Increasingly Verbose memes, also known as 'Deconstruction' memes, first gained traction on platforms like 4chan and Reddit around 2016. The format typically features a character or image that becomes progressively more distorted, pixelated, or poorly drawn as the accompanying text becomes more sophisticated, formal, and unnecessarily long-winded. It parodies the idea that complex language equals higher intelligence by pairing intellectual-sounding descriptions with absurdly degraded visuals. This template is widely used to mock pseudo-intellectualism or simply to find the most convoluted way to express a basic human desire, often starting with a simple slang term and ending with a paragraph of scientific jargon.