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Anonymous imageboard website
4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website. Launched by Christopher "moot" Poole in October 2003, the site hosts boards dedicated to a
4chan
Political discussion board on 4chan
Politically Incorrect, is an anonymous political discussion imageboard on 4chan, created in 2011. As of 2022, it was the most active board on the site.
/pol/
American internet entrepreneur (born 1980s)
entrepreneur and developer. He founded the anonymous English-language imageboard 4chan in October 2003 when he was a teenager and served as the site's head administrator
Christopher_Poole
Comic character and Internet meme
such as Myspace, Gaia Online, and 4chan from 2008 onwards; by 2015, he had become one of the most popular memes on 4chan and Tumblr. Different types of Pepe
Pepe_the_Frog
Artificial Intelligence
Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4Chan (GPT-4chan) is a controversial AI model that was developed and deployed by YouTuber and AI researcher Yannic Kilcher
GPT-4Chan
Imageboard or online forum on 4chan
/b/, also called random, is an anonymous imageboard on 4chan. It was the first board created during the establishment of the platform in 2003, and it
/b/
Type of Internet forum
as little as 10 minutes. The most popular English language imageboard, 4chan, similarly has a large variety of topics. Imageboards are also different
Imageboard
2025 studio album by Lily Allen
whether he is a sex addict. In "4chan Stan", Allen mocks her husband with references to the imageboard website 4chan over "wistful" production. "Nonmonogamummy"
West_End_Girl
Misogynistic online harassment campaign
sexual relationship with a games journalist. The blog post was spread to 4chan, where many users had disparaged Quinn's work. This led to a campaign of
Gamergate
Internet meme and prank
"duckrolling" that was popular on the website 4chan in 2006. Rickrolling originated on 15 May 2007, when 4chan user Shawn Cotter uploaded the "Never Gonna
Rickrolling
Internet slang regarding pornography
created on the website 4chan, includes Rule 34 within a list of similar tongue-in-cheek maxims, such as Rule 63. In 2008, users on 4chan posted numerous sexually
Rule_34
Internet meme
with a wistful expression. The meme subsequently grew in popularity on 4chan, where the character became associated with phrases such as "I know that
Wojak
Fictional location
fictional location invented in a 2019 thread on the imageboard website 4chan. The Backrooms are usually portrayed as an impossibly large extradimensional
The_Backrooms
Imageboard website
harassment campaign, encouraging Gamergate affiliates to frequent 8chan after 4chan banned the topic. 8chan is the origin and main center of activity of the
8chan
Free and open source mobile phone app
to its association with the anonymous imageboard 4chan. The app has variously been called the "4chan dating app" and the "femcel dating app". On July
Duolicious
Videogames discussion board on 4chan
/v/, short for Video Games, is an anonymous imageboard on 4chan for discussing video games, consoles, and related topics. Created in October 2004, the
/v/_(imageboard)
Antisemitic caricature
caricature of a Jewish man. The image appears commonly on websites such as 4chan, Reddit, Twitter and Instagram, where it is frequently used in antisemitic
Happy_Merchant
String in combinatorial math
September 2011, an anonymous poster on the Science & Math ("/sci/") board of 4chan proved that the smallest superpermutation on n symbols (n ≥ 2) has at least
Superpermutation
Internet memes pertaining to soy boys
memes named soyjak.party was created. The first Soyjak meme was created on 4chan's /int/ board in September 2017 by a user known as "The Swede". The character
Soyjak
Rage comic character
imageboard website 4chan, where other users began to share it. In the following months, Ramirez's drawing quickly gained traction on 4chan as the universal
Trollface
Internet puzzle and mystery
between 2012 and 2014. The first puzzle started on January 4, 2012, on 4chan, and ran for nearly a month. A second round began on January 4, 2013, and
Cicada_3301
Data leak of private photographs
and/or performing sexual acts. They were first posted on the imageboard 4chan, and then swiftly disseminated by other users on websites and social networks
2014 celebrity nude photo leak
2014_celebrity_nude_photo_leak
Japanese internet entrepreneur (born 1976)
entrepreneur. He founded the message board 2channel, and is an administrator of 4chan. He is also a self-help author and TV personality. He is often known by
Hiroyuki_Nishimura
Ethnic slur directed at Indians and South Asians
directed at Indians, particularly Hindus and Sikhs. The term first appeared on 4chan in 2015 and it has been used more widely since the early 2020s. The term
Pajeet
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic discussion board on 4chan
4chan dedicated to discussion of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The board serves as the gathering place on 4chan
/mlp/
Paranormal discussion board on 4chan
/x/ is the paranormal board on 4chan, an English-language imageboard. Created in January 2005 as a general photography board, it was repurposed in February
/x/
2012 internet meme and food scandal
