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Baby Hippo Bippo

This is a screenshot of a social media thread featuring two depictions of a baby hippopotamus: a simple, cute cartoon drawing on the left, and a real photograph of a baby hippo partially submerged in water on the right. Original poster rosarrie labels the post "baby hippo". User maplebungus replies with the silly, endearing misspelling/renaming "bippo.......", and the original poster responds agreeing with "ur so right". The humor comes from the soft, cutesy mispronunciation that turns "baby hippo" into the affectionate nickname "bippo", which matches the adorable vibe of the baby hippo images.
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bippo.......
ur so right

Overview

This is a screenshot of a social media thread featuring two depictions of a baby hippopotamus: a simple, cute cartoon drawing on the left, and a real photograph of a baby hippo partially submerged in water on the right. Original poster rosarrie labels the post "baby hippo". User maplebungus replies with the silly, endearing misspelling/renaming "bippo.......", and the original poster responds agreeing with "ur so right". The humor comes from the soft, cutesy mispronunciation that turns "baby hippo" into the affectionate nickname "bippo", which matches the adorable vibe of the baby hippo images.

Origin notes

This meme originated as an interaction between users on Tumblr, and was later reposted to X (formerly Twitter) by the account WholesomeMeme, which is the source indicated for this image. The thread became a popular small wholesome meme focused on the cute silly renaming of the baby hippo.

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