Viral Pakistani ‘angry fan’ meme gets featured in English vocab book

Memes have now become one of the easiest ways to express what we think. And when it comes to expressing disappointment, no other meme can beat the ‘angry’ Pakistani fan – Sarim Akhtar – for his epic reaction at Pakistan’s batting against Australia in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

Well, guess what? Now, the meme has been used as a “graphical explanation” in an English vocabulary book. The book publisher used the meme image to explain the word “glared”. The verb ‘glared’ has been described as “to stare angrily or reflect uncomfortably”.

Sarim Akhtar posted a photo of the page featuring him in the book and wrote, “Waooo, got featured on an English vocabulary book,” followed by a laughing emoji.

Waooo, got featured on an English vocabulary book 😆 pic.twitter.com/ihkcMGosC2

— Sarim Akhtar (@msarimakhtar) August 17, 2021

While most netizens found it hilarious, some wondered if it happened for real. Well, it turns out that the picture is real and the page is from Kips Vocabulary Book of English.

In another tweet, Akhtar clarified that the image was not fake. “This turned out to be an actual book after all. Received it on WhatsApp. Publisher used my image w/o permission,” Akhtar said.

He added, “This is not an endorsement of any kind and I am not affiliated with either the publisher or the website that might have illegally PDF’d it.”

This turned out to be an actual book after all 😆 received it on WhatsApp 😳 publisher used my image w/o permission 😕🤯😡

Note: this is not an endorsement of any kind and I am not affiliated with either the publisher or the website that might have illegally PDF’d it 😐 https://t.co/h8qWfCE3hW pic.twitter.com/wOV9dSsmPO

— Sarim Akhtar (@msarimakhtar) August 19, 2021

However, netizens were delighted to see Sarim’s meme reaching books now. Many said that he should sell the meme as an NFT.

One user said, “You have become an icon over night bro … Enjoy the sensation(sic).” “Man oo man!! Can’t forget your memorable pose(sic),” another wrote. A third user posted, “Epic. They should give you incentives for using your pic(sic).” While another added, “World will be forever indebt to Muhammad Asif for his dropped catch(sic).”

Well, do you think memes can be used as examples for better understanding?