When Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o's touching story about his girlfriend's illness and death turned out to be a hoax, Internet users quickly took the opportunity to turn it into a more visible joke.
Te'oing is the latest photo trend, similar Tebowing or Eastwooding, where users upload photos of themselves with an "invisible girlfriend." Photos with the hashtag #Teoing have flooded Twitter and Instagram since Wednesday's bombshell announcement.
Like most Internet trends, there is already a Te'oing Tumblr site collecting the best of the digital inside joke.
Photo courtesy of Teoing
Just doing what any good boyfriend would do #teoing @mattv31 @erikainge3 twitter.com/sthomas419/sta…— Sam Thomas (@sthomas419) January 17, 2013
Everybody is Teoing now. Taking pictures with imaginary gfs hahaha twitter.com/ItsRaniiiii/st…— Makin it Rain ☔ (@ItsRaniiiii) January 17, 2013
Just walked in on my girl in the shower #teoing twitter.com/Webb_Squad/sta…— Justin Webb (@Webb_Squad) January 17, 2013
@omginsider @kevinfrazier #omgInsider Here I am #Teoing with my imaginary GF Thea! twitter.com/buckhollywood/…— Michael Buckley(@buckhollywood) January 17, 2013