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monkaH

monkaH Twitch / Discord emote

Meaning

The monkaH emote features a nervous-looking Pepe the Frog with his hands raised in a surrender or panic position. It's a variation of the popular monkaS emote, but with a more exaggerated expression of fear or anxiety. The 'H' in monkaH typically signifies a heightened or more extreme version of the base emotion shown in monkaS.

This emote conveys extreme nervousness, fear, or anxiety in response to tense or stressful situations in streams.

Origin

MonkaH is part of the family of 'monka' emotes that originated from the Pepe the Frog meme. The original Pepe character was created by artist Matt Furie in 2005 for his comic 'Boy's Club.' The monka variations became popular on Twitch around 2016-2017.

The emote was first popularized on the third-party emote platform BetterTTV (BTTV) before spreading throughout Twitch culture. The 'monka' prefix is believed to have originated from a Twitch user's username, though the exact origin of the name is somewhat unclear.

Like other monka variants, it became widely used across various Twitch communities as part of the broader Pepe emote phenomenon.

When to use

MonkaH is typically used in Twitch chat in the following situations:

  • During extremely tense moments in gameplay, such as when a streamer is in a dangerous situation with low health
  • When something particularly scary or startling happens in a horror game
  • When a streamer is about to make a risky decision with potentially severe consequences
  • During awkward or uncomfortable moments in a stream
  • When viewers anticipate something bad is about to happen
  • In response to jump scares or sudden loud noises
  • When a streamer is visibly stressed or anxious about something

It's essentially an amplified version of monkaS, used when regular nervousness escalates to genuine fear or panic.

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