| Theme | Key Contributions | Relevance to Current Study | |-------|-------------------|---------------------------| | | Shifman (2014); Milner (2016) argue that memes function as units of cultural transmission with mutable form. | Provides a theoretical lens for treating the phrase as a replicable linguistic unit. | | Indonesian Digital Vernacular | Nugroho (2020) documents the rise of bahasa gaul on Twitter; Sari (2022) highlights code‑mixing with English and Japanese. | Positions the phrase within ongoing trends of lexical borrowing and hybridization. | | Humor Theory & In‑Group Markers | Attardo (2001) and Berger (2014) link humor to semantic incongruity and social bonding . | Explains why a seemingly nonsensical phrase can become a bonding token. | | Diffusion of Online Slang | Rogers (2003) on diffusion of innovations; Kim & Kim (2021) on “viral cascades” in Southeast Asia. | Guides the methodological approach to tracking spread across platforms. | | Corpus‑Based Meme Analysis | Lee & Kim (2023) demonstrate how large‑scale social‑media corpora can quantify meme lifecycles. | Inspires the quantitative component of the present work. |
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The literature suggests a need for mixed‑methods inquiry that combines corpus metrics, discourse analysis, and ethnographic insight—an approach adopted herein. | Theme | Key Contributions | Relevance to