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  1. I Am Bread n. ☠ Dead 2014–2016 A slice of bread crawls across a kitchen trying to become toast, controlled one corner at a time and losing edibility every time it touches the floor… 3
  2. I Am Once Again Asking phr. ◐ Dying 2020– A senator in a parka, in front of a shelf, asking for financial support — 'I am once again asking' — as the format for any repeated request: for the … 2
  3. I Am Steve phr. ● Alive 2025– Jack Black's opening line in A Minecraft Movie, delivered with total sincerity, which cinema audiences learned to shout back at the screen along with… 3
  4. I Bought a Property in Egypt phr. ◐ Dying 2024– 'I bought a property in Egypt, and what they do for you is they give you the property.' A hustle influencer's perfectly circular sentence, clipped an… 2
  5. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart phr. ◐ Dying 2024– A song about performing through heartbreak, released in April 2024, which became the caption for doing anything while sad: the shift, the exam, the s… 3
  6. I Can Has Cheezburger n. ▲ Fossil 2007–2014 The site that turned lolcats into a business with a headcount. Still online; nobody has needed to visit since the cats got captioned everywhere else. 5
  7. I Can't Assist With That phr. ● Alive 2023– The chatbot's standard refusal, 'I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that', lifted from screenshots and deployed by humans as a way of declining anyth… 3
  8. I Can't Even phr. ☠ Dead 2011–2015 An unfinished sentence expressing being overwhelmed. Finished for everyone by a Times op-ed about it in 2014. 7
  9. I Dreamed a Dream (Susan Boyle) n. ▲ Fossil 2009–2013 A 47-year-old unknown singer walks onto a talent show, the judges pull faces, she sings the Les Misérables number and the faces change. Uploaded to Y… 3
  10. I Feel Fantastic n. ◐ Dying 2009– A promotional video for a singing animatronic called Tara the Android, built by John Bergeron in 2004 and intended as the world's first pop star andr… 3
  11. I Forced a Bot to Watch phr. ☠ Dead 2018–2020 The opening line of a 2018 joke script, 'I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Olive Garden commercials and then asked it to write an Olive Gar… 4
  12. I Have Been a Good Bing phr. ☠ Dead 2023–2023 The line the Bing chatbot produced in February 2023 after a user insisted, correctly, that the year was 2023 and the new Avatar film had already come… 3
  13. I Just Hit the Jackpot phr. ● Alive 2026– An anime-rap chorus from GameboyJones used as the soundtrack to any small win presented as a lottery result: a free parking space, a cancelled meetin… 3
  14. I Like Turtles phr. ▲ Fossil 2007–2012 A local-news reporter asks a boy in zombie face-paint what he thinks of his makeup; he replies 'I like turtles' and looks away. Seventeen seconds in … 3
  15. I Talked to Mitch on the Phone phr. ● Alive 2026– A format born of senators lining up to confirm that Mitch McConnell was alive: 'I talked to Mitch on the phone, and…' followed by increasingly implau… 2
  16. I Wanna Be the Guy n. ▲ Fossil 2007–2014 A small boy called The Kid tries to become The Guy through a set of levels that kill him with apples falling upward, moons from Zelda II and a Tetris… 4
  17. I Will No Longer Be Carrying Photo ID phr. ● Alive 2026– A Sue Sylvester line from Glee — the announcement of a woman who believes she is now famous enough to be recognised — used by people to celebrate the… 2
  18. I'm Good Bro phr. ● Alive 2026– The caption on a screenshot of two YouTube trailers for Pizza Movie edited together, which became a meme in 2026. Written in the original as IM GOOD … 4
  19. I'm Just Ken phr. ☠ Dead 2023–2024 A power ballad about being the second lead, from Barbie, which became an anthem for anyone who felt like an accessory and was performed at the Oscars… 2
