Meanings
- InternethumorousOne should not complain about having a good thing.
Oh No! My steak is too juicy! My lobster is too buttery!
2025 June 7, @192000, X (post), archived from the original on 02 Dec 20253 more examples
truly a "steak too juicy, lobster too buttery" moment. i fell to my knees devastated when i heard the campaign was cut in half to make the deadline.
2025 October 8, lefthandsore, “Alien: Isolation is too long because the Alien is too clever, says former Creative Assembly writer”, in r/alienisolation (Reddit post), archived from the original on 02 Dec 2025My steak is too juicy my lobster too buttery! ¶ But seriously, sounds like the mending gods love you dearly. Most people dont get that kind of luck, so they protect their darling menders.
2025 November 9, JustWelfare, “Why do people protect mending villagers so much?”, in r/Minecraft (Reddit post), archived from the original on 02 Dec 2025marvel rivals community when their steak too juicy, lobster too buttery
2025 November 26, @sho_orekeeper, X (post), archived from the original on 02 Dec 2025
Origin
According to Know Your Meme, the first recorded usage is in an iFunny comment by a user named sagia, a screenshot of which was reposted on March 2, 2025. The original reversed the order of the foods: "Oh no, my lobster is too buttery and my steak is too juicy!" The phrase was popularized throughout 2025 on various social media sites.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
my steak is too juicy, my lobster is too buttery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20steak%20is%20too%20juicy%2C%20my%20lobster%20is%20too%20buttery
“my steak is too juicy, my lobster is too buttery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20steak%20is%20too%20juicy%2C%20my%20lobster%20is%20too%20buttery. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “my steak is too juicy, my lobster is too buttery,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20steak%20is%20too%20juicy%2C%20my%20lobster%20is%20too%20buttery.
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