Okay, so, I’ve been seeing this word “yeet” all over the internet, right? It’s everywhere, on social media, in memes, even my younger brother keeps saying it. And I’m like, “What the heck is going on?” So I decided to dig into it. I mean, where did this word come from? Who even started it? It’s such a random word to become popular.
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First, I just googled “who trademarked yeet,” just to see what would pop up. I figured someone had to have tried to cash in on this thing. And yeah, sure enough, there were articles about it.
Turns out, it’s not some big company or some famous celebrity. It’s some dude named Kasey Huffman. Apparently, he’s a professional wrestler from West Virginia. Now, I’m not a huge wrestling fan, but even I know the name Jey Uso. He is a professional wrestler working for WWE. But get this, he couldn’t use the term “yeet” because Kasey had already trademarked it! My mind was blown.
So, I dove a little deeper. I read that this Kasey Huffman guy has owned the trademark since like, 2021. That’s a while! And apparently, the WWE, you know, the big wrestling company, had some issues with Jey Uso using “yeet” because of Huffman’s trademark.
I found this post on X from this account called WrestleOps. They were talking about the whole trademark thing and confirmed that it was this Kasey Huffman guy who owned it.
I gotta say, it is pretty crazy how things work. One day you’re just a regular person, the next you own the trademark to one of the most popular slang words on the internet. What is the world coming to?
Anyways, I just thought I’d share my little investigation with you all. It’s a wild world out there, folks. You never know who’s gonna trademark the next big thing.
- Kasey Huffman, a pro-wrestler from West Virginia, trademarked “yeet”.
- WWE had issues with Jey Uso using the word due to the trademark.
- WrestleOps on X confirmed Kasey Huffman’s ownership.
So there you have it.
A regular guy, Kasey Huffman, owns the trademark to “yeet.” And that’s the story of how I spent my afternoon going down a very strange internet rabbit hole. But hey, at least now I know! You’re welcome.
