Etymology

rule 34

Today it means: Pornographic content of this kind, and by extension, porn itself. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

From the caption of a 2003 webcomic, later included in a list of “Rules of the Internet” originally circulated on 4chan by members of Anonymous, in which the rule was formulated as "if it exists, there is porn of it, no exceptions".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.