# Huahuehuahue Huahuehuahue is Portuguese onomatopoeia for laughter, equivalent to English 'hahaha', that became a marker of Brazilian players in online games starting with Ragnarok Online in 2003. The expression turned into an internet shorthand for chaotic Brazilian MMO players and inspired a widely shared webcomic that spread from Brazilian forums to English-speaking gaming communities in the late 2000s. ## Origin According to a League of Legends forum post by user GreenEyedMonster, 'huahue' and its variants became a fixture of online gaming during the 2003 launch period of Ragnarok Online, when large groups of Brazilian players clashed with English-speaking guilds in what participants described as a 'race war', and that same sentiment surfaced years later in an unattributed webcomic depicting a Brazilian takeover of an MMO, posted to the Brazilian Arena IG forums on September 24, 2008[3]. - **Platform:** Ragnarok Online (MMORPG) / Brazilian gaming forums (webcomic spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2003 ## Overview The expression appears in many spellings, including huehuehue, huahuehue, and hueheue, each standing in for a hearty burst of laughter typed by Portuguese speakers. In competitive online games it often travels alongside 'BR?' (are you Brazilian?) and 'gibe moni plos', a broken-English 'give me money please' used to beg foreign teammates for in-game currency[3]. An Urban Dictionary entry captured the sound as 'the spasmic repetition of the word hue sounding something like HUIHUEIHOOIUEHUEHUE', a fair approximation of how the letters spill out across a fast-moving game chat window[2]. Non-Portuguese-speaking players picked the laugh up in a mocking sense, so seeing huehuehue in English-language matchmaking chat usually flags a joke about Brazilian players rather than a genuine chuckle. ## How It Spread The webcomic reached English-speaking gaming forums on August 15, 2009, when it was reposted on the War Bunnies Forums, and a Portuguese version followed on the Brazilian site Barbalonga in January 2011[3]. On February 10, 2010, YouTuber MrLegiaoo uploaded a computer-narrated slideshow reading each panel of the comic with English translations, pushing the joke off of niche gaming forums and onto YouTube[1]. An Urban Dictionary entry for 'Huehuehue' was added on March 10, 2011, offering both the chaotic spelling breakdown and the tongue-in-cheek definition 'best way to laugh, you should try it'[2]. From Ragnarok Online the laugh followed Brazilian players into newer games, and by the League of Legends years huehuehue was already a familiar tag for BR-server chat in English-speaking gaming communities. ## How to Use Typing huehuehue, huahuehue, or any similar hue-heavy string in game chat typically reads as a Brazilian player laughing, and Urban Dictionary sums up the ideal use case simply as 'best way to laugh, you should try it'[2]. Non-Brazilian players often use the same spelling ironically, either to pretend to be Brazilian or to mock the stereotype attached to BR-server behavior. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Huahuehuahue? Huahuehuahue is Portuguese onomatopoeia for laughter, associated with Brazilian players in online games, and Urban Dictionary defines it as 'the spasmic repetition of the word hue'[2]. ### Where did Huahuehuahue come from? The laugh took hold in the MMO Ragnarok Online during 2003 as Brazilian players poured into the game, and a satirical webcomic later depicting that clash reached English audiences via a 2010 YouTube slideshow by MrLegiaoo[1]. ### What does Huahuehuahue mean? It is a written laugh, described by Urban Dictionary as 'the spasmic repetition of the word hue' and, in another entry, as simply the 'best way to laugh'[2]. ### How do you use Huahuehuahue? Type huehuehue or huahuehue in game chat to stand in for a Brazilian player's laugh; Urban Dictionary's own usage example is a wall of the letters repeated together[2]. ### Is Huahuehuahue still popular? It is a classic gaming-chat expression rather than a currently trending meme, kept alive in MMO and MOBA communities after MrLegiaoo's 2010 YouTube slideshow helped push the underlying webcomic to English-speaking players[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPJzkiPLbos]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Huahuehuahue]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/huahuehuahue]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/huahuehuahue Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library