# Ayy Lmao Ayy Lmao is a catchphrase paired with a grainy photo of a green alien, used as a shitpost caption whenever UFOs, extraterrestrials, or absurdly weird content shows up online. The image first surfaced on Portuguese and Spanish paranormal blogs in late 2012, and the phrase attached itself to the picture across Tumblr, Facebook, and Reddit through 2013. ## Overview Ayy Lmao is a caption almost always slapped onto a grainy photo of a smiling green alien, functioning as both a reaction image and a standalone shitpost caption[1]. The phrase works as pure filler noise, something that sounds like what a stoned extraterrestrial might mumble, and Urban Dictionary entries describe it as a conversation-filler that can hint at innuendo or simply describe when an alien looks high[2]. The joke leans on the flatness of the alien photo itself, a fuzzy image with murky provenance that reads as both spooky and dumb. That combination is why the pairing stuck: the picture looks like something a UFO forum would take seriously, while the caption undercuts any of that seriousness[3]. ## How It Spread By May 23rd, 2013, the image was showing up as a reaction comment on the celebrity gossip community Oh No They Didn't[4]. A Facebook fan page titled AYY LMAO launched on June 8th, posting image macros with the phrase, and that August YouTuber jorin pop uploaded a seven second video pairing the alien with the words scrolling by in hot pink text[3]. Tumblr is where it detonated. On September 22nd, 2013, user haunted-sugoi posted the alien with the caption "this is all that matters," and three days later the single topic blog Ayy Lmao Alien began reblogging every alien picture it could find with the same caption attached[4]. A second Facebook fan page went up on October 15th using the alien as its cover photo, and by October 28th there were 21 different Tumblr URLs squatting on variations of the name. The /r/AyyLmao subreddit was spun up around the same time, and a Yahoo Answers thread from October 12th, 2013 shows people asking what the phrase actually meant[5]. Urban Dictionary entries piled up alongside, cementing the joke well beyond its Tumblr base[2]. ## How to Use Ayy Lmao typically works as a caption on any post featuring aliens, UFOs, or paranormal imagery. Common conventions include reposting the original green alien photo with the phrase overlaid, dropping the words as a reply comment when a subject feels too absurd to engage with seriously, or using it as a nonsense response to break a conversational thread[2]. Video edits often pair the phrase with pink or neon text scrolling across the screen, following the format jorin pop used in the August 2013 clip[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Ayy Lmao? Ayy Lmao is a catchphrase and Tumblr hashtag paired with a fuzzy photo of a green alien, used as a reaction caption whenever extraterrestrials or absurd content come up[1]. ### Where did Ayy Lmao come from? The alien image first appeared on Portuguese and Spanish paranormal blogs in November 2012, and the phrase attached to it through 2013 across Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr[1][4]. ### What does Ayy Lmao mean? It has no fixed meaning. Urban Dictionary describes it as a conversation filler, an alien-style greeting, or a way to say an alien looks high[2]. ### How do you use Ayy Lmao? Post it as a caption or comment on anything alien or UFO related, or drop it as a nonsense reply when a topic feels too absurd to answer seriously[2]. ### Is Ayy Lmao still popular? It is a classic Tumblr-era meme from 2013 that still gets referenced whenever alien or UFO content trends, though its peak was the late 2013 spread across Tumblr, Reddit, and Facebook[4]. ## References 1. [https://elrinconparanormal.blogspot.com/2013/03/megadump-de-fotografias-de-ovnis-extraterrestres-y-documentos-graficos-sacados-de-la-profundidad-de-la-deep-web.html]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ayy%20Lmao]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlFvF5zPGqo]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ayy-lmao]() 5. [https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20131012100409AAKla0M]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/ayy-lmao Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library