MonkaW is a popular Twitch emote that features a zoomed-in version of Pepe the Frog with wide, anxious eyes and a nervous expression. The emote is used to express intense anxiety, fear, or tension during particularly stressful or suspenseful moments on streams. It's essentially a more extreme version of the original monkaS emote, with the zoomed-in perspective emphasizing the panic and worry.
MonkaW belongs to the family of "monka" emotes that originated from the monkaS emote. The original monkaS can be traced back to 4chan threads in 2011, specifically a /lit/ board post on July 16, 2011, where a "Nervous Pepe" illustration first appeared.
The name "monkaS" comes from Twitch user MonkaSenpai (also known as Monkasen), who uploaded the sweating Pepe emote to the Better Twitch TV (BTTV) extension on March 16, 2016. The "S" in monkaS stands for "scared," reflecting the emote's anxious expression.
The monkaS emote gained significant popularity around February 2017 when it began to be frequently used in Forsen's channel (a popular Swedish Twitch streamer). MonkaW emerged as a zoomed-in variant of monkaS sometime after the original emote's popularity surge.
As of October 2019, MonkaW was reported to be the 16th most used emote on the platform. It's important to note that MonkaW is not a default Twitch emote and requires the Better Twitch TV (BTTV) or FrankerFaceZ extension to use and view.
MonkaW is typically used in Twitch chat during:
The emote is essentially an amplified version of monkaS, used when situations are particularly intense or when viewers want to express a higher level of anxiety or concern than what monkaS conveys.
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