A fork of Rural Dictionary
Felling tired or fatigued by a common internet joke, saying, photo, or gif. (Meme.) Someone experiencing Viral Fatigue may feel like a meme is "beating a dead horse." The meme may be old, common, and overused, resulting in it not being humorous.
You: Please not another grumpy cat joke... I think I am getting viral fatigue.
A viral video that has been auto-tuned.
The Bed Intruder video auto-tune remix by the Gregory Brothers (Auto-Tune the News) is my favorite Viral-Tuned video.
A meme that went outside of its fan base and became known and funny across the internet and the world
viral memes are known about in multiple countries
The slow build-up to a frenzy of "published", "grass-roots" media snippets (news items, trailers, seemingly innocuous and random "facts" about people or media) in the run-up to the release of a new movie, song, or other media.
January 2014: Hey, did you read this funny thing about the upcoming Star Wars movies?
August 2014: Woah! Someone captured drone-cam footage of the Millennium Falcon from the new Star Wars movies!
November 2014: Jeezy-Creezy, check out this stolen footage of the new Star Wars movie! It almost looks like viral chumming!
A "tweet" is a slang term to describe what people do on twitter when they post a message of text to their profile. If lucky enough their tweet could go viral, just like this tweet.
Damn, did you see Jeff's Viral tweet? he posted a screenshot of an urban dictionary definition he made up and is now viral.
When something funny or odd happens and it gets going on the internet.
The video of the news anchor having a speech problem went on a viral spiral almost immediately after it was aired.