About

Chilaquil refers to an image of a dog that became the subject of photoshops on Twitter and Facebook among Spanish-speaking communities in May of 2017.

Origin

On May 17th, Facebook page El rincón de la curiosidad.^[1] posted an image of a woman posing with a large dog, a cross between a German Shepard and a wolf (shown below..

In response, user Clemente Miranda posted a picture of his dog, the "Chilaquil," a cross between two breeds that is only allowed in "marginal colonies like mine." His comment, shown below, gained over 11,000 likes and reactions. The comment also gained over 1,300 replies.

Spread

A few days following the appearance of Chilaquil on the page, users on Facebook and Twitter began to photoshopping Chilaquil into various scenarios. One popular tweet was posted on May 20th by @AndresCisnerosP,^[2] photoshopping the dog onto Shaquille O'Neal, gaining over 420 retweets (shown below).

The spread of Chilaquil gained attention from Spanish-speaking media outlets, including Buzzfeed^[3] and Univision.^[4]

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