Introduction

Meme Man Wurds is a popular meme format featuring the character Meme Man, who displays excessive pride in various actions, often paired with intentionally misspelled words.

Background

Meme Man Wurds, also referred to as Stonks Edits, are reaction images that feature the Meme Man character expressing an unfounded sense of pride over actions depicted above him. This meme format often includes deliberately misspelled words that relate to the action being portrayed. The trend gained momentum with the rise of the Stonks meme in 2019 and has since inspired numerous variants, including Shef, Tehc, and Helth.

How It Began

The Meme Man trend originated with the widely recognized "Stonks" meme. On June 5, 2017, the Facebook page Special Meme Fresh shared an image of Meme Man in front of a stock market graphic, captioned "STONKS." This post received over 3,600 likes and reactions. Subsequently, on December 5, 2018, Redditor x37 contributed to the meme culture by posting an 'I'll Take Your Entire Stock' meme on /r/memes featuring Meme Man. By June 3, 2019, another Redditor, Renji, posted a fake text meme to /r/GoodFakeTexts, which garnered over 4,400 points. The meme also gained popularity in /r/me_irl, receiving over 13,000 points, and was later highlighted in an eBaum's World article showcasing 32 Weird Stonks Memes On The Rise.

Meme Evolution

The popularity of the Stonks meme led to the emergence of several related characters on Reddit. Among these is Helth, an intentional misspelling of 'health,' often depicted with Meme Man in a doctor's lab coat in front of a health monitor image. This variation humorously critiques poor health choices. Another variant, Shef, misspells 'Chef' and features Meme Man in a chef's coat, celebrating mundane cooking tasks with exaggerated pride. Tehc, a third variant, is used to depict Meme Man's pride in technological achievements, mirroring the themes seen in Stonks and Shef.