LOL You Wild Wyd Tho

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"LOL You Wild Wyd Tho" is an internet slang expression meaning "you're crazy, but what are you doing though?", which is frequently referenced on Black Twitter to mock those who feign interest in someone for the purpose of seduction.

Origin

On November 24th, 2015, the @LilMamaCrying Twitter feed posted two tweets along with a photograph of hip hop artist Lil Mama captioned with a description of telling a man or woman "how you feel" and they reply with "Lol you wild, wyd though?" (shown below).^[6]^[7] Over the next 13 months, the tweets gained over 500 and 2,500 likes respectively.

Spread

On November 29th, 2015, Twitter user @idontcurve^[5] posted a mock conversation in which a woman professes her love for him, to which he replies "lol you wild. wyd though?" (shown below). Within 13 months, the tweet received upwards of 3,700 likes and retweets.

On December 7th, a variation of @LilMamaCrying's tweet accompanied by an illustration of "Pepe the Frog": was submitted to /r/BlackPeopleTwitter, where it gathered more than 830 votes (93% upvoted) prior to being archived (shown below). That month, the @wydthough^[11] Twitter feed was launched, highlighting image macros captioned with the slang expression.

On January 6th, 2016, the internet humor site NoWayGirl^[4] highlighted several examples of the meme. On January 8th, Tumblr^[2] user ntbx posted a screenshot of a text message conversation between a parent and their child, who responds to requests to come home with "Lol you wild. Wyd though" (shown below). Within one year, the post gained over 428,000 notes. On January 15th, Imgur^[9] user changedmynameonmobile reposted the chat screenshots.

On August 3rd, 2016, the "Lol You Wild, Wyd Tho" Facebook^[1] page was created. On December 27th, /r/BlackPeopleTwitter mod MGLLN announced that posts featuring the phrase "lol you wild wyd tho" were banned from the subreddit.^[3] On December 29th, Redditor JasonMan34 submitted a post asking "Why do I see 'lol u wild wyd tho'" on Black Twitter to /r/OutOfTheLoop.^[10]