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(It's) Joever (/ˈdʒoʊ.vər/ JOH-vər)[1] is a colloquialism and internet meme related to the Presidency of Joe Biden which has been used humorously to refer to the debate around his age and withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election. A portmanteau of Joe and over, the word was coined by an anonymous 4Chan user in 2020 before widespread use by social media users and several news publications.

Though originally created for use in direct relation to Biden, journalist Dani Di Placido stated in Forbes that "the phrase has spread far beyond its original context, used by random social media commentators, YouTubers and streamers, many of whom are not political in the slightest...the phrase is used in response to a social media user who really shouldn't have posted that."[1]

Background

In 2020, Joe Biden won the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America following the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[2] He would go on to defeat incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election.[3] When inaugurated in 2021, Biden was 78 years-old, making him the oldest person ever elected president.[4] During his campaign, as well as his presidency, Biden's age and cognitive abilities were scrutinized by critics and the media. Trump, Biden's opponent in both the 2020 and 2024 presidential race, coined the title Sleepy Joe to deprecate Biden.[5]

Origin and etymology

On October 14, 2020, a user on the anonymous imageboard website 4Chan uploaded a photograph of Biden with overlayed text reading "IT'S JOEVER".[6] The photograph used in the meme was taken by photographer Win McNamee at the International Association Of Fire Fighters conference on March 12, 2019,[7] where Biden was a featured speaker.[8]

Growth and use in media

An alternate version of the meme, which included an overlayed photograph of Barack Obama alongside Biden and the text "WE'RE BARACK" (a pun on "we're back"), was created by user @sirDangel in April 2023.[9]

Following Biden's performance in 2024's first presidential debate, the internet's use of Joever increased significantly according to Google Trends.[10] The first major media outlet to use the word was The Washington Post in a piece titled "'JOE-VER': Trump team gloats over debate it views as knockout" the day after the debate, which mentioned that the Trump campaign had used the term in its post-debate campaign emails.[11] An opinion piece in The Philippine Star by Tony Lopez titled "When it's Joever, President Michelle Obama" was published two weeks after.[12] Publications such as MarketWatch[13] and Splinter[14] would also publish opinion pieces before Biden's withdrawal announcement.

Following Biden's withdrawal from the presidential election on July 21, 2024, the word's internet usage spiked again, and several major media outlets including GQ[15] and Forbes[1] published articles both using the word and explaining its meaning.

Programmer Derik Kauffman created the website isitjoever.com to humorously track the likelihood of Biden's withdrawal from the prediction website Manifold, with "all Joever" being his complete withdrawal.[1][16]

See also

Notes

1.^ Though sometimes written as Joe-ver, the original meme spells it without a hyphen.

References

  1. ^ a b c Placido, Dani Di. "Joe Biden's 'It's Joever' Meme, Explained". Forbes. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Miller, Zeke (March 12, 2024). "President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination". AP News. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Reston, Maeve; Collinson, Stephen (November 7, 2020). "Biden defeats Trump in an election he made about character of the nation and the President". CNN. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Baker, Peter; Shear, Michael D.; Rogers, Katie; Kanno-Youngs, Zolan (June 4, 2023). "Inside the Complicated Reality of Being America's Oldest President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Manis, Emily (March 25, 2022). "Study indicates that Donald Trump's 'Sleepy Joe' nickname for Biden was only effective among Trump's supporters". PsyPost. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "/pol/ - Politically Incorrect » Thread #282673099". 4plebs.org. October 14, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "Former U.S. Vice president Joe Biden speaks at the International..." Getty Images. March 12, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  8. ^ Detrow, Scott (March 12, 2019). "Biden Speaks To Chants Of 'Run, Joe, Run' As 2020 Decision Nears". NPR. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  9. ^ @sirDangel (April 19, 2023). "The duality of a man. Inside you there are two presidents. It's so over or we're so back? #meme #joebiden #BarackObama #shitpost" (Tweet). Retrieved July 22, 2024 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "joever - Explore - Google Trends". Google Trends. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  11. ^ Knowles, Hannah; LeVine, Marianne; Arnsdorf, Isaac (June 28, 2024). "'JOE-VER': Trump team gloats over debate it views as knockout". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  12. ^ Lopez, Tony (July 9, 2024). "When it's Joever, President Michelle Obama". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  13. ^ Arends, Brett (July 5, 2024). "Is it 'Joe-ver' for Biden? It could be donors' call". MarketWatch. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  14. ^ Weindling, Jacob (July 18, 2024). "After One of the Wildest Weeks in American History, It Really Might Be Joever". Splinter. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  15. ^ Black, Chris (July 22, 2024). "Joe Biden Stands Down: Now That It's Joever, Are the Democrats Back?". GQ. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  16. ^ "IT'S JOEVER". Is it Joever?. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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