'Derp', often 'Herp Derp',
to the best of my knowledge come from Reddit (though I'm likely wrong, probably comes from 4chan). Herp and Derp can be used in place of pretty much any verb or noun, and often describes a common / mundane / everyday activity. Ie 'Hi Herp, what you doing?' 'Hi derp, I'm trying to herp this derp, wanna help?' etc etc. Rage comics make frequent use of herp and derp.
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Hellzapoppin, Fri 19 Aug 2011, 20:37,
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could be
I've often seen it used in online gaming, usually as a response to a stupid action.
"Hey, I've just shot a hole through our own defenses!"
"Derp."
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thwart is just not feeling it with you, Fri 19 Aug 2011, 20:55,
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it actuallly comes from South Park
where they were taking the piss out of Rob Schneider and it has been used as a word to mean stupid, which is ironic as I beleive those that use the word are stupid in themselves.
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FIEND, Fri 19 Aug 2011, 20:56,
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Beat me to it!
Out by 5 minutes too. Jesus I need to learn to type faster...
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i thought it was the swedish chef
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OfsABOGw3c&feature=related
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 20 Aug 2011, 0:30,
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Aha...
Righto, thanks for the replies... Makes sense.
Also makes sense in the context of taking the piss out of people for daft or attention seeking actions, or, really, just plain stupid actions, I suppose.
How does it fit in with the OP & Pulp Fiction ?
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zacherynuk @echo off, Fri 19 Aug 2011, 21:21,
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Ah yes!
So I guess it was just widely adopted by various internet personages :-)
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Hellzapoppin, Sat 20 Aug 2011, 9:03,
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