The 'Smeel' meme features a heavily distorted white cat with a smug, wide-mouthed grin, often identified as a warped version of Smudge the Cat from the 'Woman Yelling at a Cat' fame. The term 'Smeel' is a playful corruption of 'smile,' reflecting the cat's uncanny and humorous expression. It rose to prominence in surreal meme communities and on platforms like Reddit and Discord, where it is used to represent a state of smug satisfaction, mischief, or awkward silence. The meme thrives on its low-resolution, high-contrast aesthetic, making it a staple of modern 'cursed' image culture and reaction-based humor.