The Thirsty Hamster Sunroof Thing

About

The Thirsty Hamster Sunroof Thing, also known as The Hamster Thing or Sunroof Hamster Trend, refers to a humorous sexual act in which a man lays across the roof of a car with his penis hanging through the sunroof while his partner gives him oral sex, resembling the act of a hamster drinking from a sipper water bottle. The slang term went viral in February 2024 after it was posted to X / Twitter, inspiring several viral videos on TikTok using the caption, "When he won't lay over my sunroof and let me act like a thirsty hamster."

Origin

The earliest known reference to the "thirsty hamster sunroof" was posted by X^[1] user @Keegan199159 on February 19th, 2024, writing, "Oh you a freak? Let me lay over your sunroof and you can act like a thirsty hamster. Talk about it, be about it," garnering one like in two days. Later that day, X^[2] user @marzmisa posted, "when he wont lay over my sunroof and let me act like a thirsty hamster 😔💔," garnering over 130 likes in the same span of time (shown below).

Spread

On February 20th, 2024, TikToker^[3] @caleystarkes posted a video using the same caption as X user @marzmisa, garnering over 7.1 million views in a day (shown below, left). On the same day, TikToker^[4] @amelia_weiss posted a similar video referring to the act as "the hamster thing," garnering over 4 million views in the same rough span of time (shown below, right).

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