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Brooklyn Man Claims Credit For Teboozing, Nation Shrugs

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An example of Teboozing (via the Teboozing tumblr).

Did the latest drinking fad start in Brooklyn? No, we're not talking about that horrible tampon-vodka thing. We're talking about Teboozing ("To get down on one knee," à la Tim Tebow, "and drink, no matter what is going on around you. Knee down, drink up!"). Peter Mishu, a 24-year-old University of Tennessee grad now living in Brooklyn, tells the Daily News today that he invented it. He does not, however, say if he would like a medal or a monument. (We look forward to seeing a Kickstarter for that any minute now.)

The idea—a riff on the ongoing mocking of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's prayer habits called Tebowing—shockingly started while Mishu was drinking. "My friend at his apartment was obviously drinking and said, 'Let's take a funny drinking pic,'" Mishu recalled. "And I got down on one knee with a bottle of Jack Daniels, posted it on Twitter and my friend in Knoxville replied immediately and said 'Teboozing.'" And a meme (and Tumblr) was born.

Though barely a week old, the Teboozing creators have already begun mulling a Teboozing launch party at a Lower East Side football bar (though no date has been set yet) and say their numbers are doing great. Somehow, considering he doesn't drink, we suspect Tim Tebow would not be amused by this trend—and we're okay with that.

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By Garth Johnston in on December 9, 2011 11:05 AM

Comments [rss]

  • It is really dumb and annoying but just about anything mocking Tebow is acceptable

  • chopp3r

    Christ.  Could this be any more feeble?

  • izzy isou

    I'm guessing planking is what comes after Teboozing.

    Can we perhaps create a Teboozing / No Pants Day event? That would really be the best that this life could offer, I just know it!

  • Oh, he's viral all right.

  • mmheidelberger

    Like herpes...

  • kevd

    Only one thing bothers me about this:
    Clearly that is a bottle of Evan Williams, not Jack Daniels.
    You'd think a guy from Tennessee wouldn't confuse his Kentucky bourbon for Tennessee whiskey.

  • Detex

    Evan Williams is Jack Daniels to hipsters. My buddy insists it is exactly the same and they just change the labels. Then again, he is special needs.

  • schmeep

    Just because you say it's viral doesn't make it so.

    I prefer Temurdering.

  • swampyankeesmom

    i believe that's actually called "douching".

  • AaronRed99

    I want to pick up that guitar and hit him on the head.

  • RobertMosesSupposesErroneously

    I invented "BILF" to describe a really cute baby...no one's giving ME a Gothamist article :(

  • Detex

    that is just creepy and strange.

  • Guest

    I invented "that's what she said" MANY years before Michael Scott made it popular.

  • swampyankeesmom

    is this really something you want to brag about?

  • sarobby

    I invented "beer and a shot".

  • Detex

    Isn't that just getting iced? which is equally as lame. WTF Hipsters, please just stop, you are trying too hard!

  • Trustafarian

    I'm just happy this guy made it out of the wasteland known as Knoxville, TN.  Good for you bro.

  • whodiditandran

    Unfortunately he ended up in Brooklyn. Bad for Brooklyn, bro.

  • the_uptowner

    Seems like a typical douchebag Brooklynite to me...

  • wonderchimp5

    Somebody Ice this guy.

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