# GM GM, short for "good morning," turned into the signature greeting of NFT Twitter during 2021, with crypto traders flooding the platform each day with the two-letter salutation. What started as a plain text abbreviation hardened into a tribal marker that drew devoted copycats and outside critics, spawning a wave of Wojak, Pepe, and GigaChad image macros about the ritual. ## Origin "GM" has been a text shorthand for "good morning" for roughly two decades, with its first Urban Dictionary entry dating to September 2, 2003[3]. The crossover into crypto spaces was gradual. Google Trends shows a small spike in searches for "nft gm" in January 2017, roughly aligned with the launch of CryptoPunks and CryptoKitties[4]. The first known use from an NFT-focused account came on March 8, 2018, when @NFT_SHIFTY replied to another NFT account with a plain "GM"[2]. Usage stayed sparse through 2018 and 2019 and picked up slowly as more NFT traders joined Twitter[10]. - **Platform:** Twitter (NFT community) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2018 ## Overview GM works through repetition. NFT holders tweet "GM" or "gm" at each other every morning as standalone posts, quote-replies, or whole threads of nothing but the greeting[7]. Memes about the habit lean on crypto-coded reaction templates, with Pepe, Wojak, and GigaChad all pressed into service to depict the stereotypical poster[10]. Many riff on the clubbiness of the practice, with Ethereum and Solana references threaded through the jokes. The joke splits two ways. Insiders use "GM" earnestly as a shibboleth, while outsiders treat it as empty engagement farming. By late 2021 the ritual was prominent enough that @punk6529 wrote a September 1 thread ranking "GM" as the top NFT Twitter slang term to know[1]. ## How to Use Posters typically open the day with a standalone "gm" or "GM" tweet, sometimes aimed at a specific project community, sometimes at no one in particular. Common convention includes replying "gm" under other users' morning posts to build engagement loops. Image macros often slot Pepe, Wojak, or GigaChad into a fancy setting delivering the greeting, as @CaliPnL did on September 5, 2021 with a Peepos-on-a-staircase edit[11]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is GM? GM is a text greeting used across NFT Twitter and crypto circles that stands for "good morning," with @punk6529 ranking it the top piece of NFT slang in a September 2021 thread[1]. ### Where did GM come from? The abbreviation itself is nearly two decades old on the general internet[3], but its NFT Twitter run traces to a March 8, 2018 reply from @NFT_SHIFTY greeting another NFT account with a plain "GM"[2]. ### What does GM mean? It literally means "good morning," the same shorthand catalogued on Urban Dictionary back in 2003[3] and later carried over wholesale into NFT and crypto conversations[1]. ### How do you use GM? Users typically fire off a standalone "gm" tweet at the start of the day and reply "gm" under other morning posts, a loop @BeegSmokey's February 2021 "Good morning gang" thread put on full display[7]. ### Is GM still popular? GM saturated NFT Twitter through 2021 and drew both devoted use and open mockery that November when @lessin called it "unbelievably stupid"[8], with KYM documenting the back-and-forth as a defining piece of NFT Twitter culture[10]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1433002037302673418]() 2. [https://twitter.com/NFT_SHIFTY/status/972210394830815232]() 3. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=GM]() 4. [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=nft%20gm]() 5. [https://twitter.com/Nasty_nft/status/1268174643279458306]() 6. [https://twitter.com/CryptoCrazyGirl/status/1346419367425298432]() 7. [https://twitter.com/BeegSmokey/status/1360466140393275393]() 8. [https://twitter.com/lessin/status/1457736507263836167]() 9. [https://twitter.com/hyperion1339/status/1457760124479623170]() 10. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gm-good-morning]() 11. [https://twitter.com/CaliPnL/status/1434556345412296707]() 12. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBEhf0ckkX4]() 13. [https://twitter.com/MeatTC_/status/1457755251365326850]() 14. [https://twitter.com/1anishZ/status/1457777191119310851]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/gm-good-morning Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library