You can’t seem to log onto social media without coming across some Spongebob memes. Stephen Hillenburg, the cartoon’s creator ... or when he is sad, or when he is angry,” Schimkowitz continues.

Womp Womp (alternatively spelled whomp whomp) is a catchphrase often featured in memes to either convey genuine disappointment or mock a disappointed person. Sometimes called the sad trombone ...

The word means “sad” or “depressed,” which is also how the meme is used. Sadge is a version of Pepe in which he has an expressively sad face. That version of him was first seen in a 4Chan ...

Affleck, 49 – who has Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, nine, with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner – told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: “The ‘Sad Affleck’ meme – that was funny to me.

Or maybe: 'I’ll just look like a slob,'" he said, "and I’m like, nope—then you become the sad Affleck meme spilling the coffee." Ironic, no? But, he added, he does find the memes funny.

Lots of Sad Joe Biden memes popped up on Memegenerator.net, with the vice president mourning a number of tragedies: He didn't get a train set for Christmas, his pet bunny ran away, the First Lady ...

But then there are memes, which rise and fall like a bedsheet on the outstretched arms of a spooky ghost. The memes come and they go. “Holidays in general tend to have memes around them ...

The latest “sad Affleck” meme has perplexed fans online due to the Massachusetts-raised actor’s love of Dunkin’, with one X user questioning whether the image was created with AI.