peepoSlam is used to express extreme excitement, hype, or enthusiasm in Twitch chat. The emote depicts intense energy and is typically spammed rapidly when something exciting happens during a stream. It conveys a sense of 'going crazy' or being overwhelmed with positive energy about what's happening on stream. Viewers use it to show they're figuratively 'slamming their desks' in excitement, similar to how someone might pound their fists on a table when hyped up.
peepoSlam is a variant of the Pepe the Frog meme family, specifically derived from the 'peepo' series of emotes. Peepo is a cuter, more innocent-looking version of Pepe that became popular on Twitch around 2017-2018. The 'Slam' variant shows peepo aggressively slamming his hands/fists on a desk or table, expressing intense excitement or hype. This particular emote was created and uploaded to various third-party emote platforms like BetterTTV (BTTV), FrankerFaceZ (FFZ), and 7TV around 2018-2019, though exact upload dates vary by platform. It's part of the broader peepo emote collection that includes variants like peepoHappy, peepoCry, peepoSad, and many others.
peepoSlam is commonly used in these situations: