Tião Macalé was a Brazilian comedian and actor whose catchphrase Ih, nojento became one of his trademarks on television comedy shows in Brazil. The exaggerated way he said it, ending with tcham, made the line stick in popular memory long after the original sketches aired. In the internet era the audio was clipped and shared as a meme reaction on social media and in WhatsApp groups, where Brazilian users drop it whenever something unpleasant, tacky or absurd appears.