# Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin is a 2018 internet catchphrase from a photoshopped chart that ranked cats by body fat with cutesy names, topping out at 'OH LAWD HE COMIN' as the final tier. The chart spread from a Facebook cat group to Twitter and Reddit that August, and the top-tier line broke off into a standalone caption for oversized animals and objects. ## Overview Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin is an internet catchphrase that came from a photoshopped cat body-fat chart circulated in August 2018[1]. The chart replaced medical terms with cutesy slang, ranking cats from 'A fine boi' on the slim end to 'OH LAWD HE COMIN' at the extremely overweight end[4]. That final label broke out of the chart on its own, turning into a caption slapped on any oversized cat, animal, or object online[7]. The 'Chonk' scale itself pushed a broader vocabulary of 'chonky' and 'chonker' into internet English as affectionate terms for chubby cats[1]. Fans started rating pets by the chart's tiers on Twitter and Reddit within days of the image going viral[2]. ## How It Spread Twitter user @dreamlandtea posted the chart on August 10th, 2018, pulling in more than 37,000 retweets and 94,000 likes and inviting replies where she rated followers' cats on the scale[1]. The image reached Reddit within days, hitting /r/Delightfullychubby on August 13th[2] and /r/fatcats three days later[3]. A dedicated subreddit, /r/chonkers, picked up nearly 400 subscribers inside a month[5]. Reposts kept the chart moving through late summer and fall. A Pikachu-tiered edit hit /r/me_irl for over 1,200 points, and a September 29th submission to /r/pics about a coworker who printed the chart for a vet clinic office cleared 13,000 upvotes[6]. By October the 'OH LAWD HE COMIN' line had broken away from the chart entirely. On October 4th, 2018, Twitter user @dgahk paired it with a kitten photo and racked up over 64,000 retweets and 171,000 likes[7]. User @homo_cidal put it on a lizard[8], and @TheJWittz applied it to a Snorlax clip that cleared 10,000 likes in under a week[9]. ## How to Use The chart format is typically edited by swapping the cat photos for other subjects (Pokémon, celebrities, snacks) while keeping the tier labels intact. The 'OH LAWD HE COMIN' caption is often used on its own, pasted over any image of something enormous rolling into frame, sincerely or as a joke[7]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin? Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin is the final tier of a viral 2018 cat body-fat chart, and the caption became internet slang for anything oversized rolling into frame[1]. ### Where did Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin come from? The photoshopped chart was first shared by Emilie Chang in the Facebook group 'THIS CAT IS C H O N K Y' on August 2nd, 2018[4]. ### What does Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin mean? It labels the heaviest class on the Chonk scale, and got stretched into a general caption for anything huge approaching[7]. ### How do you use Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin? People pair it with a photo of a big cat, animal, or object filling the frame, either as an affectionate reaction or a joke[8]. ### Is Chonk Oh Lawd He Comin still popular? The chart peaked in fall 2018 with viral Twitter and Reddit posts, and 'chonk' stuck around as internet slang for chubby cats, kept alive by communities like /r/chonkers[5]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/dreamlandtea]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Delightfullychubby/]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/fatcats/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chonk-oh-lawd-he-comin]() 5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/chonkers/]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/]() 7. [https://twitter.com/dgahk]() 8. [https://twitter.com/homo_cidal]() 9. [https://twitter.com/thejwittz]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/chonk-oh-lawd-he-comin Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library