Mehoy began circulating as a user-uploaded meme audio on soundboard sites and social apps, where its exact original video is hard to pin down, and it has spread mainly through re-uploads, edits and TikTok sound swaps. Like other chant-driven meme sounds such as the gogogogogo loop and the oi oi oe oi a eye eye chant, its staying power comes from repetition: a short phrase that is easy to quote, easy to lip-sync and easy to drop into any silly moment. It also sits beside playful vocal bites like the chipmunk laugh, which creators use for the same comic relief.