Memeology
This orange, fluffy cat loves lasagna, hates Mondays, and has been a meme legend for decades.
Garfield
This yellow fruit doubles as a telephone, a weapon in Mario Kart, and an annoying snack to forget in the bottom of your backpack for three weeks.
A banana
This semi-aquatic mammal has a duck bill, a beaver tail, and looks like God created it using leftover animal parts.
The Platypus
This magical ability allows a middle schooler to hear the wrapper of a bag of chips opening from three hallways away.
Snack-location radar (or Super Hearing)
This spinning plastic toy took over classrooms in 2017 before being banished to the bottom of every teacher's desk drawer.
Fidget Spinners
If you get caught doing something completely uncool or embarrassing, your friends might say you lost this invisible set of style points.
Aura (or "Aura Points")
This classic cafeteria lunch consists of meat sauce served on a burger bun, named after someone who clearly didn't care about napkin usage.
Sloppy Joe
This slow-moving tree mammal moves so slowly that algae actually grows on its fur, making it look like a floating bush.
A sloth
This terrifying sound, usually occurring around 7:59 AM, signals that you have approximately three seconds to run across the building before you are tardy.
The Warning Bell / Tardy Bell
This loud,high-pitched noise made by popping a plastic shipping wrap is guaranteed to make the whole room turn and look at you.
Bubble Wrap
This classic 1980s pop song by Rick Astley is used to trick people on the internet when they click an innocent-looking link.
"Never Gonna Give You Up" (Rickroll)
This mysterious, jiggly side dish comes in neon colors like cherry red or lime green, wobbles wildly on your tray, and nobody is entirely sure if it counts as a fruit or a dessert.
Jell-O (or Gelatin)
If a human had the jumping strength of this tiny blood-sucking insect relative to size, they could jump over the Empire State Building.
A Flea
This specific piece of school equipment is notorious for eating your papers, losing your homework, and completely exploding in the middle of a hallway.
Backpack/Bookbag
This stretchy, gooey substance—often made with glue and laundry detergent—was banned after sticking to carpet, ceilings, and hair worldwide.
Slime or squishy
This two letter word describes a character, item, or strategy in a game that is way too strong and needs to be nerfed.
Overpowered (OP)
This mysterious lunch day item is legally allowed to be called "pizza," even though its crust has the exact texture and shape of cardboard.
Rectangle Pizza
This liquid state of non-Newtonian fluid made of cornstarch and water acts like a solid when you smack it, but drips like a liquid when you hold it.
Oobleck (Slime)
This art form involves balancing a pencil on your nose, spinning an eraser on your finger, or flipping a plastic water bottle so it lands upright.
Bottle Flipping (or Desk Stunts), things that annoy your teacher.
This classic paper projectile is traditionally thrown at the back of the teacher's head the moment they turn around to write on the board.
Paper Airplane
This popular 2010s meme featuring a dog of the Shiba Inu breed is written in broken English using Comic Sans font.
Doge
Legend says if you drop this wrapped, square cafeteria dessert on the floor, it will bounce higher than a basketball without breaking.
The cafeteria brownie
This sea creature has three hearts, blue blood, and can squirt ink at you if you ruin its mood.
Octopus
This school item if lost or left gets you in major trouble with your coach/band director
Athletic bag or Band Instrument
This stealth tactic involves passing a tiny, folded square piece of paper to your friend under the desk without getting intercepted.
A note