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Internet memes introduced in 2017

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fidget spinner
spinning toy
Doki Doki Literature Club!
2017 horror visual novel game developed by Team Salvato
No Nut November
annual internet challenge of male sexual abstinence during November
Nusret Gökçe
Turkish chef and restaurateur (born 1983)
Take Me Home, Country Roads
original song co-written by John Denver, originally recorded by John Denver and released in 1971
Fireflies
2009 song by Owl City from Ocean Eyes
Crash Bandicoot
fictional video game character
Lofi Girl
French YouTube channel and music label
covfefe
Covfefe is a word, widely presumed to be a typographical error, that Donald Trump used in a tweet during his first term as President of the United States. It quickly became an Internet meme.
Karen
Meme criticising white women who show a specific behavior
Darth Plagueis
fictional character from Star Wars
Birds Aren't Real
conspiracy theory
Elsagate
Elsagate (derived from Elsa from the Frozen franchise and the -gate scandal suffix) is a controversy surrounding videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids that were labelled as "child-friendly" but contained themes that were considered inappropriate for children and younger audiences. These videos often featured fictional characters from family-oriented media, sometimes via crossovers, used without legal permission. The controversy also included channels that focused on real-life children, such as Toy Freaks, that raised concern about possible child abuse.
T-pose
right|thumb|300x300px|Example of a T-posing model in MakeHuman software.
Homunculus Loxodontus
2016 sculpture by Margriet van Breevoort and an Internet meme
Gucci Gang
2017 single by Lil Pump
bisexual lighting
the use of pink, purple, and blue lighting to represent bisexual characters
Q1689312
Australian singer
distracted boyfriend meme
Internet meme
Petscop
Petscop is a YouTube horror web series by Tony Domenico, made to resemble a YouTube Let's Play series. The videos follow "Paul", the protagonist, exploring and documenting a supposedly "long-lost PlayStation video game" titled Petscop. The 24-episode series ran from March 12, 2017, to September 2, 2019. The series received widespread coverage for its storytelling, authenticity, surrealism, and its active community of viewers.
Jack Stauber
American musician and animator
soy boy
pejorative term for men perceived as non-masculine
San Escobar
fictional country
Redbone
song by Donald Glover
Shooting Stars
2009 single by Bag Raiders
Monika
fictional character from Doki Doki Literature Club
Nyango Star
mascot and drummer in Kuroishi, Japan
Nevertheless, she persisted.
Feminist expression
Acre conspiracy
satirical conspiracy theory
Man's Not Hot
Big Shaq song
Chicanery
episode of Better Call Saul (S3 E5)
Scott the Woz
Web series about video games by Scott Wozniak
consumption of Tide Pods
Internet meme