The joke turns on a simple wordplay that Brazilian football fans use online: VAR plus Mengão becomes Varmengo, implying Flamengo benefits from video referee decisions. It circulates as a short chant in memes, football edits and soundboards, especially among rival supporters who reuse it whenever a referee call sparks debate. The tag cheirinho, another teasing nickname in the same rivalry banter, often travels with it. Because every disputed Flamengo match gives the gag a fresh moment, the chant keeps returning long after any single game.
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Brazilian football chant mocking Flamengo as Varmengo, joking that VAR calls favour the club, used in memes and edits after controversial referee decisions.
This ten-second chant repeats the pun Varmengo over and over, blending VAR, the video referee system, with Mengão, Flamengo's famous nickname, to suggest the Rio club gets special help from officials. Sung in a teasing, rhythmic crowd style, it builds through repetition until the joke lands as a knowing jab rather than a serious accusation. For Flamengo supporters it stings because it turns a point of pride into a punchline, while rival fans hear it as a shared in-joke that instantly signals a disputed penalty, a late goal, or a decision that went Flamengo's way.
