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Duolingo is a language-learning platform that includes a website, an app, and a sociopathic owl mascot that specializes in threatening users to continue their courses. From passive-aggressive notifications after a period of inactivity to visiting your bedroom while you're asleep, it knows no limits. As the owl became more and more confident in its wicked ways, some of the 300 million Duolingo users started creating memes to tell about the times it came hunting for them. That's right, it doesn't matter if they're learning conjunctions or idioms, the owl is always watching. Waiting. And if they haven't completed their daily task by midnight, it's a bloody nightmare. Continue scrolling and enjoy some of the funniest Duolingo memes from Twitter, Instagram and pretty much any other corner of the internet!

#1

Intruder Alert

Duolingo meme showing notifications: forgot Spanish lesson warning and a simultaneous ADT intruder alert.

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#2

Dutch Duolingo

Funny Duolingo meme about selling a mother-in-law for a euro.

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The Duolingo project was started in 2009 in Pittsburgh by Carnegie Mellon University professor Luis von Ahn (creator of reCAPTCHA) and his graduate student Severin Hacker. Initially, Luis Von Ahn wanted to create a program that would both teach its users a foreign language and have them translate simple phrases in documents, though the translation feature has since been removed.

#3

You Know What Happens Know

Duolingo notification humorously paired with a missile alert, playing on language lesson reminders.

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#4

Practicing Your Spanish

Duolingo bird meme showing a blurred bird with text about not practicing for two days.

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The project was originally sponsored by Luis von Ahn's MacArthur fellowship and a National Science Foundation grant. Additional funding came from an investment Union Square Ventures and actor Ashton Kutcher's firm, A-Grade Investments.

#5

Translate This Sentence

Screenshot of a humorous Duolingo meme showing a translation error with funny text.

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#6

Breakdown In Norwegian

Duolingo meme with humorous Norwegian phrase, "I am eating bread and crying on the floor."

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Duolingo started its private beta on November 30, 2011, and more than 300,000 users joined the waiting list. On June 19, 2012, Duolingo launched for the general public. Due to popular interest, it has received many investments including a $20 million Series C round of investment led by Kleiner Caufield & Byers and a $45 million Series D round of investment led by Google Capital. Currently, Duolingo employs 95 people, of whom many had been working for Google.

#7

You Missed Your Spanish Lesson

Comic of a brain reminding someone they missed a Duolingo lesson, featuring the Duolingo owl holding a knife.

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#8

Coming Soon

Duolingo owl meme with ominous threat about knowing the French word for potato, followed by a blurred gun image.

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All language-learning features in Duolingo are free of charge, but it uses periodic advertising in both its mobile and web browser applications. Users can get rid of it by paying a subscription fee.

#9

Meirl

Funny Duolingo meme depicting conversation misunderstanding with native speakers from a TV show scene.

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#10

5 In A Row!

Duolingo meme with owl encouraging streak, humorously referencing a gulag for motivation.

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#11

Duolingo Funnies

Cartoon police officer in a funny Duolingo meme about translation accuracy: "The president has small hands."

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#12

Duolingo's Sense Of Humor

Duolingo meme with the text "Oops, that's not correct. Run for your life" and a notification bubble with number 44.

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#13

Morbid Language Learning

Duolingo meme featuring a bearded character with a humorous Spanish lesson text about family.

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#14

Forgetting Your Lesson

Duolingo meme showing normal, flatline, and chaotic heartbeat related to Spanish lesson reminders.

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#15

Important Questions

Duolingo meme with humorous sentence translation, asking profound questions like "Who am I?"

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#16

Well Done!

Duolingo owl with speech bubble saying, "5 in a row! Well done! Your family is safe today!"

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#17

The Final Duolingo Form

Duolingo app icon among various workout apps, creating a humorous meme contrast.

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#18

Speak Spanish

Duolingo meme featuring the owl holding a gun, humorously demanding language practice.

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#19

It's Called Learning

Duolingo meme with humorous text about downloading languages into the brain and slow buffering.

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#20

Duolingo's Here!

Person yelling as Duolingo owl bursts through a door with "LEARN SPANISH" text, depicting a funny meme scenario.

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#21

Duolingo Bird In Real Life

Duolingo meme: Black crow with knife, text reads "beg for your life in Spanish."

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#22

Last Chance

Duolingo meme featuring an incorrect answer message and joking about the Duolingo owl's intensity.

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#23

Where Were You?!

Buff Duolingo owl humorously confronting user for inactivity.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

¡SORPRESA, HIJO DE PUTA! *airstrike rages in background* *banjo music intensifies*

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

6 days? I haven't opened duolingo in 2 years and I'm still wondering where my girlfriend is.

Jackson Allinder
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HeCk? GeT OfF My ChRiStIaN MiNeCrAfT SeRvEr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#24

Scary Owl

Patrick panicking with a radio as Duolingo owl appears in the doorway; a hilarious Duolingo meme moment.

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#25

Nobody Cares For Your English

Duolingo meme parody with app mascot; top text censored, bottom text in Spanish translation.

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#26

House Of Lies

Duolingo bird meme showing a humorous interrogation scene about language practice frequency.

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#27

Practice! Now!

Duolingo meme: Owl appearing at bedroom door at 2am, urging Chinese practice.

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#28

A Real Threatening Aura

Two people running in a hallway, with text about Duolingo memes and daily language lesson reminders.

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#29

You Missed Your Lesson

Cartoon character humorously reminds about a missed Duolingo lesson.

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#30

Relentless Bird

Squidward meme with "The Duolingo bird" chasing "ME," depicting a funny Duolingo scenario.

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