face-eating leopards
phrase
a meme expressing political schadenfreude
What does face-eating leopards mean?
Face-eating leopards refers to a meme that mocks the comeuppance of people who support politics, policies, behavior seen as oppressive and/or discriminatory, etc., only to find themselves surprised when they are negatively affected by the same.
Examples of face-eating leopards
“People come out in favor of the face-eating leopards. And then they get surprised when the leopard eats their face.”
—Mark Prada, quoted in The Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
This is what you look like when the face-eating leopard that you were happy to see others people’s faces actually eats your own face.
—The leopard thing has been a consistent meme since at least 2015, when it was supposedly first posted on what was then Twitter. There’s even a song about it by Franchesca Ramsey, which she originally performed on her own and later recorded with a choir. … As Ramsey sings, “Well, we bonded over bigotry. But they weren’t supposed to turn on me. No, I, never thought the leopards would eat my face.”
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Where does face-eating leopards come from?
The face-eating leopards meme comes from a 2015 tweet by writer Adrian Bott.
‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face,’ sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.
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How is face-eating leopards used?
In almost every conceivable permutation of face + eat + leopard. Also, with schadenfreude.
Face Eating Leopard Party enthusiast complains that leopard ate a face he liked.
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