Anyone who takes an L online best believe that Twitter is already exposing you before you take your next breath. Hashtags and memes will already be flooding timelines before you can even think of an escape plan. Sadly for Yahoo, today is their turn and Black Twitter is on it with an A-plus drag session.
The financial news website tweeted a story about President-elect Donald Trump’s desire to build a much bigger Navy. But instead of starting “bigger” with a “B,” the person responsible made the worst typo imaginable and clicked “N” (“B’s” neighbor on the keyboard). We shouldn’t have to type it out, you know what it says. Yahoo, of course, deleted the tweet ASAP and issued a follow up apology tweet, but it was far too late.
We deleted an earlier tweet due to a spelling error. We apologize for the mistake.
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) January 6, 2017
Twitter exploded with the hashtag #N-ggerNavy and the memes surely followed. Many have jumped on board poking fun at one of the worst typo’s of all time, including Trey Songz.
— Trey Songz (@TreySongz) January 6, 2017
Aye @YahooFinance @realDonaldTrump whatcha think? Do we make the cut?!!! pic.twitter.com/ijH0aXDQGF
— Trey Songz (@TreySongz) January 6, 2017
Other users are having a field day with the hashtag, which is already a contender for best Twitter reactions of 2017. Enjoy!
Yahoo!'s social media manager at the meeting tomorrow: pic.twitter.com/8OrYznBlFb
— papichulò (@AsapMikeyyy) January 6, 2017
Didn't they tell you the #NiggerNavy was savage pic.twitter.com/qMq8DKRXe9
— Frazier Tharpe (@The_SummerMan) January 6, 2017
White folks looking @ this #NiggerNavy hashtag with a tweet in the drafts thinking bout if they can jump in pic.twitter.com/pMjVhMZeVh
— Jamalapeño (@hotjamalle) January 6, 2017
Buzzfeed trying to figure out how to cover the #NiggerNavy tweets https://t.co/4V74BHmHQn
— E. Diddy (@withlove_eb) January 6, 2017
When the U.S.S. All Lives Matter sinking #NiggerNavy pic.twitter.com/GHVcIQKh8L
— Enrique Ketchum (@Hello_From_MARS) January 6, 2017
Naval Officer: The Nigger Navy is lost at sea. We have lost contact with mission control and unfortunately fear the worst
Nigger Navy: pic.twitter.com/DoyZKU45Go
— el aparicíon (@ChiSoleCulture) January 6, 2017
General: KNUCK#NiggerNavy: IF YOU BUCK, SIR! pic.twitter.com/LMSw9R9WvP
— black history heaux (@localblactivist) January 6, 2017
#NiggerNavy taking over for the '99 and the 2000's pic.twitter.com/0vHEv0f360
— Frazier Tharpe (@The_SummerMan) January 6, 2017
Trump: Report for briefing 0600 sharp!#NiggerNavy 0845 pic.twitter.com/j0JMscKtGG
— Ju (@MindOfJu321) January 6, 2017
This typo is definitely a low for Yahoo but a high for the rest of us. See who else had the biggest highs and lows of 2016 as Vh1 staffers discuss in the video below.