About

MFs Really Named This, also written as MFs Really Called This, is a phrasal template that takes the name of a common object and misrepresents it in a way to produce a comical effect. Typically these memes are a combination of a picture of an object with a photoshopped caption to deliver the joke. Each meme of this type starts with the same setup using a variation of the phrase "MFs really named this" in the top text followed by the punchline in the bottom text.

Origin

The first recorded use of this meme style was in the subreddit /r/okbuddyretard, which was first posted by Redditor^[1] SaguaroTheBeardie on March 17th, 2021, receiving 30,000 upvotes and 103 comments in three months (shown below).

Spread

From there, the meme spread within the /r/okbuddyretard community before being posted in other areas of Reddit. On March 22nd, 2021, Redditor^[2] u/TheOfficialWario/ posted a version of this meme that used the animal called a "DikDik," but it was removed by the moderators for being "Low-Effort/Uncreative" despite receiving 834 upvotes before its takedown (shown below).

On Facebook,^[3] examples of this meme were posted by generalized meme pages, as seen with the page Hood Memes that posted an example using "Asgard" as the punchline on March 19th, 2021, earning 2,300 likes and shares in three months (shown below).

On Instagram,^[4] the meme page surrealslapps posted an example that uses a campfire, making a play on the word "combustion." The image, posted on May 25th, 2021, gained 10,000 likes in one week and is actually the image found when googling the word "combustion" (shown below).

Various Examples

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