Om Nom Nom Nom
Slang, indicating eating. Commonly used is lolcats and similar image macros. It usually translates as, “I am absorbed in eating this” or “OMG this is awesome eats, I’m eating it!”. The phrase is suspected to have it’s origin in the sounds the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster when eating cookies.
Balloon Boy
A 6 year-old boy named Falcon Heene reportedly climbed into a helium-filled balloon which was meant to hover only 20 feet above the ground, but took off. Before a captivated world, news stations tracked the flight of the balloon with video over 8000 feet into the air. A global media frenzy would ensue, with an enraptured Internets audience tracking every move… that is, until it was discovered that Falcon wasn’t onboard at all, and that the whole incident was entirely fabricated by his attention-seeking parents.
Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune is a pitch-correction plugin created by Antares Audio Technologies in 1997. It was meant to subtly correct a singer’s off-key notes, but its usage has expanded far beyond its creators’ intentions, pushed to near art-form status by Internet remix
Where The Hell Is Matt
“Where the hell is Matt?” (aka “Dancing Matt”) is a series of viral videos featuring Matt Harding dancing in front of famous landmarks and sightseeing spots around the world.
Get Down (ゲッダン)
Get Down is a Japanese meme that originated from a glitch in the N64 game Goldeneye, where the characters (and vehicles) would suddenly “spaz out” if the game cartridge was only partially inserted in the console.