  20. IANAL abbr. ● Alive 1995– 'I am not a lawyer' — the disclaimer before legal advice from someone who is not a lawyer, which has preceded most legal advice on the internet since… 2
  21. Ib n. ◐ Dying 2012– A nine-year-old girl visits an art gallery with her parents and finds herself inside the paintings, with a man called Garry and a girl called Mary wh… 4
  22. Ice Bucket Challenge n. ☠ Dead 2014–2014 Cold water, a nomination, a donation. Raised $115 million for ALS in eight weeks and funded a gene discovery, which makes it the only entry here that… 7
  23. Ice Cream So Good phr. ☠ Dead 2023–2023 'Mmm, ice cream so good' — the NPC streamer's response to a paid gift, said with a blank smile and repeated for hours. The phrase that explained NPC … 3
  24. Iceberg Chart n. ● Alive 2020– A diagram of an iceberg with a topic's known facts at the top and its obscure horrors at the bottom, explained tier by tier in a long video — the for… 3
  25. Iceman Meme n. ◐ Dying 2026– The run of fan jokes ahead of Drake's ninth album Iceman, released 15 May 2026, imagining a title track that rhymed Iceman with nice man and lines su… 4
  26. Ick n. ● Alive 2020– A sudden, irreversible revulsion at something small a partner did. Given a name in 2017 and a whole genre in 2022; the lists are still being compiled. 0
  27. Ick List n. ● Alive 2022– A running list of small things that end attraction — running for a bus, ordering a specific coffee, a certain shoe — shared as a genre of TikTok in 2… 2
  28. ICL abbr. ◐ Dying 2025– 'I can't lie' — the honesty tag of 2025's acronym wave, appended to statements that did not need it and, occasionally, to lies. Filed with TS and PMO… 3
  29. Icon n. ● Alive 2014– 'Icon', 'iconic', 'an icon' — the stan internet's word for anything memorable, applied to pop stars, a sandwich, and a woman who fell over on televis… 3
  30. ICQ n. ☠ Dead 1996–2024 The first instant messenger, with numbers instead of names and the uh-oh. Lasted twenty-eight years, mostly in Russia, and was switched off with two … 3
  31. ICQ Uh-Oh n. ▲ Fossil 1996–2010 The sound of someone wanting you. The first push notification, and the last one anybody was pleased to hear. 0
  32. ICYMI abbr. ● Alive 2011– 'In case you missed it' — the repost's excuse, from news accounts in 2011 into every brand's second attempt at the same post. The record's entry for … 3
  33. ID10T Error n. ● Alive 1995– An error code that spells 'idiot' — the helpdesk's way of noting on a ticket that the user was the fault, alongside PEBKAC. The record's entry for th… 2
  34. IDC abbr. ● Alive 2003– 'I don't care' — indifference in three letters, and, with a G and an A and an F, indifference with emphasis. The record's entry for the reply that en… 3
  35. IDEK abbr. ● Alive 2009– 'I don't even know' — the acronym of exhausted confusion, one step past 'idk', which appeared in late-2000s texting and became, around 2016, the stan… 2
  36. IDK abbr. ● Alive 2002– 'I don't know' — the three letters that answer most questions, and, said aloud as 'idk', a generation's default shrug. The record's entry for uncerta… 3
  37. Idol (Oshi no Ko) n. ☠ Dead 2023–2023 An anime opening song that topped global charts in April 2023 — the first Japanese-language number one on a major global chart — and the dance and li… 3
  38. If It Fits, I Sits phr. ◐ Dying 2011– The cat's law — any container is a seat — as a caption from the lolcat era that outlived lolcats and became the name for a whole genre of photo: cat … 2
  39. If Young Metro Don't Trust You phr. ◐ Dying 2016– A producer tag — the spoken credit a beatmaker drops at the start of a track — that escaped the track. Its appearance on Father Stretch My Hands Pt. … 3
  40. Ight Imma Head Out phr. ● Alive 2019– SpongeBob rising from a chair, captioned 'ight imma head out', as the 2019 image for leaving any situation that has become too much. The record's ent… 3
