{"id":"a-secret-third-thing","name":"A Secret Third Thing","summary":"A Secret Third Thing is a catchphrase and phrasal template that took off on Twitter in the summer of 2022, built around the format \"I am neither X nor Y but a secret third thing.\" It started as a doctored dog image macro and grew into a widely used absurdist joke structure, with a longer variant reading \"a secret, more complex third thing.\"","tags":["a secret third thing","secret third thing meme","secret more complex third thing","twitter catchphrase 2022","phrasal template","dog meme"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":2,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/a-secret-third-thing/a-secret-third-thing-schrodinger-cat-third-thing-tweet.webp","caption":"The originating tweet from @daughter_ion (August 31, 2022) that helped popularize the 'secret third thing' phrase, joking about Schrödinger's cat as being neither dead nor alive but 'a secret, more complex third thing.'","width":840,"height":479,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/a-secret-third-thing/a-secret-third-thing-blue-dog-third-thing-meme.webp","caption":"A popular 'secret third thing' image macro featuring an unsettling blue dog, expressing the meme's core idea of transcending binary options.","width":680,"height":521,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/a-secret-third-thing/history.md","related":["slaps-roof-of-car","one-does-not-simply","no-one-nobody","me-and-the-boys","name-more-iconic-duo","keep-calm","reject-modernity","ceo-of","idk-ive-never","a-group-of-white-men-is-called-a-podcast","but-this-is-tremendous-content"],"popularityRank":3199,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}