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The origins of the AHA, URETHRA!! meme

AHA, URETHRA!

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The URETHRA!! meme is a wordplay on the exclamation “Eureka!” and features an Animoji of a bald man displaying a wildly enthusiastic expression, complete with a glowing light bulb hovering above his head, symbolizing a sudden moment of inspiration.

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Urethra meme origins

Apple first introduced Memojis in June 2018. Memojis are personalized animojis. Animojis are emojis that react based on your real-time facial expressions. There is also a set of preset emotions and expressions that users can choose from, which are based on common emoji expressions.

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In a Sept. 2021 Apple community forum thread, Apple users discussed glitches with the Memojis when going to select. In November, user nesorune shared his Memoji sticker page. It included repeated instances of the face that holds up a finger and has a lightbulb overhead.

The expression is as if a new thought or revelation is occurring. In a situation where many would say “Eureka!” the user jokingly wrote, “Urethra!” likely picking the wrong word on purpose for comedic effect.

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In Dec. 2022, @LiamBeUponYe tweeted one of those Memojis, adding “URETHRA!!” in the since-deleted tweet, which amassed over 60,000 likes before it was removed.

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Since then, several memes that show someone making the surprised pointing expression have been paired with the caption “URETHRA!!”

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Meme examples

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