Bepis

About

Bepis is a mispronunciation of the word "penis" which later became associated with a misspelling of the soda drink brand Pepsi in various web communities online.

Origin

On April 14th, 2011, the satirical YouTube channel PronunciationManual posted a video titled "How to Pronounce Penis," in which a voice pronounces the word incorrectly as "bepis" (shown below). Within five years, the video gained over 2.9 million views and 2,000 comments.

Spread

On September 14th, 2013, Urban Dictionary^[4] user SwegMcEuph94 submitted an entry for "Bepis," defining it as a "synonym for penis." On September 29th, 2014, Redditor SoberDreams submitted a photo of a Pepsi delivery truck with the word "Bepis" printed in place of the Pepsi logo (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 3,800 votes (87% upvoted) and 330 comments.

On May 3rd, 2015, YouTuber Martin Argh uploaded a video titled "b e p i s", in which he pours a Pepsi bottle into a glass of ice (shown below).

On March 13th, 2016, Redditor submitted a photoshopped bepis logo to the /r/Ooer^[3] subreddit (shown below).

On April 18th, the Pepsi delivery truck image was posted on 4chan (shown below). The following day, a screenshot of the 4chan thread was submitted to the /r/4chan^[2] subreddit, where it gathered upwards of 3,000 votes (93% upvoted) and 140 comments in one week. Shortly after, the online retailer RedBubble^[1] began selling T-shirts with the "Bepis" logo printed on the front (shown below).

Conke

On February 22nd, 2017, the Babbe Facebook^[7][8] page posted two surreal memes of a disembodied head drinking a bottle of Coca-Cola named "Conke" and mixing a photoshopped bottle of "Conke" and "Bepis" together in a plastic cup (shown below). Over the next year, the post garnered upwards of 1,000 shares, 840 reactions and 280 comments.

On March 22nd, Redditor nifeman20 submitted an image featuring the floating head identifying a Coca-Cola can as "Conke" and a Pepsi can as "Bepis," claiming the two drinks were the "only two genders" to /r/Ooer^[5] (shown below). Two days later, Redditor picquant reposted the image to /r/dankmemes,^[6] where it received more than 1,600 points (96% upvoted) and 50 comments prior to being archived.

On August 19th, YouTuber TheInternetLegend _420 uploaded a video titled "Conke and Bepis are the same thing! Wake up sheeple!" (shown below, left). On November 5th, YouTuber Bob the Bromosapien uploaded a "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen" remix video featuring Conke and Bepis (shown below, right).

On December 6th, Urban Dictionary^[9] user SmallDickAsian submitted an entry for "conke," defining it as "The arch enemy of the well known BEPIS" (shown below).

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