Uncovering the Mystery of “Whomst” — Remix culture and Memes

Google Trends, 2018

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Remix culture is primarily based on creating and reinventing ideas that have already been published. Instead of seeing content as original, it is best described as a collection and collaboration of ideas. That being said, it can be easy for content to be created nearly every second. It seems so long ago that ?Whomst? was used sarcastically. On January 21st, 2017 of last year, the first descending ?whomst meme? was created. Instagram user @B3pis posted the most popular example of this meme.

Image Source: @B3pis on Instagram

This meme in particular had been remixed till ?Whomst? became ?whomst?d?ve?ly?yaint?nt?ed?ies?s?y?es? which is an obvious extreme of the meme. If you?re curious to how this even sounds, listen to this Youtube video pronouncing the word.

Video Source: Chikichu on Youtube

And yes, there?s a petition of nearly 2,500 signatures to include this word in the official English dictionary. Go to ipetitions.com and sign the petition! After searching further, this meme has become a new meme on its own ? remixing songs and animations. So where can we go from here? The only answer in the meme universe is that there is no end. As for the new remix:

Image source: me.me.com