The 'Banhammer' meme is a legendary internet trope symbolizing the absolute authority of forum moderators and game administrators to banish disruptive users. While the term originated in early IRC and message board culture of the late 1990s, visual representations of a literal hammer—often glowing with divine energy or oversized—became a staple on sites like 4chan and Reddit. It represents the swift, often humorous, enforcement of rules where a single 'swing' can silence a user forever. Today, it is widely used across Discord, Twitch, and gaming communities to celebrate the removal of toxic players or to jokingly threaten friends who post controversial content.