Fictional Characters dictionary Tyrone Biggums [tahy-rohn big-uh ms] Published May 18, 2018 Who is Tyrone Biggums? Tyrone Biggums was a crack-addicted, homeless character on Chappelle’s Show, who has since been used in memes … many memes. Related words: Clayton Bigsby New Jack City 8 ball Where does Tyrone Biggums come from? Examples of Tyrone Biggums KC out in these streets looking like Tyrone Biggums. 👀 #ShowtimeApollo @LocdQueenMagic, February, 2018 I just ate tortilla chips with chapped lips. I look like Tyrone Biggums right now 😭😂😭😂 @ikeebzitreal, January, 2016 We’re taught to see addiction as a moral failing, a proverbial stick with which we can beat others down while elevating ourselves for not making bad choices. Perhaps it’s the existence of fictional characters like Dave Chappelle’s Tyrone Biggums or Ezal from ‘Friday’ that make the Campbell video [of a women apparently suffering from mental illness] seem like entertainment. Zeba Blay, HuffPost, July, 2017 SEE MORE EXAMPLES Who uses Tyrone Biggums? References to the character of Tyrone Biggums are humorous takes on the topic of addiction, either playing the addict for laughs or mocking someone for having a seemingly obsessive interest in something. For example, someone who plays video games every day might be mocked by comparing them to Tyrone Biggums, perhaps with the phrase “Y’all got anymore of them video games?” Either way, earning a comparison to Tyrone Biggums is not a compliment, even if it is done for humorous effect. Know Your Meme The character of Tyrone Biggums has been criticized for making light of serious discussions regarding addiction, particularly in light of the so-called opioid epidemic in the United States. Just Added up to snuff, rage farming, hermano, food coma, National Medal of Arts Note This is not meant to be a formal definition of Tyrone Biggums like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of Tyrone Biggums that will help our users expand their word mastery.