Lexicon: running bits matched to words
Running bits are tracked as threads (origin, callbacks, variants); words and memes as entities. Where a bit and a word are the same thing, the lexicon shows them as one entry: the word's forms and uses plus the bit's origin and callbacks. The match is derived by a fixed rule, not recorded in the analysis: 66 of 244 bits are matched to 65 words, memes or named things; 178 bits have no matching word and are entries of their own, on their thread pages.
How a bit is matched (derived)
Each word or meme is tested against the bit, strongest test first; the first test that passes decides, and among several words the one in the thread's entity list and earliest in the title wins.
- title (44 bits): the bit title quotes the term (exact name or alias).
- entities (16 bits): the term is in the bit thread's entity list and named in the bit title.
- entities+co-occurrence (1 bit): the term is in the bit thread's entity list and is mentioned in at least half of the bit's event videos.
- co-occurrence (0 bits): the term is mentioned in at least half of the bit's event videos (2+) and at least half of the term's videos are bit videos.
- named thing (5 bits): no term matches; the bit title quotes a work or character in the bit thread's entity list (exact name or alias) that first appears in the video that opened the bit.
Matched
| bit | lexicon entry | match (derived) | evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hank's 'tiny chickens' illness bit (2007) | tiny chickens | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 14 of 14 bit videos (term heard in 14) |
| 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) | in your pants | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 95 of 95 bit videos (term heard in 102) |
| The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) | secret sibling | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 29 of 29 bit videos (term heard in 43) |
| John's 'fishing boat proceeds' joke: the income he never has (2007) | fishing boat proceeds | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 6 of 6 bit videos (term heard in 10) |
| John's 'the puff' stress habit (2007) | the Puff | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 40 of 40 bit videos (term heard in 43) |
| The Evil Baby Orphanage (2007) | Evil Baby Orphanage | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 34 of 34 bit videos (term heard in 37) |
| John's 'Law of Compound Nerdfighting' (2007) | Law of Compound Nerdfighting (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| John's 'NAFADOYBIMSCOM' (National Finish A Draft Of Your Book I Mean Seriously Come On Month) (2007) | NAFADOYBIMSCOM | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 5 of 5 bit videos (term heard in 5) |
| John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007) | jokes | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 11 of 14 bit videos (term heard in 12) |
| John's 'Cooking with John' show: making and eating disgusting things (2007) | Cooking with John | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 6 of 6 bit videos (term heard in 6) |
| John's coinage 'nerdfighter-like' for Nerdfighter romance (2007) | nerdfighterlike | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 10 of 10 bit videos (term heard in 12) |
| 'Who the F is Hank?': John's joke answers (2008) | Who the Eff Is Hank | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 15 of 16 bit videos (term heard in 18) |
| 'They're taking the hobbits to Isengard' airport gag (2008) | Taking the Hobbits to Isengard | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 5 of 5 bit videos (term heard in 5) |
| John's 'Best wishes!' phone-call sign-off (2008) | best wishes | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 5 of 5 bit videos (term heard in 6) |
| John's word 'Hankian' (2008) | Hankian (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| 'Tobian': Hank's made-up evil word (2008) | Tobian | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 4 of 4 bit videos (term heard in 4) |
| Peanut Butter Face: John discusses world news with peanut butter on his face (2008) | Peanut Butter Face | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 11 of 11 bit videos (term heard in 13) |
| Hank's 'metric Sabbath': resting on the tenth day (2008) | metric Sabbath (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| John's grandmother's word 'Scootily Poopin'' (Skoodilypooping) (2008) | Skoodilypooping (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Hank's 'Google Verb' meme: google your name plus a verb (2009) | Google Verb | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 2 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 2) |
| John's 'oinkbarf' name for swine flu (2009) | oinkbarf | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 2 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 2) |
| John's 'giant squid of anger' (2009) | giant squid of anger | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 15 of 17 bit videos (term heard in 16) |
| The HipPOTATOmus: a hippo-shaped potato (2009) | HipPOTATOmus (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Hank's 'asshole propagation programs' (APPs) (2009) | asshole propagation program | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 2 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 2) |
| John's 'famy' (opposite of infamy) bit (2009) | famy (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| John's 'win kitty' coinage (2009) | win kitty | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| 'French the llama': John's misreading of FTL as an exclamation of amazement (2009) | French the llama | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 26 of 26 bit videos (term heard in 29) |
| Hank's 'hug bucket': the people you want to hug (2010) | hug bucket | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 3 of 3 bit videos (term heard in 3) |
| John's 'signing madness' from signing every copy of The Fault in Our Stars (2011) | signing madness | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 7 of 8 bit videos (term heard in 7) |
