/ourguy/
English edit
Etymology edit
According to 4chan researcher Sal Hagen, the term with the slashes was first used on the 4chan /pol/ board by an anonymous user who posted on August 7, 2015: "TRUMP IS /ourguy/". The term reached its peak popularity on 4chan in early 2017 before rapidly declining.[1][2]
Noun edit
/ourguy/ (plural /ourguys/)
- (Internet slang, 4chan) Someone aligned with the values and beliefs of one's imageboard or community, especially an influential person who espouses far-right views.
- 2018 November 4, Kevin Roose, Ali Winston, “Far-Right Internet Groups Listen for Trump’s Approval, and Often Hear It”, in The New York Times[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-24:
- Since the 2016 election, these far-right communities have entered into a sort of imagined dialogue with the president. They create and disseminate slogans and graphics, and celebrate when they show up in Mr. Trump's Twitter feed days or weeks later. They carefully dissect his statements, looking for hints of their influence. And when they find those clues, they take them as evidence that Mr. Trump is "/ourguy/," a label for people internet extremists believe share their views, but who are unable to say so directly in public.
References edit
- ^ Quinn Myers (2021 February 22) “/OurGuys/: The Code Word That Rallies White Supremacists Hiding in Plain Sight”, in MEL Magazine[1], archived from the original on 2023-06-20
- ^ Sal Hagen (2022 February 9) “'Who is /ourguy/?': Tracing panoramic memes to study the collectivity of 4chan/pol/”, in New Media & Society, Thousand Oaks, C.A.: SAGE Publications, , →ISSN, →OCLC
Further reading edit
- “Is He /Our Guy/?”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007