Let’s Go Brandon

[LDAHL]

This one had to be explained to me. How do these things get started?

[iris lilies]

I havent heard this one. At all.

[catherine]

I havent heard this one. At all.

Me neither.

[iris lilies]

I just asked DH about it, and he knew all about it being the .trumpster that he is.

[catherine]

I just asked DH about it, and he knew all about it being the .trumpster that he is.

So don't leave us in the dark...?? What culturally significant meme am I missing out on?

[iris lilies]

So don't leave us in the dark...?? What culturally significant meme am I missing out on?

Apparently it is code for “F U Biden”.

It started at a sporting event where the crowd was apparently shouting. “ F U Biden” and a news reporter heard “Let’s go Brandon” and that is what he reported.

[Alan]

As I understand it, it's recently become popular at various sporting events (initially starting at college football games I believe) for the crowd to chant "F*** Joe Biden" over and over. When a recent NASCAR crowd did the same last week at the same time that an NBC reporter was interviewing a driver named Brandon, the reporter announced on air that they were chanting "Let's go Brandon" when obviously they were not.

[LDAHL]

I find it interesting hearing where these things come from.

I’ve heard a lot of explanations for “okay”, for instance. My favorite is that it came from Martin Van Buren’s nickname, and got picked up by telegraph operators as a useful abbreviation. But I also heard it attributed to copy editors and a similar sounding Choctaw word.