# Wypipo Wypipo is Black Twitter slang that phonetically spells out 'white people' in African American Vernacular English, typically deployed to mock or critique behavior read as stereotypically white[1]. First tweeted in 2012, it rode a decade of Twitter commentary into dictionaries and became shorthand in online conversations about race, privilege, and ignorance. ## Origin The earliest documented use online came from Twitter user @DVSblast on October 18, 2012, in a reply to television host The Kid Mero's tweet about a woman breastfeeding her dog. @DVSblast wrote, 'SHOUT OUT TO THE FREAK GOD WYPIPO'[1]. The word was almost certainly in spoken or written circulation before this post, but no earlier source has been documented[3]. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** @DVSblast (earliest documented poster) - **Date:** 2012 ## Overview Wypipo works as a sound-it-out respelling of 'white people' rooted in African American Vernacular English, almost always used in writing rather than speech[2]. The humor comes from the orthography itself: dropping the H, flattening the vowels, and spelling the phrase the way it sounds, which doubles as a signal that the speaker is riffing in a Black Twitter register[3]. The word is usually paired with a specific anecdote or observation about something a white person did, framed as absurd, oblivious, or racially charged. Spinoffs followed, including 'wypipologist' for a (usually Black) commentator who routinely explains white behavior to an online audience[2]. Tone ranges from affectionate ribbing to pointed critique tied to racism and ignorance of people of color[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Wypipo? Wypipo is Twitter-era slang for 'white people,' spelled phonetically in an African American Vernacular English register[2]. ### Where did Wypipo come from? The first documented post is an October 18, 2012 tweet by @DVSblast replying to The Kid Mero[1]. ### What does Wypipo mean? Read aloud, it sounds like 'white people'; in use it typically flags behavior being mocked or criticized as stereotypically white[3]. ### How do you use Wypipo? It is used in writing, often attached to a story or screenshot about white people doing something seen as absurd or racially tone-deaf[3]. ### Is Wypipo still popular? The term is still recognized in AAVE internet writing and holds entries on both Urban Dictionary[2] and Wiktionary[5]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/DVSblast/status/259003119072071680]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wypipo]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wypipo]() 4. [https://twitter.com/search?l=&q=%22%22wypipo%22%22%20since%3A2012-10-19%20until%3A2016-01-01&src=typd]() 5. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wypipo]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/wypipo Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library