# Im Crine I'm Crine is an AAVE slang catchphrase for 'I'm crying,' used to signal crying from laughter rather than sadness. First posted on X in 2013 by Bronx users, it went viral on TikTok and Instagram in 2025 as a reaction caption paired with the 😭 emoji. ## Overview I'm Crine is an AAVE slang catchphrase meaning 'I'm crying,' with 'crine' acting as a phonetic respelling of 'crying' in the same family as 'goofy ahh'[1]. Despite the 'crying' root, the phrase almost always signals crying from laughter, and it usually rides alongside the 'Face with Tears of Joy' emoji and the shouted opener 'Son 😭😭😭😭😭'[1]. Through 2025, I'm Crine took over reaction culture on TikTok and Instagram, showing up as text overlays on shock-laugh clips and, later, as its own image macro built around an Apple Memoji in a zen pose captioned in Papyrus font[2]. ## How It Spread In January 2014, 'crine' jumped from X to the Kanye West fan forum Kanye To The, where posters used it in album reaction threads. By June 2015, the same board spun off a variant called 'brine,' tied to Brad Pitt jokes[3]. The word gained mainstream visibility across the mid to late 2010s, including a May 17th, 2016 quote-tweet from rapper Chance the Rapper about his album Coloring Book that used 'crine,' and a December 17th, 2018 tweet from X user @kelsieesquibel about following her ex's new girlfriend that ultimately earned over 229,000 likes[3]. The catchphrase's biggest surge came in 2025. On September 18th, TikToker @fuckmexy captioned a DJ Vlad clip of comedian Aries Spears with 'I'm crine' followed by a string of 😭 emojis, racking up more than 163,700 likes in five months[2]. In late October, an anonymous edit began circulating that paired an Apple Memoji sitting cross-legged with a Papyrus-font 'I'm crine' caption, and the format took off across Instagram. By November 18th, Instagram user @job.mp2 was pairing 'I'm crine' with AI Baby Holding Laugh videos, pulling roughly 25,900 likes in eight days[5]. ## How to Use People typically drop 'I'm crine' over a reaction image or clip that hit them as unreasonably funny, often followed by three to six 😭 emojis and sometimes the word 'Son' as a hype opener[1]. The Apple Memoji zen edit set in Papyrus font is a common convention on the image macro side as of late 2025[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Im Crine? I'm Crine is AAVE slang for 'I'm crying,' where 'crine' is a shortened respelling of 'crying,' and it usually signals crying from laughter rather than sadness[1]. ### Where did Im Crine come from? The earliest known use of 'crine' appeared on X on October 6th, 2013, in a post from Bronx-based user @THEKIDMERO[4]. ### What does Im Crine mean? It means 'I'm crying,' with 'crine' as a shortened respelling of 'crying,' though in practice it almost always signals crying from laughter, not sadness[1]. ### How do you use Im Crine? Drop it as a caption over a reaction image or funny clip, usually followed by a string of 😭 emojis and sometimes the word 'Son' as a hype opener[1]. ### Is Im Crine still popular? Yes, the phrase went viral across TikTok and Instagram in 2025, including a widely shared Apple Memoji image macro in Papyrus font[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Im%20Crine]() 2. [https://www.tiktok.com/@fuckmexy/video/7551575184671608119]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-crine]() 4. [https://x.com/THEKIDMERO]() 5. [https://www.instagram.com/job.mp2/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/im-crine Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library