let's go, Darwin
English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.Etymology
Coined in response to let's go, Brandon, in allusion to Charles Darwin's law of natural selection.
Phrase
let's go, Darwin
- (US, slang) A phrase used to mock Republicans and other conservatives who disregard COVID-19 viral prevention measures.
- 2021 December 19, Paul Campos, quoting Twitter user @g33kgurli, “This is a stupid conversation”, in Lawyers, Guns & Money, archived from the original on December 19, 2021:
- I’ll confess to getting a grim laugh from the Twitter handle of the person who embedded this highly educational video:
“Let’s Go Darwin! (@g33kgurli) December 18, 2021 Perhaps the best clap back to antivaxxers and antimaskers.”
- 2022, Mason Bissada, “Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protest: RFK Jr., Proud Boys And Holocaust Imagery”, in Forbes.com, archived from the original on January 23, 2022:
- Counterprotestors were seen by Washington Post reporter Emily Davies holding signs that read “HERE TO KNOCK A NAZI OUT,” and chanting “Let’s go Darwin,” a phrase used to counter the anti-Joe Biden cry “Let’s go Brandon.”
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Related terms
- let's go, Brandon
- thank you Brandon
See also
- Herman Cain Award