The Ants ๐ก ๐
Meaning
The Ants ๐ก ๐ is a catchphrase used on top of TikTok videos when the TikTok users show how an ant would react or behave in various situations.
The person who makes the TikTok video imitates an ant, putting his or her pointing fingers to their head as horns.
It started out with one video including the text โthrow this piece of fruit away, it has ants all over itโ, followed by another clip with the personโs fingers positioned on their head and the text โThe Ants ๐ก ๐โ
Because of its silly concept, people started copying the video and making their own versions.
Origin
The first video was uploaded on TikTok by user @erinleexd on the 3rd of September, 2019.
The background music played was โJuly 19 Dance Trends mashupโ by thedylanmiller, and the first scene is supposed to depict the human throwing away the fruit, followed by the angry react of the ants.
The two emojiโs added to the end, โ๐ก ๐โ is also meant to show the antsโ reaction.
Spread and Usage
Just three days after the release of the video, other versions by other TikTok users started popping up, imitating โThe Ants ๐ก ๐โ in various situations.
Soon, โThe Ants ๐ก ๐โ became a popular topic and tag on social platforms such as Twitter.
First, user @amysmvrcury tweeted a post only containing โThe Ants ๐ก ๐โ repeatedly.
One day later, user @gabillla tweeted โeveryoneโs always says the ants ๐ก ๐ but no one ever asks how r the ants ? ?โ
External References
- Urban Dictionary โ The Ants ๐ก ๐
- Know Your Meme โ The Ants ๐ก ๐
Search Interest
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