# Ackchyually Ackchyually is a reaction image of a smug cartoon nerd whose speech bubble misspells 'actually' as a phonetic mockery of a nasal know-it-all voice[2]. It first appeared on Funnyjunk in April 2012[1] and went viral on 9GAG in November 2016 via the caption 'Me: says anything. Internet:'[4]. ## Overview Ackchyually, sometimes called Actually Guy, is a reaction image of a nerdy character with glasses whose speech bubble spells 'actually' phonetically as 'ackchyually' or 'ackshually' so it reads in a nasal voice[2]. The joke is that the misspelling sounds like the wet lisp cartoonishly tied to online pedants correcting strangers on the internet[2]. The illustration itself features a pale guy with a scraggly beard, thick glasses, and a smug expression, used as a reaction to hopeful or confident statements to poke fun at nerd stereotypes[3]. Redditors and forum users drop it into threads as a stand-in for the classic 'well, actually' correction that know-it-alls are famous for online[2]. ## How It Spread For roughly four and a half years after pawnderp's Funnyjunk comment, the image circulated slowly in various comment sections, sometimes used self-deprecatingly by people correcting one another and appearing with some regularity on 4chan boards[3]. The picture got its viral break on November 2nd, 2016, when a 9GAG post paired it with the caption 'Me: says anything. Internet:', racking up more than 25,000 points within about two weeks[4]. After that hit, Ackchyually versions started showing up regularly on iFunny in reaction posts and captioned edits[5]. Urban Dictionary contributors described the character as a stand-in for a redditor trying to sound intellectual, which lines up with how the meme gets deployed against pedantry in comment sections, often with the reply text spelled in the same nasal cadence like 'ackshually, that's rgb(210,20,20), not red'[2]. ## How to Use Ackchyually is typically posted as a reply to any confident or hopeful statement, standing in for a pedantic 'well, actually' correction. A common convention is captioning the image with a nitpicky response spelled in the same phlegmy phonetics, like 'ackshually, you're wrong about that,' often paired with a naive setup line above it. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Ackchyually? Ackchyually is a reaction image of a nerdy cartoon character with glasses whose speech bubble misspells 'actually' to mimic a nasal, know-it-all voice[2]. ### Where did Ackchyually come from? The earliest known use appeared on Funnyjunk on April 2nd, 2012, in a comment by user pawnderp on a fan thread about the Dolan comics[1]. ### What does Ackchyually mean? It's a phonetic mockery of the word 'actually' as spoken in a wet, nasal lisp cartoonishly associated with online pedants and 'well, actually' correction guys[2]. ### How do you use Ackchyually? Drop the image as a reply to any confident or hopeful statement to imply a smug pedantic correction is coming, poking fun at nerdy know-it-alls in comment threads[3]. ### Is Ackchyually still popular? Ackchyually is a classic 2010s-era reaction image that had its viral peak on 9GAG in November 2016[4] and kept circulating on iFunny afterward[5]. ## References 1. [https://funnyjunk.com]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ackchyually]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ackchyually]() 4. [https://9gag.com]() 5. [https://ifunny.co]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/ackchyually Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library