The clip comes from online edits centred on Dexter, the boy genius character, and spread as a reusable meme audio on short-form video platforms. The skrr phrasing borrows from hip-hop ad-libs used to imitate tires screeching, which made the sound easy to pair with driving, sliding and swerving jokes. Because the loop is short, recognisable and rhythmically tight, editors kept reusing it as a transition and reaction sound rather than a one-off joke, helping it stay in circulation in meme soundboards and video edits.