# People just stating "Skrillex" at the end of sentences, like a period. WTF is this all about? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891 "2012-06-02T21:13:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/1 "2012-06-02T21:13:31Z")
I googled him, he’s a musician. How did he become a punctuation mark? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/2 "2012-06-02T22:25:06Z")
Well, his music is shite. PERIOD. plus, I still think it’s just another attempt to resurrect Corey Feldman’s career. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/3 "2012-06-02T22:29:45Z")
Sounds kinda strange to me skrillex Nope, that doesn’t work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/4 "2012-06-02T22:34:42Z")
He does dubstep. If you don’t like dubstep you won’t like his music. His song Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites is one of the best-known dubstep songs. I think my son sometimes uses Skrillex as an exclamation point. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/5 "2012-06-02T23:31:19Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > He does dubstep. If you don’t like dubstep you won’t like his music. His song Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites is one of the best-known dubstep songs. I think my son sometimes uses Skrillex as an exclamation point. I would describe dubstep as music one might play if they were hosting a rave…for meth heads…in a lunatic asylum. The aggressive bass drops and tempo shifts make it ideal music for…I don’t know…the soundtrack for car commercials and action movie trailers. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/6 "2012-06-02T23:44:15Z")
It has to do with what is known as hashtag rap. A lot of rappers will say a rhyme and then punctuate said rhyme with a related subject. [http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/07/a\_brief\_history\_of\_hashtag\_rap.php](http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/07/a_brief_history_of_hashtag_rap.php) > **[\#Hashtag rap: a summary](https://www.metafilter.com/98912/Hashtag-rap-a-summary)** > > (I've seen the term floating around for a bit, so I figured I'd write up a quick summary. My apologies if its too dumbed down; just trying not to leave anyone behind! Please note, most links NSFW... I’ve seen the Skrillex thing once or twice but I don’t remember what the link was. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/7 "2012-06-03T00:54:35Z")
**Korn** has done a few song with him. That is how I first heard about **Skrillex**. (on the radio, I ain’t a Korn fan) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/8 "2012-06-03T01:14:52Z")
Never heard of it/him before. I gotta say though, I like this Skrillex video [Bangarang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVmu6yttiw&feature=relmfu). ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/9 "2012-06-03T20:05:13Z")
Something quite amazing is [this a capella version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcutAZHIiE8)of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/10 "2012-06-03T20:17:55Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > Something quite amazing is [this a capella version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcutAZHIiE8)of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. That kid is a 100 kinds of awesome. His Youtube channel has a lot more of his work. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/11 "2012-06-03T21:23:05Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > That kid is a 100 kinds of awesome. His Youtube channel has a lot more of his work. Agreed. Here’s another one I love: a [remix of Pretty Lights - Finally moving](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ceVJjsBh8&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLXHnfJ29iH_Sow_wV57MRYg) (just the song, no video). Which is itself a remix of Avicii - Levels and Rappin-4’Tay - Playaz Club, with the former sampling from Etta James… ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/12 "2012-06-06T21:07:01Z")
Ok, so skrillex is a musician. Hashtag rap gives us the construction of putting a random but related word at the end of a sentence. So… who put the chocolate in the peanut butter? Is there perhaps a rap song that used Skrillex as a hashtag and then people started ironically copying it, putting skrillex where he didn’t belong? (maybe deliberately wrong in a similar fashion to “teh” “pwn” and “!!!111one”?) ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/13 "2012-06-07T14:44:27Z")
(Oh, and by the way, thanks to this thread, I (a 35-year-old metal/rock/showtunes/grunge/folk/alternative fan) am now listening to Skrillex while I work, and sorta digging it. Thanks, I think?) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/14 "2012-06-07T15:47:15Z")
I just saw Skrillex in concert a couple weeks ago, and regardless of what you might feel about his music on the radio/youtube/pandora or whatever seeing him live is all kinds of awesome. The bass and the beats are a completely different experience. ETA: Thanks youtube! Here is a video not shot by me, but of the concert I went to [Just imagine being there!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FQpiezSc_E) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/15 "2012-06-07T18:49:04Z")
Wait, I’m unfamiliar with this trend. You mean people would say something like “I just had a hernia operation after injuring myself lifting a fat woman onto a sex swing, Skrillex!”? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/16 "2012-06-07T19:23:41Z")
Maybe it’s a casual term of address. I know a guy who calls everybody Mike out of habit. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/17 "2012-06-07T19:58:44Z")
I was in the produce section of the grocery store and some guy was dropping mad beets. Skrillex! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/18 "2012-06-07T20:04:34Z")
I went fishing, pulled in a few nice ones, but dropped the bass…Skrillex! ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/19 "2012-06-07T20:27:45Z")
That Atari 2600 game had some nice sprites Skrillex ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-just-stating-skrillex-at-the-end-of-sentences-like-a-period-wtf-is-this-all-about/623891/20 "2012-06-08T14:16:41Z")
Taste the rainbow. Skittlex!