Okay, so I saw this “817” thing popping up all over the place, and I was like, “What the heck is that?” I’m usually pretty good at figuring out these internet trends, but this one had me stumped. So, I decided to do a little digging.
My Deep Dive into 817
First, I just straight-up Googled it. You know, the usual. I typed in “meaning of 817” and hoped for the best. I got a bunch of random stuff – numerology, some angel number thing, and a few urban dictionary entries that didn’t really make sense.
I wasn’t getting anywhere fast, so I went to some forums. You know, the places where real people hang out and talk about this kind of stuff. Still nothing definitive. Some people were saying it was related to a specific date, others thought it was a code for something, and some just had no clue. It was a mess.
I tried to see if it could be like a area code. typed and search it. Nope!
Then it hit me! Sometimes these numbers relate to, like, verses from the Bible. so I searched different bible, like King James Version or others. still nothing.
After feeling like give up. I decided to went back to search one more time. Finally, I found some people online who thought it was related to a Chinese internet slang, I thought: Bingo! I am Chinese!
- 8 (bā) sounds a little bit like “bye” (bāi)
- 1 (yī) sounds like “together/and”(yī qǐ)
- 7 (qī) sounds like “me”(qī) in Shanghainese or Cantonese
I kept digging and found this one website that had a whole list of these number codes, and there it was: 817 is short for a funny way of saying “Bye, with me.” It’s kind of cute, I guess.
So, there you have it. After all that searching, I finally figured out the “meaning of 817.” It’s just a slang. Mystery solved!
