Angery

About

"Angery" is an intentional misspelling over the word "angry," which is often associated with pictures of snarling dogs, the angry face emoji and a comic featuring the Meme Man character.

Origin

On June 27th, 2005, Urban Dictionary^[9] user Sud! created an entry for "angery," defining it as a "sarcastic, condescending or taunting use of the word angry" (shown below).

Spread

On October 7th, 2015, the @RealDogNames^[5] Twitter feed tweeted a photograph of a snarling laborador retriever dog captioned with the word "Angery" (shown below). On April 21st, 2016, the @angerydogmeme^[4] Twitter feed was launched.

On March 28th, 2016, the SpecialMemeFresh Tumblr^[3] blog posted the submitted question ''what make meme man angery?,'' replying with "crushing loneliness and politics." On May 4th, the Fresh and Slunky Memes Facebook^[8] page posted a pixelated angry emoji with the caption "angery" next to an angry face emoji (shown below).

On June 15th, the Green de la Bean Facebook^[1] page posted a "Meme Man": comic in which the character is angered after accidentally eating a vegetable (shown below). Within four months, the post gained over 8,800 shares, 5,200 reactions and 2,600 comments.

The following day, YouTuber AFuckingLoser posted a video featuring a dramatic reading of the Meme Man comic (shown below). On August 18th, the Meme Hospital Facebook^[6] page , gathering more than 10,000 shares, 10,000 comments and 7,600 reaction within two months.

On August 21st, the Bork Bork You are Doing Me a Frighten Facebook^[2] page posted a photograph of a Shibu Inu dog with the caption "Angery" (shown below, left). On September 3rd, the One Big Meme Facebook^[7] page posted a photoshopped version of an angry emoji with the caption "if you spam angery i make me angery so dont do it" (shown below, right).

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