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title: "O rly?"
canonical: "https://openvibe.meme/m/o-rly"
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# O rly?

HTML: [O rly?](https://openvibe.meme/m/o-rly)

Internet meme · Classic

# O rly?

O rly? is an internet meme featuring a snowy owl used in image macros to sarcastically respond to obvious or false statements.

- First seen: 2026-10-31
- Last seen: 2026-10-31
- Uses cited: 4
- Revision: 2

## Where it started

O RLY? is an Internet meme, typically presented as an image macro featuring a snowy owl. The phrase "O RLY?", an abbreviated form of "Oh, really?", is used in internet forums in a sarcastic manner, often in response to an obvious, predictable, or blatantly false statement. Similar owl image macros followed the original to present different views, including images with the phrases "YA RLY" (Yeah, really.), "NO WAI!!" (No way!), and NO RLY. (Not really.)

## The use timeline

1. 2026-10-31

    

   Originally a text phrase on Something Awful, and then an image macro done for 4chan. Based around a picture of a snowy owl.
2. 2026-10-31

    

   Wikidata Q2328161: O RLY? — Internet meme.

## Examples

Public domain. SPUI.

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