Meanings
- InternetAn exclamation of extreme surprise or excitement (usually facetious, sarcastic, or exaggerated).
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2005, Katherine Blashki and Sophie Nichol, “Game Geek’s Goss: Linguistic Creativity In Young Males Within An Online University Forum (94/\/\3 933k’5 9055oneone)”, in Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, volume 3, number 2, page 83, Leet is a highly metatextual language characterised by increasingly complex layers of signification with each subsequent use of the term coined in the discussion and constant reference within the word itself to its previous iterations2 more examples
OMGWTFBBQ DOOD UR HELMET IS SO IMPORTANT OBVIOUSLY GO WITH RED FOOL THEN YOU GET LESS SPEEDING TICKETS LOOLOLOLOLOLLL!!!!!
2001 November 9, “Roach” (author), “Re: I Seek Sage Advice..or personal opinions...”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet)Summary: OMGWTFBBQ? I wrote het? Between Spock and Chapel... What is wrong with me today? This is a response to challenge number two in the Evil Plot Bunny Strikes Again thread.
2007 November 2, “Acidqueen” or “Sorlak” (author), “Stories posted October 2007 (1/5 TOS)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet)
Origin
OMG (oh my God) + WTF (what the fuck?) + BBQ (barbecue, irrelevantly, as another three-letter abbreviation).
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OMGWTFBBQ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OMGWTFBBQ
“OMGWTFBBQ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OMGWTFBBQ. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “OMGWTFBBQ,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OMGWTFBBQ.
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