

The exact date when the word was first used is currently unknown, but is estimated to be prior to December 2012. The word "chungus" was allegedly coined by English freelance video game journalist Jim Sterling, who would often use it in various meanings without a set definition. The post has since been deleted, with copies scraped by Me.me and Onsizzle. On July 27th, 2017, a captioned image of obese Bugs Bunny was posted by Eclectic Memes Facebook group. On July 21st, 2017, Redditor hollerbravo uploaded a screencap of 4chan thread containing the image to /r/4Chan subreddit. The next appearance of the image on 4chan can be tracked to July 19th, 2017 (shown below, upper right), with more posts containing it appearing on /lit/ and other boards later that year. On May 27th, 2017, an anonymous 4chan user posted the image of obese Bugs Bunny to /lit/ board (shown below, upper left). In the short, Bugs is mocking Elmer Fudd, who in this cartoon was made much more portly than his previous and more iconic design (clip shown below). The image of Bugs Bunny appears in Merrie Melodies cartoon Wabbit Twouble, first shown on December 20th, 1941.
