# A Mimir Two Mimir

A Mimir Two Mimir is a sleepy internet meme built from the Spanish baby-talk phrase 'a mimir' (a mispronunciation of 'a dormir,' meaning 'to sleep') and a June 2020 Twitter exchange in which artist ᴰʳ.ᴍᴏʀɪᴄᴋʏ mistook 'mimir' for the name of a tiny sleeping creature. The format pairs the phrase with drawings, photos, or clips of pets, babies, and characters curled up in bed.

## Overview
A Mimir Two Mimir is a bilingual sleeping meme built from a Spanish babytalk phrase and a Japanese artist's confused misreading of it. 'A mimir' is a childish mispronunciation of the Spanish 'a dormir' ('to sleep'), used for years in Spanish-speaking households to describe someone being tucked in[2]. The meme pairs the phrase with drawings, photos, or videos of characters, pets, and babies curled up asleep[1].

The English-speaking 'Two Mimir' variant came from Twitter artist ᴰʳ.ᴍᴏʀɪᴄᴋʏ, who mistook 'mimir' for the name of a tiny sleeping creature and captioned a follow-up drawing accordingly[4]. Her posts got Spanish speakers and English speakers using the phrase side by side, almost always on soft art of pets and fictional characters at rest[1].

## How It Spread
Through early 2020 the phrase kept moving through Spanish YouTube via fail-compilation edits set to lullaby music, most notably a May 27, 2020 upload from user SAMU CA of a man face-planting after a front flip captioned 'a mimir,' with follow-up compilations pulling hundreds of thousands of views by that summer[3].

The jump to English and Japanese-speaking audiences came on June 6, 2020, when Twitter artist ᴰʳ.ᴍᴏʀɪᴄᴋʏ posted a drawing of a small black kitten tucked into bed[1]. A Spanish-speaking follower named Brujita Verde replied with 'a mimir,' the artist asked what it meant, and after a quick explanation she started using it herself[6]. Nine days later she drew a bear and a white kitten sleeping together and captioned it 'Two Mimir,' misreading 'mimir' as the name of a fluffy creature[4].

A June 16 screenshot repost of the exchange by user jeonclouds pulled 241,200 likes and 69,600 retweets, kicking the phrase into wider English-language circulation, with fan artists picking it up within days across BTS fanart, a Moomintroll drawing from lichenFriend that hit 52,600 likes on June 20, and a viral kitten clip from petitebrunette that cleared 157,000 likes on June 29, 2020[3].

## How to Use
People typically pair 'a mimir' or 'two mimir' with a picture or short video of something small and cozy asleep, whether pets, cartoon characters, or fanart of favorite idols. The tone is affectionate rather than ironic, and the caption often includes nothing more than the phrase itself. 'Two Mimir' shows up when there are two sleepers in frame, in a nod to ᴰʳ.ᴍᴏʀɪᴄᴋʏ's original misreading.

## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is A Mimir Two Mimir?
It is a sleeping meme that pairs cute pictures of characters or animals in bed with the Spanish babytalk phrase 'a mimir' or its English variant 'two mimir'[1].

### Where did A Mimir Two Mimir come from?
'A mimir' was already Spanish baby talk for 'a dormir' ('to sleep') and started appearing in image macros and Spanish YouTube edits in late 2019[3], then went viral internationally after Twitter artist ᴰʳ.ᴍᴏʀɪᴄᴋʏ used it in June 2020[1].

### What does A Mimir Two Mimir mean?
'A mimir' is a childish mispronunciation of the Spanish 'a dormir,' meaning 'to sleep' or 'off to bed'[2]; 'Two Mimir' came from ᴰʳ.ᴍᴏʀɪᴄᴋʏ mistakenly thinking 'mimir' was the name of a tiny sleeping creature and captioning a drawing of two of them[4].

### How do you use A Mimir Two Mimir?
Post a picture or clip of one small cozy sleeper with the caption 'a mimir,' or two sleepers with 'two mimir,' usually on soft fanart, pet photos, or baby videos[1].

### Is A Mimir Two Mimir still popular?
It became a classic sleepy-post caption on Twitter and Tumblr after its June 2020 viral moment and is still used as shorthand for wholesome bedtime content on those platforms[6].

## References
1. [https://twitter.com/mmoriqomm/status/1269223060396994561](<https://twitter.com/mmoriqomm/status/1269223060396994561>)
2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mimir](<https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mimir>)
3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/a-mimir-two-mimir](<https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/a-mimir-two-mimir>)
4. [https://twitter.com/mmoriqomm/status/1272469525075132417](<https://twitter.com/mmoriqomm/status/1272469525075132417>)
5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-mimir-pablo-valencia](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-mimir-pablo-valencia>)
6. [https://twitter.com/Labrujitaverde](<https://twitter.com/Labrujitaverde>)

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