Oh God Oh Fuck

About

Oh God Oh Fuck (also Oh Shit Oh Fuck) is a slang expression commonly used as a caption conveying fear, anxiety or shock in a humorous manner. Starting in late 2017, the expression gained popularity as a caption for various memes, often used in combination with Disintegration Effect, Today I Will and The Truck Is Coming memes.

Origin

The exact origin of the expression in memes is unknown. In the earliest posts containing the expression, the phrase "oh god oh fuck" was used as a caption for Disintegration Effect memes that originally gained popularity on Instagram in mid-2017. On December 6th, 2017, Know Your Meme user yotedod archived the earliest version of the meme currently available online.^[1]

Spread

Starting in late 2017, the caption appeared in more Disintegration Effect variations. Some of the earliest available versions of of memes captioned in this fashion were posted by Redditors If_Only_I_Knew_Why^[2] and smackanoodle^[3] on December 12th and 13th, 2017, respectively (shown below, left and center). On April 14th, 2018, Tumblr user wormsounds reposted one of the better-known early examples of the meme featuring Crying Cat, ^[4] with the post receiving over 17,500 likes and reblogs in one year (shown below, right).

As April 27th, 2018 premiere of Avengers: Infinity War film prompted the larger spread of Disintegration Effect memes, the expression also saw a surge in popularity. For example, on April 27th, 2018, Twitter user @abui_tsikata posted a Spoilers Without Context variation of the meme.^[5] On May 31st, 2019, Redditor Dornkry posted a The Truck Is Coming meme using the caption which gained over 1,300 upvotes (shown below).^[6]

The catchphrase saw another surge in popularity following the rise of ironic Today I Will X and The Truck Is Coming / He Is Wearing Airpods memes in late 2018. For example, on November 4th, 2018, Redditor YoshiFan999 posted a Delratrune version of the meme which gained over 5,100 upvotes in six months (shown below, left).^[7] On November 7th, 2018, Redditor evergreen_kilo used posted a Today I Will comic utilizing the catchphrase.^[8] The post garnered over 2,800 upvotes in six months.

In addtion to use as a caption, the phrase has often been utilized as a post title on Reddit, iFunny and other platforms.

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