# Monopoly Man's "NO" Monopoly Man's "NO" is a reaction image of Rich Uncle Pennybags reaching his hand over the letters "N" and "O" clipped from a Monopoly board game box. Posted anonymously to 4chan in April 2017, it became internet shorthand for a hard refusal across Reddit and Instagram. ## Origin On April 10th, 2017, an anonymous poster on 4chan's /b/ board dropped the earliest known copy of the image inside a thread replying to a vore comic[1]. The picture was clipped from the cover of an unidentified Monopoly edition and shared without any caption on top. The following day, April 11th, Twitter user @Ramskerr produced an Expand Dong style distortion of the image that started spreading beyond the original thread and pulled around 70 retweets over the next two years[2]. - **Platform:** 4chan / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2017 ## Overview The picture shows Rich Uncle Pennybags, the top-hatted mascot of the Monopoly board game, mid-handshake with his white glove stretched across the letters "N" and "O" pulled from the game's cover[1]. People post it to reject something without typing a single word, since the cheerful handshake pose reads as a smug refusal. An early Expand Dong style edit by Twitter user @Ramskerr stretches the illustration for extra emphasis[2]. The most repeated format pairs the image with a setup caption that reads as an unwanted invitation, so the "NO" answers back for the poster[4]. ## How It Spread Before April 12th, 2017, an unknown user paired the "NO" cutout with the caption "Coworker: wanna do something after work?" and locked in the setup that most people know today[3]. On April 13th, an Instagram post carrying the picture was scraped by aggregator site Me.me, and a now-deleted account under the handle Dabmoms shared its own version that pulled past 18,800 likes[3]. The coworker caption did most of the lifting. On May 15th, 2017, a Reddit user reposted the pairing to /r/meirl, where it climbed past 30,300 upvotes over the following six months[4]. From there the image kept circulating as a low-effort refusal template on Reddit and Instagram. ## How to Use Grab a clean cutout of Monopoly Man reaching over the "NO" and drop it under a caption that sets up an unwanted invitation. The setup is typically a request from a coworker, friend, or family member asking for plans, favors, or errands, and the picture does the answering for you. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Monopoly Man's "NO"? A reaction image of Rich Uncle Pennybags reaching his hand over the letters "N" and "O" clipped from a Monopoly game cover, first posted to 4chan in April 2017[1]. ### Where did Monopoly Man's "NO" come from? An anonymous 4chan /b/ user posted the earliest known copy on April 10th, 2017 as a reply inside a vore comic thread[1]. ### What does Monopoly Man's "NO" mean? It stands in for a flat refusal, since the cheerful Monopoly Man handshake pose paired with the word "NO" reads as a smug rejection[2]. ### How do you use Monopoly Man's "NO"? Pair the image with a setup caption describing an unwanted invitation. The "Coworker: wanna do something after work?" version that hit /r/meirl in May 2017 is the standard template[4]. ### Is Monopoly Man's "NO" still popular? After its April 2017 debut and the May 2017 /r/meirl spike, it saw moderate reuse across Reddit and other platforms for years without another major viral moment[3]. ## References 1. [https://thebarchive.com/b/thread/728669518/#728670169]() 2. [https://twitter.com/Ramskerr]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/monopoly-mans-no]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/monopoly-mans-no Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library