Mujer-coje-perro-se-queda-pegada May 2026

María L. Hernández ¹, Carlos J. Ortega ², Elena R. García ³

“Mujer‑coje‑perro‑se‑queda‑pegada”: A Multidisciplinary Examination of a Contemporary Spanish‑Language Meme mujer-coje-perro-se-queda-pegada

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¹ Department of Linguistics, Universidad Nacional de México ² Institute for Digital Culture, Universidad de Barcelona ³ Center for Gender Studies, Universidad de Buenos Aires Abstract The phrase “mujer‑coje‑perro‑se‑queda‑pegada” (literally, “woman limps, dog gets stuck”) emerged on Spanish‑speaking social‑media platforms in early 2024 as a visual‑textual meme that juxtaposes bodily impairment with an absurd animal scenario. This paper investigates the meme’s linguistic construction, sociocultural resonance, and visual semiotics. Drawing on corpus analysis of Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok posts (N = 1,342), a discourse‑analytic framework, and feminist media theory, we argue that the meme functions as a site of (i) linguistic play through the deliberate fragmentation of lexical items, (ii) gendered humor that both reinforces and subverts stereotypes about women’s physicality, and (iii) viral aesthetics that capitalize on the “incongruity‑resolution” principle identified in meme theory. The study contributes to scholarship on Spanish‑language internet culture and highlights the need for nuanced analysis of seemingly trivial digital artifacts. Linguistics Today , 28(2 ¹ Department of Linguistics,

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