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I Wish I Was a Cat,

No School, No Works,
Just Meow Meow
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About
I Wish I Was a Cat, No School, No Works, Just
Meow Meow is a catchphrase popularized in a
series of memes including image macros
alongside images of cats. The phrase was first
posted to Facebook in January 2021 and spread
over the following year to sites including Twitter,
TikTok and Instagram.

Origin
It is unclear where the phrase was first used, but
variations of it started to appear on Twitter[1][2] with
increasing frequency throughout 2020. On
January 25th, 2021, Twitter[3] user @chakabeels
posted, "i wish i was dinosaur. no school, no
works. just ror ror," garnering over 71,000 likes in
just under two years. That day, Twitter[4] user
@jonnahcrpz quot retweeted @chakabeels' post,
writing, "I wish I was a cat. No school , no works.
Just meow meow," the first known use of the exact
phrase (shown below).

On January 26th, 2021, Twitter[5] user

@RY4N1975 posted the exact phrase, "i wish i
was a cat , no school no works just meow meow,"
garnering over 663,000 likes and 200,000
retweets in just under two years (shown below).
This is the first notable viral instance of the
phrase.

Spread
On January 29th, 2021, Facebook[6] page S e n p
a i あい posted an image macro using the phrase,
garnering over 25,000 reactions and 15,000
shares in just under two years (shown below, left).
On February 26th, Instagram[7] user
casual.nihilism posted the same meme with an
Albert Camus quote attached, garnering over
5,800 likes in shortly under two years (shown
below, right).

On October 3rd, TikToker[8] @zelnetolig02 posted

a video of a cat on a swing under the caption,
garnering over 1.1 million views in a year (shown
below). The TikTok gained viral spread as a
screenshot on other platforms. Notably, it was
posted by Instagram[9] page cat.attacked on
October 14th, garnering over 221,000 likes in a
year and to /r/MEOW_IRL[10] on May 3rd, 2022,
garnering over 10,000 upvotes in six months.

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On June 12th, Facebook[11] page Cats on Cocaine.

posted an edit of the screenshot replacing "just
meow meow" with "just violent impulses,"
garnering over 9,600 shares and 12,000 relations
in five months (shown below, left). On August 7th,
the Instagram[12] page booksofbrilliance posted a
now private tweet sharing an alternative version of
the phrase, garnering over 77,000 likes in three
months (shown below, right).

On August 23rd, a new version of the meme was

posted to /r/animemes,[13] garnering over 5,300
upvotes in three months (shown below). It was
reposted by Twitter[14] user @WholesomeMeme on
November 16th, garnering over 377,000 likes and
81,000 retweets in two weeks.

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References
[1]
Twitter – sprklejoon
[2]
Twitter – peachachoo
[3]
Twitter – chakabeels
[4]
Twitter – jonnahcrpz
[5]
Twitter – RY4N1975
[6]
Facebook – S e n p a i あい
[7]
Instagram – casual.nihilism
[8]
TikTok – zelnetolig02
[9]
Instagram – cat.attacked
[10]
Reddit – MEOW_IRL
[11]
Facebook – Cats on Cocaine
[12]
Instagram – booksofbrilliance
[13]
Reddit – animememes
[14]
Twitter – WholesomeMeme

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