in plastic bins filled with lettuce onto the imageboard website 4chan. Users on 4chan soon determined via the photo's Exif data that the image was taken
Burger_King_foot_lettuce
Fictional anomalous concrete statue
by a living being. The story of SCP-173 was written on the /x/ board of 4chan in June 2007 by an anonymous user. It was the first article about SCP, and
SCP-173
Internet meme
Pedobear is an Internet meme that became popular through the imageboard 4chan. As the name suggests, ("pedo" being short for "pedophile") it is portrayed
Pedobear
2017 nonfiction book by Angela Nagle
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right is a 2017 non-fiction book by Angela Nagle published by Zero Books
Kill_All_Normies
2010–2014 American imageboard website
media, particularly images. The website was established by the founder of 4chan, Christopher Poole. It closed in 2014. Reports indicate that Canvas Networks
Canvas_Networks
My Little Pony pornography
originally began on 4chan's /co/ board, and by early 2011, the prevalence of pony content had generated considerable conflict within the 4chan community, with
Clop_(erotic_fan_art)
American slang term
"Virgin vs. Chad" internet meme that originated from the /r9k/ board on 4chan in 2017, contrasts an introverted and insecure "Virgin" who acts normal
Chad_(slang)
Decentralized hacktivist collective
the Church of Scientology. Anonymous originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan representing the concept of many online and offline community users simultaneously
Anonymous_(hacker_group)
2000 EP by Panchiko
shortly thereafter. It remained in obscurity until it was rediscovered by a 4chan user in July 2016, gathering a cult following. The former members of the
Deathmetal_(EP)
American Internet celebrity, vlogger and voice actress
the site i-am-bored.com later in the year and then eventually appeared on 4chan. Wayne responded to the popularity of her initial videos in a third video
Boxxy
2006–2021 UK-based video sharing website
March 2019, Australian Internet service providers blocked the websites 4chan, 8chan, Voat, Zero Hedge and LiveLeak to prevent spreading the video of
LiveLeak
Moe anthropomorphization of COVID-19
popular meme on 4chan, Reddit and other websites during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. In mid-January 2020, 4chan users created the
Corona-chan
Horror-related media shared around the Internet
first appeared on 4chan, an online imageboard, around 2007. It is a variant of the slang copypasta (from "copy and paste"), another 4chan term which refers
Creepypasta
Method of communication
2channel, and other Futaba-based imageboards (such as 4chan) thrive on anonymity. Users of 4chan, in particular, interact in an anonymous and ephemeral
Anonymous_post
Phrase used by critics of the World Economic Forum
Monck, the WEF's managing director, traced the phrase's mimetic origin to a 4chan post, the content of which he described as "Own nothing, be happy — The
You'll own nothing and be happy
You'll_own_nothing_and_be_happy
Canadian singer (born 1994)
and message board posters, especially users of the Internet message board 4chan and of YouTube. Nick Collins of The Daily Telegraph said that "Bieber's
Justin_Bieber
Slang term used for a feminine male
been popularised through internet forums and social media, starting on 4chan and expanding to other sites such as Reddit and TikTok, where hashtag trends
Femboy
Topics referred to by the same term
(disambiguation) § Companies X Corp., the parent company of the social network /x/, 4chan board EXCOMM This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the
X.com
American politician and activist (born 1989)
about her have spread on social media. Some of these have originated from 4chan and r/The_Donald. By July 2019, the fake material included attributing things
Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
discomfort readers. The Backrooms is a short passage originally posted to 4chan's /x/ board in 2019 as a caption to a picture of a hallway with yellow carpets
List_of_creepypastas
Internet music microgenre inspired by incel culture
incelcore as "dour or woe-is-me or stupidly edgy," with lyrics inspired by 4chan's speaking culture. Notable artists include Fried by Fluoride, Negative XP
Incelcore
American YouTuber and filmmaker (born 2005)
(2023) DS Lite (2024) Glory to Lockheed Martin (2024) The Hacker Known as 4Chan (2024) I Love My Job (2024) Privacy Commodity (2025) Gather No Moss (2025)
Kane_Parsons
2024 controversy
American musician Taylor Swift were proliferated on social media platforms 4chan and X (formerly Twitter). Several artificial images of Swift of a sexual
Taylor Swift deepfake pornography controversy
Taylor_Swift_deepfake_pornography_controversy
2011 video game
Console Editions. The Legacy Console Editions' source code was leaked on 4chan in 2026, revealing unused structures and world types. In August 2011, Minecraft:
Minecraft
2012 film directed by Michael Gallagher
family allegedly began receiving threats from people alleging to be from 4chan and Anonymous. Personal information for Gallagher, his family, and anyone
Smiley_(2012_film)
Sexual abuse and cyberbullying case from 2010
internet harassment against Slaughter and his family, which was attributed to 4chan and members of the internet-based group Anonymous. Slaughter's father's
