# Disgustang Disgustang is a catchphrase pulled from a 2013 webcam video where a Scottish mother scolds her daughters over an unflushed toilet, her thick accent turning the word disgusting into disgustang. The clip and its dubbed sequels turned the mispronunciation into a go-to reaction phrase for anything gross. ## Overview Disgustang is the meme spelling of the word disgusting as pronounced by a Scottish mother, Lizzie Brash, in a short webcam clip where she barges in on her daughters to complain that no one flushed the toilet[1]. The bit that stuck was the final word of her rant, delivered in a heavy Glasgow accent that flattens the -ing into something closer to -ang[2]. The format is basically a sound bite. People pair her yelling with unrelated footage, react-post the word under anything gross, or splice the audio into cartoons and video game clips[3]. Urban Dictionary entries define it plainly as a meme version of disgusting rooted in the viral video, with usage examples like calling a cringey text disgustang[2]. ## How It Spread Reuploads spread fast on YouTube. A chroma-keyed edit called CHER LLOYD DID IT (It wasn't me), posted August 12th, 2013, racked up more than three million views by playing the mother's rant against green-screened backgrounds[3]. For almost three years it was known as the it wasn't me or Scottish mom video rather than by a single catchphrase. The disgustang spelling itself showed up in April 2016, when YouTuber jswaggymmpfh uploaded a subtitled cut that transcribed the mother's final word phonetically[3]. That version fused the audio to a specific word people could type, and the phrase started showing up as a reaction on its own. A Lilo and Stitch parody by aerotechwang1 dubbed the audio over the film and passed 40,000 views, while a Deem Gamez remix compilation crossed 320,000[3]. By late 2018 the word was being used without the video attached. A post titled DISGUSTANG on r/memes on December 23rd, 2018 gained over 2,600 points[4], and a Can't Hear, Can't See edit posted to the same subreddit on January 4th, 2019 pulled more than 4,800[3]. ## How to Use Disgustang is typically used as a one-word reaction to something gross, cringey, or embarrassing, either typed out on its own or dropped under a photo. A common convention is to lean into the phonetic spelling with all caps, DISGUSTANG, to signal you're referencing the Scottish mom video rather than just using the normal word[2]. Video edits often just splice the mother's audio over an unrelated clip and let the punchline land on its own. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Disgustang? Disgustang is a meme catchphrase based on how a Scottish mother pronounces the word disgusting in a 2013 webcam video where she yells at her daughters for not flushing the toilet[1]. ### Where did Disgustang come from? The original clip was posted to r/videos by Redditor just_jay_94 on August 9th, 2013, and got over 2,800 upvotes before being deleted[3]. ### What does Disgustang mean? It's the phonetic spelling of disgusting in a heavy Scottish accent, used online as a reaction to anything gross or cringeworthy[2]. ### How do you use Disgustang? People typically post it in all caps as a one-word reply to gross images or splice the mother's audio into unrelated video clips like cartoons and game footage[3]. ### Is Disgustang still popular? The phrase kept getting used as a reaction on Reddit years after the original video, with posts on r/memes in December 2018 and January 2019 pulling thousands of upvotes[4][3]. ## References 1. [https://lybio.net/tag/please-learn-to-flush-the-toilet-girls/]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Disgustang]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/disgustang]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/a8xqhs/disgustang/]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5OzciBrGK8]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/disgustang Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library