| John's proposal to say 'huzzah' more often (2012) | huzzah (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Hank's coinage 'hypothetheory': an untested hypothesis stated as if it were a proven theory (2012) | hypothetheory (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Hank's 'fartbag': someone who hurts a person and then blames them for their pain (2013) | fartbag (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Johning: fans' picture craze after The Hollywood Reporter's picture of John (2014) | johning (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Hank's 'octothorpe' as the name for the # sign (2014) | octothorpe | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 2 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 2) |
| Hank's Butfartman costume and 'Fartmas' on the P4A 2014 livestream (2014) | Fartmas | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 3 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Hank's cosmic-scale 'Draw My Life' (2015) | Draw My Life (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| John's 'twittering': his word for the buzzing misery of the social internet (2017) | Twittering (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| John's 'Cheyenne, Wyoming': his shorthand, from Rushmore, for being deeply immersed in a project (2017) | Cheyenne, Wyoming | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 6 of 6 bit videos (term heard in 6) |
| John as an 'old man yelling at a cloud', after the Simpsons headline (2018) | Old Man Yells at Cloud | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 2) |
| John's 'liger delusion': starting from a conclusion and working back to explanations (2018) | Liger delusion (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Hank calls planets 'space balls' (2018) | space ball (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Crank Green: Hank as a crab, from a P4A 2022 balloon task (2022) | Crank Green | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 5 of 5 bit videos (term heard in 5) |
| John Purple: John's P4A 2022 purple hair and pink mustache (2022) | John Purple | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 2 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 2) |
| Sarapocial relationship: John's word for a creator's relationship with the audience they imagine (2023) | sarapocial relationship (once) | title | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| John's 'Nerd Fighters' arcade game at the Savannah airport (2007) | nerdfighter | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 3 of 4 bit videos (term heard in 71) |
| The brothers' Wikipedia pronunciation dispute (2007) | wiki | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 3 of 3 bit videos (term heard in 3) |
| John's nerdfighter ranks: Decepticons, nerdfighters, nits and mass promotions (2007) | Decepticon | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 2 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 10) |
| John's puppy-sized elephant (2008) | puppy sized elephant | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 24 of 24 bit videos (term heard in 27) |
| John's LOLbooks: LOLcat-style book blurbs (2008) | LOLbook | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 3 bit videos (term heard in 15) |
| Hank's non-existent Nerdfighting Prize of the Day (2008) | non-existent Nerdfighting Prize of the Day | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 4 of 5 bit videos (term heard in 4) |
| Hank's Numa Numa dance through his new house (2008) | Numa Numa | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 2) |
| Hank's spoon fingers / Edward Spoonhands bit (2008) | spoon fingers | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 5) |
| John's Fail Boat: Willy-captained Newsday tour of world suck (2009) | Fail Boat | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 3 of 3 bit videos (term heard in 4) |
| Hank's side-boob bit: the top-10 celebrity side-boob video he would rather have made than discuss his ultimate concern (2010) | Sideboob (once) | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| Hank's 'you just lost The Game' bit (2010) | The Game | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 3 of 3 bit videos (term heard in 3) |
| Hank's PEN15 Club story and mock-inspirational membership (2010) | PEN15 Club | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 2 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 2) |
| The brothers' headdesk bit (2011) | headdesk | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 3 of 3 bit videos (term heard in 3) |
| John's Pizza John mustache, worn on camera as a recurring bit (2011) | Pizza John | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 34 of 34 bit videos (term heard in 105) |
| John's 'defying the Wadsworth constant': a deliberately entertaining first 30% (2011) | Wadsworth constant (once) | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 1 of 1 bit videos (term heard in 1) |
| John's Sharpie Face: answering questions with Sharpie drawn on his face (2012) | Sharpie Face | entities | named in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 9 of 9 bit videos (term heard in 9) |
| John and Hank's hair contest in the 2015 Nerdfighteria Census ('The Cold War of Nerdfighteria', 2015) | the Puff | entities+co-occurrence | in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 2 of 2 bit videos (term heard in 43) |
| Hanklerfish: an anglerfish drawn by a Hank (2011) | Hanklerfish | named thing | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 19 of 19 bit videos (term heard in 47) |
| Dave Green: the imaginary third Green brother invented on Tumblr (2014) | Dave Green | named thing | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 9 of 9 bit videos (term heard in 9) |
| Beanie Sanfurbs: Hank's bean Furby, P4A 2021 celebrity and meme (2021) | Beanie Sanfurbs | named thing | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 11 of 11 bit videos (term heard in 12) |
| Hank's habit of constantly starting new things, tracked by the 'days since Hank Green last started a new thing' website (2021) | Days Since Hank Green Last Started a New Thing | named thing | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 6 of 6 bit videos (term heard in 6) |
| Jarrod (Jared): the cryptocurrency-vampire P4A 2024 mascot (2024) | Jarrod | named thing | quoted in the bit title; in the thread's entity list; mentioned in 7 of 7 bit videos (term heard in 7) |
Not matched
Bits with no word or meme that passes any test; they appear in the lexicon under their own name, linked to their thread page.