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This interview quickly went viral on TikTok, transforming into a meme.
It featured the phrase “hawk tuah” and sparked widespread curiosity about the identity of the woman now famously dubbed the “spit on that thing” girl.
It all started from a simple inquiry directed at a few strangers on the street. This simple question eventually exploded in popularity, turning into TikTok’s meme of the week, and perhaps gaining even further attention.
What does “spit on that thing” and “hawk tuah” mean?
The “spit on that thing” girl reached internet stardom after she was captured on video responding to a query from YouTubers and social media content creators, Tim and Dee.
These two are known for wandering around, engaging random people with various questions on their channel and Instagram account, Tim & Dee TV.
On that day, the query they posed was: “What’s one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?”
This question was presented to two women in Nashville, Tennessee. One of them quickly offered an answer that would soon become a wildly popular TikTok meme.
“Oh, you gotta give him that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thang,” she exclaimed, using her Southern accent.
Audiences interpreted “hawk tuah” as an onomatopoeia for the sound one might make when spitting, directed at “that thing” (a euphemism for a man’s penis) or elsewhere.
How the “spit on that thing” girl became a TikTok meme
The memorable interaction with the spit on that thing girl was first uploaded by the Instagram account timanddeetv on June 10, 2024.
Within just one week, the video had amassed roughly nine million views. The very next day, Dee, who uses the handle @dmarloww on TikTok, shared the video on his platform.