Jessi Slaughter sexual abuse and cyberbullying case
Jessi_Slaughter_sexual_abuse_and_cyberbullying_case
Music discussion board on 4chan
/mu/ is the music board on 4chan, an English-language imageboard. Created in 2006, the board is dedicated to the discussion of music artists, albums,
/mu/
Mental thought-suppression game
Game has been banned. The 2009 Time 100 poll was manipulated by users of 4chan, forming an acrostic for "marblecake also the game" out of the top 21 people's
The_Game_(mind_game)
Intentionally posting poor-quality social media posts
The term itself appeared around the mid-2000s on image boards such as 4chan. Writing for Polygon, Sam Greszes compared shitposting to Dadaism's "confusing
Shitposting
Collection of masculist and misogynistic websites and forums
2020. Nagle, Angela (2017). Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right. Alresford, UK: Zero Books. ISBN 978-1-78535-543-1
Manosphere
Online communities of My Little Pony fans
on 4chan. Created by 4chan's founder Christopher "moot" Poole in February 2012 following the growing popularity of pony-related content on 4chan, /mlp/
Online communities of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom
Online_communities_of_the_My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom
American neo-Nazi and webhost
Anglin combines Nazi ideology with internet memes originating primarily from 4chan to promote white supremacy, fascism, and antisemitic conspiracy theories
Andrew_Anglin
Japanese imageboard website
This would later become inspiration for the English-language imageboard 4chan website, which was based on Futaba. Futaba Channel consists of about 60
Futaba_Channel
Online subculture
like 4chan increasingly overlapped. In the 2000s, incel communities became more extremist as they adopted behaviors common on forums such as 4chan and
Incel
Beauty fad
on January 5, 2014, coined by users on the /b/ board on the imageboard 4chan as a parody of popular thinspiration memes. According to a posting on the
Bikini_bridge
Internet slang regarding gender swapped versions of characters
the "Rules of the Internet" that began in 2006 as a Netiquette guide on 4chan and were eventually expanded upon by including deliberately mocking rules
Rule_63
characters from Five Nights at Freddy's to his girlfriend Karyna Shuliak via a 4chan link, with the subject line "Amazing Animations." The animation was reportedly
Jeffrey Epstein and Internet memes
Jeffrey_Epstein_and_Internet_memes
Japanese animation
anime, a term that originated from abusive content posted on the website 4chan.org. While originally derogatory, the terms "otaku" and "weeb" have been
Anime
Anonymous forums where users can discuss drugs and alcohol
cannabis culture but now applicable to drug culture more generally, and 4chan, another imageboard website. Discussion on the site was primarily focused
420chan
Type of Internet forum
remain relatively unknown outside it, in contrast to imageboards (such as 4chan and 8chan). One of the key differences between textboards and traditional
Textboard
2024-2025 film
is characteristic of their relationship, Turner reads posts aloud from 4chan's incel board while Brooklyn works on a furry porn commission. Turner remembers
Castration_Movie
Minecraft urban legend
destroying the player's world. The story originated from an anonymous post on 4chan's /v/ board in 2010, where the author reported encountering a strange figure
Herobrine
Internet aesthetic capturing empty and often transitional places
identity to another." The aesthetic gained popularity in 2019 after a post on 4chan which depicted a liminal space called the Backrooms went viral. Since then
Liminal_space_(aesthetic)
Online leak of video game development data
imageboard website 4chan. The leak started in March 2018, but became most prominent in 2020. Ten main sets of data leaked on 4chan, ranging from game
Nintendo_data_leak
Slogan associated with white supremacy
which originated as part of an organized trolling campaign on the website 4chan's discussion board /pol/ in 2017. A /pol/ user described it as a proof of
It's_okay_to_be_white
American business executive (born 1974)
by the hacker group UGNazi to facilitate a DNS hijacking attack against 4chan. UGNazi were able to forward Prince's AT&T phone number to a Google Voice
Matthew_Prince
Word meaning 'non-Jew'
Know, Shut It Down" associated with Neo-Nazis on online forums like the 4chan and 8chan. In this context, the "speaker" assumes the role of a "panicking
Goy
American far right activist (born 1980)
Paleolibertarianism QAnon Radical right Dark Enlightenment Online culture Alt-tech 4chan /pol/ 8chan BitChute Epik Gab Gettr Minds Parler Rumble Truth Social Voat
Owen_Benjamin
Attention-seeking extremist
its predictability ... It is frequently associated with the forum site 4chan. The renegade rhetoric of the edgelord is often intentionally used by the
Edgelord
Nigerian website
commenting or liking posts. During the Ebola virus epidemic, trolls from 4chan registered on Nairaland in 2014 to propagate false claims that Americans
Nairaland
President of France since 2017
document-sharing site. These documents were then spread onto the imageboard 4chan, which led to the hashtag "#macronleaks" trending on Twitter. In a statement
Emmanuel_Macron
Slang terms for men
