The 'Honk Shoo / Honk Mimimi' meme draws its humor from the stylized onomatopoeia used for snoring in classic Golden Age cartoons like Looney Tunes and Popeye. 'Honk Shoo' signifies the deep inhale, while the 'Honk Mimimi' represents the high-pitched, rhythmic exhale, often paired with visuals like a floating nightcap or a vibrating bed. In modern internet culture, the trope has been ironically reclaimed to describe a state of deep, peaceful, or 'gentlemanly' sleep, contrasting it with realistic, loud snoring. It is widely used across social media to mock how people look when they are exhausted or to sarcastically react to boring content that 'puts them to sleep' in a whimsical fashion.