The 'Screamed the Stable Boy' meme refers to a dramatic, often non-sequitur caption style used to punctuate absurd or chaotic statements with an old-world, literary flair. It gained significant traction on platforms like Tumblr, where users would pair a bizarre or modern sentence with the high-drama reaction of a fictional medieval peasant. The meme plays on the sharp juxtaposition between contemporary internet humor and the archaic, desperate tone of a character in a classic gothic novel or fantasy setting. It is frequently used to mock 'deep' quotes or to enhance the absurdity of a weirdly specific observation, suggesting that the statement was shouted in a moment of historical panic.