Yeet Through History

Use over time for: yeet Mentions 1900 1950 2000 2019 "I yote it" "yeet" "yeet" "yeet" "yeet" "yeet"

A historical black-and-white photograph shows several soldiers leaning out from a railway car while throwing or pushing something, overlaid with a Google Trends-style chart for the word “yeet.” The joke is that people across history were apparently saying or doing “yeet,” with the older soldier using the mock-past-tense phrase “I yote it.” It is sent as an absurd reaction to depict exaggerated throwing, launching, or the supposedly ancient origins of internet slang. EN: A historical black-and-white photograph shows several soldiers leaning out from a railway car while throwing or pushing something, overlaid with a Google Trends-style chart for the word “yeet.” The joke is that people across history were apparently saying or doing “yeet,” with the older soldier using the mock-past-tense phrase “I yote it.” It is sent as an absurd reaction to depict exaggerated throwing, launching, or the supposedly ancient origins of internet slang.

• @afrosidemoon / 17703 2019-09-16