About

"Jazz Hands" refers to an image macro series featuring cats or other animals holding their hands up or waving their hands in the air.

Origin

While the true origin of the meme is unknown, the first known usage is an image of a with a top hat edited on. The image dates back to October 5th, 2004, first used in an image index with the file name JazzHandsKitten.jpg.^[1]

Spread

On January 26th, 2014, Reddit user igby012 submitted an image of a dog with their hands in the air to the subreddit /r/aww with the title "JAZZ HANDS!!".^[2] The post has since gained 2,738 points (94% upvoted) before being archived.

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