1.  Lolcats – These are photos of cats with amusing lol speak and are often found in internet forums. If you’d like to learn how to speak lolcat go to http://speaklolspeak.com/ and a picture of one of the cute creatures http://www.flickr.com/photos/24861453@N02/3672270233/

2.  Rickrolling – This is when a person is tricked into clicking onto the Rick Astley 1987 song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’. If you fall for this trick, you’ve been rickrolled! This was huge, MTV was even rickrolled and the You Tube video of Rick’s song got 30 million viewers. Get rickrolled here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbgM4sZtM4I

3.  This is Sparta – This was inspired by the popular blood thirsty film 300.  Basically anything can be (and has been) used to replace the last part of the line which is “This is Sparta”.  A You Tube techno mix attracted an audience of 20 million. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/804504/this_is_sparta_techno_remix/

4.  All Your base are belong to us – AYBABTU is a badly translated video game. The meme surrounding it became so popular not because of the game itself but because of various message boards (starting with SomethingAwful.com) and fan-made flash clips. http://www.slackersinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/allyourbase_screencap.jpg

5.  Oolong the pancake rabbit – Oolong was a rabbit named after the tea and belonged to photographer, Hironori Akutagawa. The rabbit became famous for being able to balance a range of items on his idea. Unfortunately Oolong and his wondrous skills have passed away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA8OrXVfj-w

6.  The ‘O RLY’ owl - Photographs by nature photographer, John White were posted on the Something Awful forums. The phrase is often used in online forums to respond to posts in a sarcastic or mocking way, particularly popular in chatrooms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hspJK3CFDVU

7.  Leeroy Jenkins – Leeroy Jenkins was playing the video game ‘A Rough Go’. In the video a group are trying to work out a way for their characters to break into the virtual room while Leroy is away from his computer. Leroy then returns to stampede head first into the room shouting “Leeeeeeeroy Jenkins” into his microphone. This made Leeroy infamous and the man behind Leeroy, Ben Schultz hasn’t been able to play the game since. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zll_jAKvarw

8.  It’s over nine thousand – The term originates from the Dragon Ball game which consists of OTT fights and screaming. People use this phrase when numbers and levels are involved. Here’s the orginal over 9000: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik

9.  Loituma girl – The animation comes from the second episode of Bleach, and features Inoue Orihime twirling a spring onion in her hand and music from Finnish folk band Loituma. In the anime, jokes are often made about Orihime since she likes to cook weird and often inedible stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mdMb6bRXt4&feature=related

10.  What, what (in the butt) – This is a music video by Samwell, a gay African-American singer. He became an internet celebrity when the video was upload on YouTube , achieving millions of viewers. The video has numerous references to homosexuality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU