Sleepgi

Sleepgi is used to express tiredness, boredom, or disinterest in chat. It can indicate that the viewer is literally sleepy or tired, or metaphorically express that the current content is boring or putting them to sleep. The emote is often spammed when streams have slow moments, technical difficulties, or during less exciting gameplay. It can also be used playfully to tease a streamer about monotonous content or to indicate that chat is 'sleeping' during quiet periods.

Sleepgi is a variant of the popular Pepe the Frog meme, specifically depicting the character sleeping or tired. This emote was uploaded to FrankerFaceZ (FFZ) and has been in circulation since approximately 2017-2018. It's part of the larger family of Pepe emotes that have become ubiquitous in Twitch culture. The emote shows Pepe with closed eyes, wearing what appears to be a blue shirt or blanket, with 'Z' letters above his head indicating sleep.

Common situations where Sleepgi appears include: during long loading screens or technical delays; when a streamer is doing repetitive tasks or grinding in games; late-night streams when viewers are actually tired; during slow or uneventful gameplay; when a streamer is AFK (away from keyboard); or as a playful way to express that current content isn't engaging. It's also used literally by viewers announcing they're going to bed or logging off for the night.