Struggling to come up with that perfect Halloween costume that represents a piece of you, looks cute as hell, and doesn’t break the bank? Don’t worry, Twitter’s got your back with a recent trend: This year you can go as the sexy version of your greatest fear, and if you can’t think of a good combo, there are dozens of suggestions.
Many used the rise of the surging pre-Halloween meme as an opportunity to poke fun at their own concerns and insecurities, like @brai_1993, who’s sexy costume would be “Sexy all my friends are only friends with me as part of an elaborate practical joke.”
The jokes write themselves. What is an intangible fear that you have? Dropping out of college? Losing your wireless Apple earbuds? Just write “sexy” in front of that and boom, you have a Halloween costume.
Sexy all my friends are only friends with me as part of an elaborate practical joke https://t.co/zs6w3ltV1e
— 🏳️🌈 Mudkip (@brai_1993) October 11, 2018
Sexy Failure https://t.co/HjjmYmTqR5
— Chiron (@rhumdeuter) October 11, 2018
Sexy failed PhD https://t.co/5d8h6F9W0a
— María (@meeromensajero) October 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1050107398587703296
Some costume ideas were a bit too real. “Sexy existential dread,” or worse, “sexy responsibility.” No thank you.
https://twitter.com/SileemFarghaly/status/1050342660471435264
https://twitter.com/jj23___/status/1050324663367217152
https://twitter.com/Wiggillthat/status/1050118862887358464
sexy student debt https://t.co/OjOj7VtpQ4
— BAILEY, THE LIBTARDTARIAN 🅙 (@atheist_cvnt) October 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/1050152538207440898
Some people used the meme as a chance to express their political fears, like @sethdmichaels, who’s costume would be “Sexy The Historical Window for Pluralistic Liberal Democracy is Small and Closing,” or @MalloryInPink’s “sexy men telling me what to do with my body.”
https://twitter.com/sethdmichaels/status/1050134967597064192
Sexy Loss of Freedom of Movement and Being Doomed to Live out the Rest of my Life in a Backwards-Looking, Alf Garnett-inspired Theme Park to the 1950s #FBPE #Brexit https://t.co/y8SdKze73F
— Alasdair Thomson (@a_p_thomson) October 11, 2018
sexy I don't die of natural causes at least a decade before climate change-driven resource scarcity and the rise of fascist autocracies finally collapses society into a horror-strewn wilderness of death, oppression, and impoverishment https://t.co/bU3y9n0ON3
— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) October 10, 2018
Sexy men telling me what to do with my body. https://t.co/ugkq7f6y4w
— Mallory McMaster (@MK_McMaster) October 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/relicarinho/status/1050326622103056384
https://twitter.com/lauraklein/status/1050211233419259905
Fears over the quality of upcoming video games were even targeted, from the upcoming release of Red Dead Redemption 2 to Rayman 4.
Sexy not getting review copies of RDR2 https://t.co/eYSCy3Soto
— Eurogamer (@eurogamer) October 11, 2018
Sexy Rayman 4 will be bad https://t.co/YAayo8dian
— Quentin – PigeonMagique (@PigeonMagique) October 11, 2018
There were, of course, those who went in a more traditional direction. Options like “sexy shark” and “sexy snakes” abound. Don’t worry @luvpreet33, Indiana Jones can rock that sexy snake costume with you.
Sexy Snakes https://t.co/guqNa0cT1j
— Amrish Puri (@JattAmrishPuri) October 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/OhFarfalla/status/1050342004096462853
https://twitter.com/P_Brickfilm/status/1050341921128939526
A few of these costumes would legit be terrifying. “Sexy Catheter Violently Jammed Up My Dickhole?” How would you even make that?
Sexy Catheter Violently Jammed Up My Dickhole https://t.co/fgRdo0hgOW
— Stanley Roper (@StanleyRoper14) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/LeviGibian/status/1050101559919566849
https://twitter.com/dgahk/status/1050176319101779968
Sexy dying of thirst and flames in global warming apocalyptic fields https://t.co/fDciiQbvhZ
— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) October 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/thejenlife/status/1050130656250945536
Even Twitter got in on the fun. The official Twitter account announced “Sexy Edit Button,” as its Halloween costume.
https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1050167421384953857