



UPDATE: June 21, 2016, 12:04 p.m. EDT — We have since been corrected that Good Morning America out-memed us. Both Tea Lizard and Smockin' are indeed memes, born in the darkness of Weird Twitter. We still believe the following reactions are normal, great responses to a confusing situation.

Today, we learned just how hard memes — and muppets — can be, courtesy of Good Morning America.

The olds in charge of social media over at America's premier morning show wanted to cash in on the meme-ification of Lebron James crying after the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals Sunday. They did so by asking if the picture joined other hallowed memes like Crying Jordan, something called "Smockin" and "Tea Lizard."

While Smockin' is probably just a misspelling of "Smokin,'" The Mask's obnoxious catchphrase, Tea Lizard refers to the Kermit the Frog "But that's none of my business" meme.

Tea Lizard.

Again, they called Kermit the Frog "Tea Lizard."

As you would suspect, the sheer ridiculousness of GMA's tweet was not lost on a bewildered Internet.

Tea Lizard ☕️🐸

/tē/ /' lizerd/ 🔊



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a derogatory term for a frog 🐸 or green-skinned person drinking tea.#TeaLizard — NUFF$AID (@nuffsaidNY) June 21, 2016

I don't want to live in a world where people who run social media accounts think KERMIT THE FROG is a lizard. #TeaLizard — Stephen Albertini Jr (@S_Albertini) June 21, 2016

RT @Pontifex The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. #tealizard #smockin — Slade Sohmer (@Slade) June 21, 2016

All of us discussing whether some evil genius at @GMA created #tealizard intentionally pic.twitter.com/EaLbHRXJSE — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 21, 2016

And of course, there is already a Tea Lizard parody Twitter account.

It's also worth pointing out that a "Smockin'" meme is not really a thing, either.

the only #smockin i'm aware of is the extent to which twitter'#smockin GMA right now — probably problematic (@swizzard) June 21, 2016

Best of luck with your future endeavors, Good Morning America. Just leave Kermit out of them.

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