I Cri Evrytiem

About

I cri evrytiem, also spelled “i cri evry tiem” and “i cri evrytim”, is an intentionally misspelled catchphrase typically used in discussion threads and comments to convey sadness in an ironic manner.

Origin

The misspelling of “cry” stems from a copypasta about a short teenage romance story known as 5ever, which was posted by Tumblr user Deathray-Deathray^[13] on March 10th, 2011. Written in Comic Sans, the post ends with a note encouraging readers to reblog or like if they “crey.”

Spread

Throughout March 2011, similar variations of the copypasta surfaced on other blogs and social networking platforms including Blogspot^[3], 4chan, Reddit^[14] and YouTube. One of the earliest archived instances of the copypasta on 4chan was posted to the /v/ (video games)^[4] board on July 13th, 2011. The same day, it showed up in a thread on OperatorChan^[5]’s /cp/ (Copypasta) board.

On August 20th, 2011, Redditor NickDigger submitted a screenshot of a similar copypasta from a YouTube comment in an /r/funny post titled “And the winner for Youtube Comment of the Year goes to..” The post quickly reached the frontpage after garnering more than 1,287 points (87% upvotes).

On January 13th, 2012, YouTuber Stuff By David uploaded an animation video titled “The Poptart Tragedy,” which features a dramatic reading of a copypasta story that ends with the phrase “Lik Dis If U Cry Evertim.” Within three years, the video has garnered more than 2.5 million views.

In the following years, the expression became widely used as a sarcastic descriptor for trollpastas and badfics in post titles and comments, with various instances found on FunnyJunk, Imgur, 9gag and GamesFAQ. On April 19th, 2013, YouTuber Jacksfilms featured the phrase “I Cry everytiem” in the 50th episode of “Your Grammar Sucks.” On July 10th, 2014, YouTuber KSI uploaded a video called “I CRIEVERYTIEM.”