes.

Techno Viking is an internet phenomenon or meme based on a video from the 2000 Fuckparade in Berlin, Germany.

Webdriver Torso is a YouTube automated account created by Google in March 7, 2013 that frequently posts videos showing simple slides accompanied by beeps, in order to test the YouTube's performance.

Seapunk is a subculture that originated on Tumblr in 2011.

Pwn is a leetspeak slang term derived from the verb own, as meaning to appropriate or to conquer to gain ownership.

The "tourist guy" was a hoax that featured a digitally altered photograph of a tourist on the observation deck of the World Trade Center, supposedly on the day of the September 11 attacks, showing a plane about to hit the tower in the background.

The right to Internet access, also known as the right to broadband, is the view that all people must be able to access the Internet in order to exercise and enjoy their rights to Freedom of expression and opinion and other fundamental human rights, that states have a responsibility to ensure that Internet access is broadly available, and that states may not unreasonably restrict an individual's access to the Internet.

Resting bitch face, also known as RBF or bitchy resting face, is a term for a facial expression (or lack thereof) which unintentionally appears angry, annoyed or irritated.

Homestar Runner is a Flash-animated Internet cartoon series created by Mike and Matt Chapman, also known as The Brothers Chaps.

The Petra László tripping incident was an incident that took place in Röszke, Hungary on September 8, 2015 when migrants from the Middle East began pouring over the Hungarian border from Serbia during the European migrant crisis.

This is a list of notable and commonly used emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons.

Keyboard Cat is an Internet meme.

Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon and Zelda's Adventure are three action-adventure games produced by Philips for the CD-i as part of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda video game series.

The Subservient Chicken is an advertising program created to promote international fast food restaurant chain Burger King's TenderCrisp chicken sandwich and their "Have it Your Way" campaign.

A nightcore edit is a remix track that speeds up and increases the pitch.