Pepe

See also: pẹpẹ, pepe, pépé, and pēpē

English

Pepe the Frog in his original format

Etymology

The character's creator, Matt Furie, chose the name Pepe because it reminded him of the term pee-pee, a resemblance he found funny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛpeɪ̯
• Hyphenation: Pe‧pe

Noun

Pepe (plural Pepes)

1. (Internet slang, 4chan slang) An image or depiction of the Pepe the Frog character.
   • 2016 October 11, Jessica Roy, “How 'Pepe the Frog' went from harmless to hate symbol”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 March 2023:

     Alternate iterations of Pepe, including sad, smug and angry Pepes, followed. Pepe memes are ubiquitous across 4chan, Reddit, Imgur, Tumblr, and other social media and image-sharing sites.

   • 2016 November 9, Abby Ohlheiser, “’We actually elected a meme as president’: How 4chan celebrated Trump’s victory”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 January 2023:

     One thread filled up with hundreds of Pepes to help meme Florida over to Trump, as if their energy could help Florida stay red.

Derived terms

• PepeLaugh
• Rare Pepe

Further reading

• “Pepe the Frog”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “Pepe the Frog”, in Know Your Meme, website launched 2007
• Pepe the Frog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Peep, PEEP, peep

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe/
• Rhymes: -epe
• Hyphenation: Pé‧pe

Proper noun

Pepe m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Giuseppe

Proper noun

Pepe m or f by sense

1. a surname

Related terms

• Beppe

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from a reduplication of the last syllable of Josepe, an older variant of José, or from the Latin expression Pater Putativus (“supposed father”) (P.P.), which appeared next to the name of Saint Joseph (José de Nazareth) in texts. Compare Italian Peppe, Catalan Pep, Czech Pepe, and also Spanish Pepa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpepe/ [ˈpe.pe]
• Rhymes: -epe
• Syllabification: Pe‧pe

Proper noun

Pepe m

1. a diminutive of the male given name José