Ninja_Hater is an Instagram account with just over 3,000 followers, but a joke post from July 16 has turned into a major hoax centered around the word “ligma.” Ligma is a joke similar to any ...

When those unaware of the joke asked what ‘Ligma’ is, the witty protagonist can reply, ‘ligma balls’. Then we all have a big old laugh and no one is actually dead or infected with a deadly ...

As ligma spreads, internet denizens are also starting to move on to other similar types of jokes that people might not know about in an effort to keep things fresh. (Like sugma — as in, “suck ...