S2CID 149078033. Nagle, Angela (2017). Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right. Winchester, UK: Zero Books. ISBN 978-1-78535-543-1
Alpha_and_beta_male
Deliberately making offensive remarks online
earliest trolling communities, predating 4chan by several years. A New York Times article discussed troll activity at 4chan and at Encyclopedia Dramatica, which
Trolling
also used, referring to a derogatory made-up Indian name originating on 4chan in 2015, along with several other similar, though sometimes lesser known
List_of_ethnic_slurs
Video hosting service
2019, found that BitChute had more hate speech than Gab, but less than 4chan. It found that only a small group of channels on the network had any meaningful
BitChute
Any flag intended to represent heterosexuality
emerged on TikTok on 21 February and later spread to other websites like 4chan, Reddit and Twitter. Supporters stated that "super straight" was a new sexuality
Straight_flag
2014 Internet meme
depicting a moe anthropomorphization of the Ebola virus and was popularized on 4chan amid the Western African Ebola epidemic. The first known image of Ebola-chan
Ebola-chan
American media analysis company
the creation of deepfake pornographic images of Taylor Swift back to a 4chan community. Graphika says it relies on artificial intelligence to analyze
Graphika
Japanese figure company
purchased 4chan for $8 million in 2015. Following significant media coverage, the company would publish a statement that its relationship with 4chan was limited
Good_Smile_Company
Protest movement against the practices of the Church of Scientology
Anonymous, a leaderless Internet-based group. "Chanology" is a portmanteau of "4chan" (the site where the project originated) and "Scientology". The project
Project_Chanology
Prejudice against, or hatred of, men
antifeminist backlash. Users of men's rights discussion forums on websites such as 4chan and Reddit have claimed that misandry is widespread, established in preferential
Misandry
2011 studio album by Car Seat Headrest
the album has amassed an online cult following, with the internet forums 4chan and Reddit playing major roles in the album's initial success. A re-recording
Twin_Fantasy
American software developer, founder of 8chan (1994–2026)
largely due to the number of Gamergate proponents migrating to the site from 4chan, Brennan moved to the Philippines to work for Jim Watkins, who provided
Fredrick_Brennan
Debunked conspiracy theory about alleged child sex ring
email server spread the conspiracy theory on social media outlets such as 4chan, 8chan, Reddit and Twitter. In response, a man from North Carolina traveled
Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory
Group of Internet trolls
iteration. They have been described as /b/tards (a group affiliated with 4chan), members of Something Awful, and as an offspring of the W-Hats griefer
Patriotic_Nigras
2024 film directed by Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini
previous work, Feels Good Man. The film discusses the anonymous image board 4chan, and includes interviews from anonymous hackers and ex-members of the website
The_Antisocial_Network_(film)
Topics referred to by the same term
R9k can refer to: Robot9000, open source software /r9k/, a board on 4chan which implements the above software This disambiguation page lists articles
R9k
Affinity for Japanese culture
Dictionary website in 2003, and frequently used on the imageboard site 4chan. The term weeaboo (often shortened to weeb) first appeared in a 2005 The
Japanophilia
American far-right blogger (born 1973)
anti-'politically correct' metapolitics of nebulous online communities like 4chan and /pol/". Yarvin has publicly distanced himself from the alt-right. In
Curtis_Yarvin
American retail chain
documenting the renovations. One of the photos would be shared in various 4chan message boards, describing the image as "disquieting", which would soon
HobbyTown_USA
American cartoonist and author (born 1984)
the channel. Shortly after Munroe's blog post about the script went live, 4chan administrator Christopher Poole adapted the script to moderate the site's
Randall_Munroe
Cultural item spread via the Internet
development from an in-joke within computer and gaming communities on the website 4chan to a broader source of humor and emotional support. As the meme entered
Internet_meme
2012 film by Christopher Nolan
operative Bill Wilson, became the subject of an Internet meme popular among 4chan users known as "Baneposting", which references the dialogue between Wilson
The_Dark_Knight_Rises
Person pessimistic or fatalistic about global problems
because, as he put it, "Hard times don't last, hard people do." By 2018, 4chan users had begun creating Wojak caricatures with the -oomer suffix, derived
Doomer
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
A dove
Girl/Female
Indian
Goddess Parvati
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, German, Turkish
Worthy of Praise
Girl/Female
Muslim
Name of a great syrian queen
Boy/Male
Tamil
A tree, Sincere
Boy/Male
Greek
Lipless.
Girl/Female
Indian
Perfectionist
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Lord's vineyard.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian, Sanskrit
One Grants Food; Lord Shiva
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