Nice MayMay Man

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Published September 8, 2026

Nice MayMay Man, also known as Le Nice New MayMay, is an exploitable character illustration that hit /r/circlejerk on February 27, 2014, mocking Reddit's meme obsession through a deliberate mispronunciation of the word. The crudely drawn open-mouthed face became the subreddit's signature format for satirizing meme clichés and even inspired a joke altcoin.

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Overview

The illustration shows a man's face in three-quarter view with his mouth hanging open, drawn in the same crude style as the MS Paint exploitable fsjal3. Users on /r/circlejerk paste the face onto other characters or drop it into scenes to signal ironic meme worship, with 'maymay' swapped in wherever 'meme' would normally appear1. The joke lives or dies on tone: the more earnestly someone deploys it, the sharper the parody of Reddit's meme obsession lands2.

Common edits swap the face into fedora-tipping poses, gendered variants with wigs and eyelashes, and generic scene backdrops that mimic how bland reaction images get recycled online1. The clipped caption from the first post, 'Is maymay / and man,' is often reused verbatim to stay on-brand with the original's broken syntax1.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit (/r/circlejerk)
Creator
xvvhiteboy
Date
2014

On February 27, 2014, Redditor xvvhiteboy posted 'Le New Meme: Nice MayMay Man' to /r/circlejerk, featuring a hand-drawn face over a yellow and blue color wheel background with the caption 'Is maymay / and man'1. The post pulled in more than 3,500 upvotes and 180 comments during its first four days3.

The character's name comes from a deliberate mispronunciation of 'meme' as 'maymay,' a running joke on the subreddit aimed at anyone who takes internet humor too seriously2.

How It Spread

The following day, February 28, Redditor rehpotsirhc123 posted an animated GIF called 'MayMay Intensifies' featuring a man tipping a fedora with the Nice MayMay Man face pasted over his own1. On March 1, Redditor Literal_Mitteral shared a version drawn with long hair and eyelashes, riffing on the 'strong black woman who don't need no man' copypasta1.

The same day, the Tumblr blog So Brave published a joke article introducing 'LeNewMemeNiceMayMayManCoin,' a satirical altcoin billed as a cryptocurrency built entirely by /r/circlejerk3. On March 2, Redditor Eman9871 asked about the character's origin on /r/OutOfTheLoop, where user Buckfost explained it was meant to satirize the overuse of memes on the site2. By March 4, searches for 'maymay' inside /r/circlejerk turned up more than 250 results, showing how fast the misspelling took hold in the community1.

How to Use This Meme

To use the format, edit the Nice MayMay Man face onto another character in an MS Paint style, or attach the label 'maymay' to any meme reference to signal ironic distance. Captions typically use deliberately broken syntax like the original 'Is maymay / and man' to stay in the same anti-meme register1.

Frequently Asked Questions

Nice MayMay Man

2014exploitableclassic

Published September 8, 2026

Nice MayMay Man, also known as Le Nice New MayMay, is an exploitable character illustration that hit /r/circlejerk on February 27, 2014, mocking Reddit's meme obsession through a deliberate mispronunciation of the word. The crudely drawn open-mouthed face became the subreddit's signature format for satirizing meme clichés and even inspired a joke altcoin.

exploitable templates internet meta memes subreddit origin memes ms paint memes ironic memes

Overview

The illustration shows a man's face in three-quarter view with his mouth hanging open, drawn in the same crude style as the MS Paint exploitable fsjal3. Users on /r/circlejerk paste the face onto other characters or drop it into scenes to signal ironic meme worship, with 'maymay' swapped in wherever 'meme' would normally appear1. The joke lives or dies on tone: the more earnestly someone deploys it, the sharper the parody of Reddit's meme obsession lands2.

Common edits swap the face into fedora-tipping poses, gendered variants with wigs and eyelashes, and generic scene backdrops that mimic how bland reaction images get recycled online1. The clipped caption from the first post, 'Is maymay / and man,' is often reused verbatim to stay on-brand with the original's broken syntax1.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit (/r/circlejerk)
Creator
xvvhiteboy
Date
2014

On February 27, 2014, Redditor xvvhiteboy posted 'Le New Meme: Nice MayMay Man' to /r/circlejerk, featuring a hand-drawn face over a yellow and blue color wheel background with the caption 'Is maymay / and man'1. The post pulled in more than 3,500 upvotes and 180 comments during its first four days3.

The character's name comes from a deliberate mispronunciation of 'meme' as 'maymay,' a running joke on the subreddit aimed at anyone who takes internet humor too seriously2.

How It Spread

The following day, February 28, Redditor rehpotsirhc123 posted an animated GIF called 'MayMay Intensifies' featuring a man tipping a fedora with the Nice MayMay Man face pasted over his own1. On March 1, Redditor Literal_Mitteral shared a version drawn with long hair and eyelashes, riffing on the 'strong black woman who don't need no man' copypasta1.

The same day, the Tumblr blog So Brave published a joke article introducing 'LeNewMemeNiceMayMayManCoin,' a satirical altcoin billed as a cryptocurrency built entirely by /r/circlejerk3. On March 2, Redditor Eman9871 asked about the character's origin on /r/OutOfTheLoop, where user Buckfost explained it was meant to satirize the overuse of memes on the site2. By March 4, searches for 'maymay' inside /r/circlejerk turned up more than 250 results, showing how fast the misspelling took hold in the community1.

How to Use This Meme

To use the format, edit the Nice MayMay Man face onto another character in an MS Paint style, or attach the label 'maymay' to any meme reference to signal ironic distance. Captions typically use deliberately broken syntax like the original 'Is maymay / and man' to stay in the same anti-meme register1.

Frequently Asked Questions