# Pottering Pottering is a 2013 photo fad where people jumped in the air with a broom clamped between their legs to mimic a flying Quidditch player from Harry Potter. The trend broke out of an Australian Facebook group and got rebranded by Buzzfeed under the alternate name Quidditching. ## Origin The earliest widely shared example came in August 2012, when Reddit user 93tillinfiniD posted a photo titled "You're a wizard, Harry!" showing a man leaping from a window into a pool with a broom held between his legs. The image pulled in more than 16,000 upvotes and about 950,000 Imgur views over the next eight months[2]. The individual behind that jump is not documented, and the Pottering meme name itself would come from a separate Australian effort the following spring. - **Platform:** Reddit (earliest photo) / Facebook (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2013 ## Overview The Pottering photo fad works by hiding the top of a broom behind the jumper's body mid-air so the stick appears to run under the legs like a Quidditch broomstick from the Harry Potter books[2]. Photographers time the shutter at the peak of the jump, often against backdrops that sell the flying illusion, such as pools, sports fields, staircases, and open streets. Participants on Reddit and Facebook framed Pottering as the wizarding entry in a family of action-photo fads that included planking, Hadokening, and Vadering, with the broom gag replacing the plank or the invisible energy blast[2]. The term itself is a play on the Harry Potter name, though the word "pottering" also carries older British and Irish slang meanings unrelated to the meme, such as puttering around on odd jobs or quietly hiding from social platforms[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Pottering? Pottering is a 2013 photo fad in which people jumped in the air with a broom held between their legs so it looked like they were flying on a Quidditch broomstick from Harry Potter[2]. ### Where did Pottering come from? The earliest widely shared example was an August 2012 Reddit post by user 93tillinfiniD titled "You're a wizard, Harry!", but the Pottering name came from an Australian Facebook group called "Public Pottering" launched on March 5, 2013[2]. ### What does Pottering mean? In the meme sense, Pottering means posing in mid-air with a broomstick between the legs to imitate a Quidditch player; older British and Irish slang uses the word for puttering around on small jobs or quietly hiding from social platforms[1]. ### How do you use Pottering? Common practice was to time a jump so the broom stayed hidden behind the body, often at pools, staircases, or sports fields, then post the photo to Facebook or Reddit alongside planking and Vadering shots[2]. ### Is Pottering still popular? No, Pottering faded after its 2013 spring peak in the Public Pottering Facebook group and Buzzfeed's "Quidditching" tweet, and is now looked back on with the other short-lived jump-photo fads[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pottering]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pottering]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/pottering Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library