MEET SPELLING champion Dev Jaiswal.
The Mississippi teenager placed 5th in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May this year. He exited the competition when he misspelled ‘iridocyclitis‘ – meaning an inflammation of the eye.
He also stole the show with his gentlemanly reaction to losing out:
In the weeks after the spelling competition, the video of Dev’s moment of glory racked up hundreds of thousands of views.
It was also posted on Vine…
… where it swiftly got remixed…
… and became a huge meme.
Like, a REALLY popular meme.
In short order, Dev Jaiswal got a hip-hop tribute.
Joined Destiny’s Child.
Remixed Fetty Wap.
And became the voice of Stitch.
Among other things.
Things got pretty weird, pretty fast.
But on one issue there was unity: Dev Jaiswal is a king among men.
Congratulations on winning Vine, AND our hearts. And providing the internet with the hardest-to-spell hashtag that has ever existed.
https://vine.co/v/eHQDJWw1gxI
#IRIDOCYCLITIS.
