# Fuckboy Fuckboy is a pejorative slang term for men seen as oversexed, disrespectful, or emotionally unavailable, first defined on Urban Dictionary in 2004[1]. The word went mainstream on Tumblr in 2013 and 2014, spawning the "En Garde, Fuckboy" skeleton macro subgenre and viral lists of "fuckboy symptoms"[2]. ## Overview Fuckboy, also spelled fuccboi, is a pejorative aimed at men perceived as oversexed, emotionally shallow, or disrespectful toward women[1]. The insult started as street and hip hop slang, then mutated on Tumblr into a broader shorthand for a specific archetype of flaky, self-absorbed guy who ghosts, love-bombs, or lies about his intentions[2]. On Tumblr the word also fused with a visual joke: skeletons brandishing weapons, captioned with taunts like "En Garde, Fuckboy" or "Parlez vous francais, fuckboy?"[3]. The mashup piggybacked on the site's earlier 2Spooky skeleton craze and gave the insult a signature meme format alongside its use as plain slang. ## How It Spread The Tumblr era kicked off on October 23rd, 2013, when user adotjam posted a fake Mother Teresa quote reading "Once a fuckboy, always a fuckboy," which pulled in more than 81,000 notes over the following year[4]. On March 11th, 2014, YouTuber BrealTV uploaded "Signs you may be a fuckboy with Professor Houseshoes," a satirical video calling out unoriginal and dishonest men as fuckboys[2]. The skeleton branch of the meme started on April 30th, 2014, when the Tumblr blog "No time for dat goku" posted a photoshopped retro video game screenshot of a knife-wielding skeleton captioned "En Garde, Fuckboy," racking up over 39,000 notes in four months[5]. On August 7th, 2014, the Tumblr blog "Get Wrecked Fuckboy" launched as a dedicated feed for skeleton images and GIFs[6]. On September 5th, 2014, Redditor ThirdWaveSTEMinism questioned the use of fuckboy as a general insult toward bigots in the r/socialjustice101 subreddit[7]. On September 14th, Tumblr user rememberingsuunday published a list of "fuckboy symptoms" that pulled over 165,600 notes in 48 hours, and three days later user misslahla posted the "Parlez vous francais, fuckboy?" skeleton macro, which cleared 36,000 notes within two weeks[3]. ## How to Use As slang, fuckboy is typically used as a direct insult or a diagnosis, tagging a specific guy or a whole pattern of behavior, ghosting, breadcrumbing, or fake romantic interest[1]. As a meme format, posts often pair a taunt directed at "fuckboy" with an image of a skeleton wielding a weapon, following the "En Garde, Fuckboy" template that took off on Tumblr in 2014[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Fuckboy? Fuckboy is a slang insult for a man seen as oversexed, dishonest, or disrespectful toward women, and also the anchor of a Tumblr skeleton meme format[1][3]. ### Where did Fuckboy come from? The earliest online definition was posted to Urban Dictionary on December 29th, 2004 by user bretb, though the word had earlier roots in Black English and rap slang[1][2]. ### What does Fuckboy mean? It describes a guy who is emotionally shallow, flaky, or self-absorbed, especially one who fakes intimacy for sex or attention[1]. ### How do you use Fuckboy? People use it as a direct insult, in call-out lists like Tumblr user rememberingsuunday's "fuckboy symptoms" post, or in the "En Garde, Fuckboy" skeleton macro format[3][5]. ### Is Fuckboy still popular? The word became embedded in everyday internet slang after its 2013 and 2014 Tumblr peak, though the skeleton macro subgenre is mostly associated with that specific era[3][6]. ## References 1. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fuckboy]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tn0Y5gGWM]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fuckboy-fuccboi]() 4. [https://adotjam.tumblr.com/]() 5. [https://lysol.co.vu/]() 6. [https://getwreckedfuckboy.tumblr.com/]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/socialjustice101/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/fuckboy Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library