Ricardo Fort was an Argentine businessman and television personality who became a flamboyant reality star in the late 2000s and early 2010s. His theatrical way of calling for his mother turned into one of his most quoted catchphrases after clips from his public appearances circulated online. After his death in 2013 the line kept spreading across Argentine social media, group chats and meme edits, where the drawn out mamaaaa is now used as shorthand for melodramatic panic, spoiled outrage or a comic cry for help.