On 4chan, 'wat' is most commonly used as a response to image posts containing bizarre or incoherent media, but it has been also incorporated into a variety of recurring discussion topics, such as You Wat You Lose threads, Wat Do threads and wat-inducing greentext stories among others. The only proper response to something that makes absolutely no sense.Įncyclopedia Dramatica defines the word as a response to the most confusing of statements or attempts at non-sequitur humor, as well as overly lengthy explanations in comments or posts similar to the usage of tl dr.

Over a dozen entries defining the term 'wat' were submitted throughout the decade, leading up to the currently top voted definition of the word, which was was submitted on September 4th, 2008 by user watwat.