The 'When The Chile Is Tea But The Finna Is Gag' meme is a prominent example of 'brainrot' humor, characterized by a nonsensical mashup of Gen Z slang and African American Vernacular English (AAVE). The phrase intentionally misuses terms like 'chile' (child), 'tea' (gossip), 'finna' (fixing to), and 'gag' (to be shocked) to create a grammatically incoherent but phonetically familiar sentence. It rose to popularity on TikTok and Twitter as a way to parody the over-saturation of internet catchphrases and to mock those who use slang incorrectly or performatively. The meme captures the chaotic energy of modern digital dialect, where words are often stripped of their original meaning to become purely aesthetic or comedic signals.