Little is known about the original recording behind Poowehwerger, and the title itself appears to be a phonetic spelling of the garbled noise rather than a quote or character name. Clips like this circulate on user soundboards because the sound alone carries the joke, with no context needed to understand it. It has found a small niche among editors who collect nonsense vocal reactions, sharing it alongside other confused shouts and brain glitch sounds for quick punchlines in short videos and streams.