# Aaaaaaaa Aaaaaaaa is a text-based meme where the letter A is repeated dozens or hundreds of times to signal screaming, panic, or complete brain shutdown. It started on Uncyclopedia in October 2005 as a joke article filled entirely with the letter A, then spread across Reddit, Facebook, and image boards as a shitposting and thread-derailing tool. ## Overview Aaaaaaaa is a text and image meme built on one very simple joke: the letter A repeated over and over with no other content[1]. The repetition stands in for screaming, panic, existential dread, or a total loss of coherent thought, and the longer the string of As, the funnier the bit is supposed to be[3]. The format shows up in three main flavors. First is pure text spam in chat, comment threads, or text-to-speech engines[1]. Second is image macros and photoshops where the letters on movie posters, video game covers, or news graphics are replaced with As[2]. Third is reaction images pulled from anime and cartoons, most famously a panel from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure where Noriaki Kakyoin wakes up screaming[2]. Posters often drop the meme into serious threads specifically to derail them. ## How It Spread Reddit picked up the format in the early 2010s. The subreddit r/AAAAAAAAA was created on November 14th, 2011, followed by r/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA on May 26th, 2014, both dedicated to posts and comments made entirely of the letter A[2]. On August 8th, 2015, Redditor afk229 posted a photoshop of the Paul Blart: Mall Cop poster to r/dankmemes with every letter on the artwork swapped out for As[2]. Facebook shitposting pages carried the meme into 2016. The full-width Unicode ＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡＡ page launched on August 29th, 2016, dedicated to collecting A-repetition edits[2]. On September 4th, 2016, the Ayy De La Lmao page posted a Breaking News photoshop featuring the Kakyoin screaming panel from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure[2]. Later that month, on September 25th, Exploding Fish Shitposting posted an NCAA March Madness 2005 game cover with every character on the box replaced by an A[2]. Urban Dictionary entries from the same era log the meme as shorthand for someone screaming, often in reply to a shocking or confusing message[4]. The format is still a default shitpost tool on Reddit and Discord, where a wall of As reads instantly as panic or mock horror[3]. ## How to Use The convention is to type A repeatedly with no spaces, typically capitalized, until the message looks like a wall of noise. Common contexts include reacting to shock news, expressing existential panic, or derailing an overly earnest thread. For image versions, posters typically take a movie poster, video game cover, or news broadcast and replace every visible letter with an A while keeping the original layout and colors intact. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Aaaaaaaa? Aaaaaaaa is a meme where the letter A is repeated many times to represent screaming, panic, or mental shutdown, used as text spam or in photoshops where every letter on an image is swapped for an A[1][2]. ### Where did Aaaaaaaa come from? The format traces back to an Uncyclopedia article titled AAAAAAAAA! created on October 17th, 2005, which was filled with nothing but the letter A[1]. ### What does Aaaaaaaa mean? It means screaming or freaking out. Urban Dictionary defines it as the sound someone makes when they are shocked, panicked, or overwhelmed[4]. ### How do you use Aaaaaaaa? Type a long string of capital As with no other content, either as a standalone message or in reply to something shocking. It also gets used as image edits where every letter on a poster or news graphic is swapped for A[2]. ### Is Aaaaaaaa still popular? The dedicated subreddits r/AAAAAAAAA and r/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA created in 2011 and 2014 kept the format active, and the wall-of-As shitpost is still a default reply in chat rooms and comment threads[2][3]. ## References 1. [https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/AAAAAAAAA!]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/aaaaaaaa]() 3. [https://esolangs.org/wiki/AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Aaaaaaaa]() 5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/aaaaaaaa Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library