A trivium from the Web: because kidding?

[Hugo]

> As the Spring 2014 edition of "Among the New Words" in
> AmSp will demonstrate, "because X" began circulating in 2010, with the
> canonical "because reasons" appearing on Twitter in Feb./Mar. of that
> year:

I found a pair of July 2009 "because reasons" using Topsy.

[Begin]
I am currently mad at da bae, @tre_hood, because *reasons*! He gets
silent treatment for *however long I keep him on* ughhhh I'm
frustrated
[End]

IG: Lala_Dequella, ‏@Dollhouse_21, 8 Jul 2009:
https://twitter.com/Dollhouse_21/status/2527671469

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[Begin]
@hyperion_lynx because reasons, it matters
[End]

Fariz Budiman, ‏@FarizVanJava, 16 Jul 2009:
https://twitter.com/FarizVanJava/status/2667106455

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> As for "because YOLO," the earliest I find in the Twitter archive is
> in a consciously acronym-heavy tweet from May 2011:

Here's a June 2010 via Topsy.

[Begin]
I wish I could say that I'm either A) Partying it up tonight because
YOLO, or B) going to bed early in preparation for 13 miles. I'm
neither
[End]

Bri Eggers, ‏@BreezyInBoise, 19 Jun 2010:
https://twitter.com/BreezyInBoise/status/16518462948

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Hugo

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