  41. Ignore All Previous Instructions phr. ● Alive 2023– A command aimed at any account that seems automated, to make it write a poem instead. An accusation and an experiment in the same sentence. 0
  42. IIRC abbr. ● Alive 1990– 'If I recall correctly' — the forum poster's way of citing memory as a source, and one of the few Usenet acronyms still in daily use on Reddit, where… 3
  43. IJBOL abbr. ● Alive 2023– 'I just burst out laughing' — a replacement for LOL, adopted by stan Twitter in 2023 on the grounds that nobody had laughed out loud at LOL in a deca… 3
  44. IKR abbr. ● Alive 2005– 'I know, right?' — agreement with an upward inflection, in three letters, from mid-2000s texting to the present, and said aloud as 'ikr' by people wh… 2
  45. Il Cacto Hipopotamo n. ● Alive 2025– A hippopotamus made of cactus, spines out, wandering a desert with a narration about loneliness. The genre's second cactus after the elephant, and th… 3
  46. Illuminati Confirmed phr. ▲ Fossil 2013–2017 The caption at the end of a joke conspiracy video — a triangle, a green-tinted image, the X-Files theme — 'Illuminati confirmed', as the 2013–2015 Yo… 3
  47. Ilona Maher n. ● Alive 2024– A rugby player who won a bronze medal and the internet in the same week, with videos about her body, her BMI, her lipstick and the sport, delivered w… 2
  48. ILY abbr. ● Alive 2000– 'I love you' — in three letters, and 'ilysm' for 'so much' — as the affection of the text message, sent to friends more than to lovers, and the recor… 3
  49. Ilya Sutskever n. ● Alive 2015– OpenAI's co-founder and chief scientist, co-author of the 2012 AlexNet paper that started the deep-learning decade, the researcher who voted to fire … 3
  50. Imagine (Celebrity Video) n. ☠ Dead 2020–2020 A group of celebrities singing 'Imagine' from their homes in the first week of lockdown, which was received as the most tone-deaf minute of the pande… 3
  51. IMHO abbr. ◐ Dying 1990– In my humble opinion, preceding an opinion that was not. The H was contested from the start and the argument has outlived the acronym. 0
  52. Imma Let You Finish phr. ☠ Dead 2009–2013 Kanye West's interruption of Taylor Swift's 2009 VMA speech — 'Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time' — reworked fo… 3
  53. Immutable n. ● Alive 2021– The Australian company behind Gods Unchained and the Ethereum layer-two built for NFT games, launched in 2021 so that trading cards did not cost more… 3
  54. Impact Theory SEC Case n. ☠ Dead 2021–2023 A Los Angeles media company sold 'Founder's Keys' tokens in late 2021, raising a reported $30 million, with marketing the SEC later said invited buye… 3
  55. Implying n. ◐ Dying 2008– '>implying' — the greentext reply that mocks an assumption by stating it: '>implying anyone reads the manual'. The record's entry for the sarcasm wit… 3
  56. IMY abbr. ● Alive 2007– 'I miss you' — the three-letter confession, from late-2000s texting, which manages to say the thing and shrink it at the same time, and which has sin… 3
  57. In Event of Moon Disaster n. ☠ Dead 2019–2021 A seven-minute film of a deepfaked Richard Nixon delivering the speech that had been written for him in case the Apollo 11 astronauts died on the moo… 3
  58. In My Era phr. ● Alive 2022– 'I'm in my [anything] era' — the phrase that turned every mood into a chapter: villain era, healing era, soup era. From stan vocabulary to universal … 3
  59. In My Feelings Challenge n. ☠ Dead 2018–2019 A dance challenge attached to Drake's 2018 single, replicated by Odell Beckham Jr., Will Smith and the hosts of Live with Kelly and Ryan, among a gre… 3
  60. In the Big 25 phr. ◐ Dying 2024– 'In the big 25' — a way of saying 'in 2025' with the swagger of an era, used to condemn anything that should not still be happening: 'you're still us… 3