Text:

Person 1: “Hey, spell ICUP!” Person 2: “I. C. U. P” Person 1: “Hahahaha I see you pee!!!”

Context:

My informant says this is a joke that was told in elementary school, and it was very, very common; everyone was doing it until, finally, everyone caught on, and no one wanted to spell ICUP.

Analysis:

I think this joke was very common; my informant and I grew up in the same area, and both our elementary schools were obsessed with this joke; I don’t know the origin of it, but in southern California, ICUP was a very popular joke in elementary schools.