The 'Bike Is Short for Bichael' meme is a staple of absurdist internet humor that plays on the common nickname 'Mike' being short for 'Michael.' By applying this logic to the word 'Bike,' the meme creates a fictional, formal name 'Bichael' for a bicycle. The joke first gained traction on social media platforms like Tumblr and Twitter around 2016, quickly evolving into a series of similar 'back-formations' like 'Trike is short for Trichael' or 'Nike is short for Nichael.' It is widely used to poke fun at the oddities of the English language and to embrace 'cursed' logic that sounds technically correct but remains entirely nonsensical.