# Oomf Oomf, also known as Oomfie, is a Twitter acronym for 'one of my followers' or 'one of my friends,' first tweeted in January 2011 and quickly adopted as a hashtag for subtweets. Users tag posts with #oomf to comment on a specific person without naming them, and by July 2013 the tag had racked up more than 25 million uses on Twitter. ## Origin The earliest recorded use of the acronym came from Twitter user @Meme_Hayess on January 27, 2011[1]. The hashtag form #oomf spread a few weeks later, with a February 21, 2011 tweet by @MissShantae_ venting about a follower who did not text her back being one of the first documented instances of the tag itself[5]. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2011 ## Overview Oomf usually sits at the front of a tweet or fills in where a real handle would go, letting the poster address someone their followers cannot identify[3]. The tone flips between affectionate ('oomf sent me a birthday card') and pointed complaints, while the Oomfie variant is used admiringly or sometimes ironically to degrade[3]. The hashtag form powers the classic Twitter subtweet: instead of naming the person the poster is annoyed with or attracted to, they tag the tweet #oomf so nobody reading it figures out who is being talked about[4]. That built-in anonymity fed two dominant use cases, covert crush confessions and public grievances, and both piled up on the platform through the mid-2010s[2]. ## How to Use Post a tweet about a specific person without naming them, then tag it #oomf so their identity stays hidden. Common conventions include anonymous crush confessions ('oomf is so cute'), passive-aggressive callouts ('oomf really needs to text me back'), and admiring shout-outs to a favorite follower using the Oomfie form as a noun. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Oomf? Oomf is a Twitter acronym for 'one of my followers' (or 'one of my friends'), used in subtweets so readers cannot identify who the post is about[3]. ### Where did Oomf come from? The earliest recorded use of the acronym is a January 27, 2011 tweet by @Meme_Hayess[1], and the #oomf hashtag spread on Twitter that spring[5]. ### What does Oomf mean? Oomf stands for 'one of my followers' or 'one of my friends,' and the Oomfie variant is used as an admiring or ironically degrading nickname for a specific follower[3]. ### How do you use Oomf? Post a tweet aimed at a specific person and tag it #oomf so their identity stays hidden, typically for anonymous complaints or crush confessions[4]. ### Is Oomf still popular? By July 2013 the hashtag had passed 25 million uses on Twitter, and it stayed a go-to piece of subtweet slang after that peak[5]. ## References 1. [https://x.com/i/status/30528119139999744]() 2. [https://www.ibtimes.com/oomf-twitter-trending-acronyms-decoded-319676]() 3. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Oomf]() 4. [https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110327174753AA4Wu86]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oomf]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/oomf Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library