Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

/ourguy/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: /our-guy/
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone (male) aligned with the values and beliefs of one's imageboard or community.

Example Sentences

"Is spencer #ourguy?"
"TRUMP IS /ourguy/"
"Since the 2016 election, these far-right communities have entered into a sort of imagined dialogue with the president. They create and disseminate slogans and graphics, and celebrate when they show up in Mr. Trump's Twitter feed days or weeks later. They carefully dissect his statements, looking for hints of their influence. And when they find those clues, they take them as evidence that Mr. Trump is "/ourguy/," a label for people internet extremists believe share their views, but who are unable to say so directly in public."

Etymology

According to 4chan researcher Sal Hagen, the term with the slashes was first used on the 4chan /pol/ board by an anonymous user who posted on August 7, 2015: "TRUMP IS /ourguy/". The term reached its peak popularity on 4chan in early 2017 before rapidly declining.

Inflected Forms

/ourguys/ (plural)

Questions

What does /ourguy/ mean?: Someone (male) aligned with the values and beliefs of one's imageboard or community.
Where does /ourguy/ come from?: According to 4chan researcher Sal Hagen, the term with the slashes was first used on the 4chan /pol/ board by an anonymous user who posted on August 7, 2015: "TRUMP IS /ourguy/". The term reached its peak popularity on 4chan in early 2017 before rapidly declining.

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