Tendies comes from greentext stories posted on 4chan around 2014, where a manchild living with his mother earns good boy points for behaviour and spends them on chicken tenders. The stories spread to Reddit and other forums, turning tendies into shorthand for entitled tantrums. The accompanying REEEEE screech was already used online to imitate a frustrated frog like outburst, and the two merged into one meme format. It remains popular in gaming and reaction edits because the reference is instantly recognised.