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Elongated Muskrat

Elongated Muskrat

9.9
A joking name for Elon Musk that people use online to make fun of him
  • noun
  • Slang
translation icon : Muskrato Alargado
  • Every time Elon Musk tweets something odd, people bring up the Elongated Muskrat meme.

Examples

  • Fans created memes featuring the Elongated Muskrat to poke fun at Elon Musk's online persona.

  • The Elongated Muskrat became a recurring joke on several technology forums.

  • Have you seen the latest meme about Elongated Muskrat?

  • The Elongated Muskrat is trending on Twitter today.

  • The Elongated Muskrat is often shared in discussions about Elon Musk's latest business ventures online.

  • Many Twitter users enjoy creating funny images of the Elongated Muskrat to mock Elon Musk's antics.

  • The humor of the Elongated Muskrat makes it a popular topic in meme culture among fans.

Surface Forms

Elongated Muskrat singular
Elongated Muskrats plural

Morphology

elongated + muskrat

Although the words 'elongated' and 'muskrat' transparently yield a literal reading of 'a long muskrat,' the intended sense is a culture-specific punary nickname for Elon Musk that depends on phonological resemblance and world knowledge. This parodic referential meaning is not predictable from the constituent meanings alone and would be opaque to a B1 learner who only knows the literal words.

Etymology

Elongated Muskrat may come from the way Elongated and Muskrat make a silly animal image, so people picture a long, funny muskrat as a stand-in for Elon Musk. People share that image in online 'memes' to joke about him, so the phrase means a humorous nickname.