While watching a stream, you must have seen MonkaW emote and wondered what MonkaW means in Twitch chat. There are tons of emotes on Twitch, which are spammed at any given moment during the stream. They are pretty funny if you know their meaning, and you can join in too. To help you understand why MonkaW is spammed, we will tell you its meaning and origin.

The MonkaW emote is used in Twitch chat when a streamer is in a tense or challenging situation, such as a boss fight or a horror game. To use the MonkaW emote, you must have the FrankerFaceZ Twitch extension or the BTTV (Better Twitch TV) extension. This meme is also ironically spammed when a streamer is ranting or frustrated. It is used interchangeably with MonkaS, the original version of this emote.

MonkaW is an emote from the Pepe the Frog family, one of the most popular emote families on Twitch chat. The emote is an image of Pepe looking terrified. Pepe the Frog’s variations have helped countless viewers express a wide range of emotions on the platform. The MonkaW emote is a zoomed-in version of MonkaS. This emote first appeared on 4Chan in 2011. However, it was later uploaded to the BTTV extension in 2016. The original MonkaS was uploaded by a Twitch user named MonkaSenpai. There are also other versions such as MonkaMega, MonkaGIGA, MonkaThink, and more.

Back to the origin of all variations: Pepe the Frog is a popular character from the comic strip “Boy's Club”. In this comic strip by Matt Furie, Pepe is a laid-back frog who likes to hang out with his friends. He has some iconic lines such as “Feels Good Man”, which were picked up by Twitch users to react to whatever was happening on stream. Over time, variations such as MonkaS were released, which are still used by players today.