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Pepe

Syllables: Pe·pe/ˈpɛpeɪ/

Pepe noun: an image or depiction of the Pepe the Frog character.

Noun

Pepe (plural Pepes)

  1. (Internet, 4chan slang) An image or depiction of the Pepe the Frog character.
    • Alternate iterations of Pepe, including sad, smug and angry Pepes, followed. Pepe memes are ubiquitous across 4chan, Reddit, Imgur, Tumblr, and other social media and image-sharing sites.2016 October 11, Jessica Roy, “How 'Pepe the Frog' went from harmless to hate symbol”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    • One thread filled up with hundreds of Pepes to help meme Florida over to Trump, as if their energy could help Florida stay red.2016 November 9, Abby Ohlheiser, “’We actually elected a meme as president’: How 4chan celebrated Trump’s victory”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN...

Forms of Pepe

pluralPepes

Origin of Pepe

The character's creator, Matt Furie, chose the name Pepe because it reminded him of the term pee-pee, a resemblance he found funny.

Words formed from Pepe

Phrases with Pepe

Questions about Pepe

What does Pepe mean?
Pepe means an image or depiction of the Pepe the Frog character.
What part of speech is Pepe?
Pepe is a noun.
How do you pronounce Pepe?
Pepe is pronounced /ˈpɛpeɪ/.
What is the plural of Pepe?
The plural of Pepe is Pepes.

Words near Pepe in the dictionary

  1. pepaws
  2. PEPC
  3. pepcid
  4. pepducin
  5. pepducins
  6. Pepe
  7. Pepe Le Pew
  8. Pepel
  9. PepeLaugh
  10. Pepelitan
  11. Peper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pepe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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