Bnuuy

About

Bnuuy is an intentional misspelling of "Bunny" that has been used to comment on humorous pictures of rabbits since a viral photo showing a person replying "bnuuy" to a picture of rabbits spread online in the summer of 2020.

Origin

On May 29th, 2020, a Redditor posted to /r/skamteboard^[2] a doctored image of a text message with PetSmart in which they sent a picture of a wild rabbit and PetSmart replied "Bnuuy." The post gained over 3,200 points (shown below).

Spread

On June 6th, 2020, Redditor Overson_YT reposted the image to /r/ihadastroke,^[1] gaining over 12,000 points. Over the following year, the word "bnuuy" began appearing in reference to rabbits online. On July 16th, 2020, Twitter user @ozwuv^[3] posted a picture of an exchange they had where a user posted "hands u a bnuuy," gaining over 40 retweets and 140 likes (shown below, left). On June 9th, a Redditor posted a drawing of a rabbit to /r/touhou^[4] with the title "Cute Bnuuy," gaining over 230 points (shown below, right).

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