A new year, a new meme. Or new memes.

So far, my favorite meme of the year is the "What in Tarnation?" meme. If you don't know what that is because you've been living under a craggy boulder ("rock" is overused), it all began with a man looking at his tablet at farmersonly.com, captioned "wot n ternation". Then a dog wearing a hat, captioned "What in tarnation?" became a particularly well-loved form of the meme. And then, people on the internet found it so amusing (and rightly so) that they began making puns with it and putting cowboy hats on various objects. Anyway, here are what I believe to be the top ten of those memes.

10. What in Tarnation? (Original)

Ah, the meme where it all began. Bless the creator of this meme. It's so weird in the best ways. Just look at his expression!

9. What in Correlation?

I love the blend of the serious chart and the humorous meme and cowboy hat.

8. What in Fire Nation?

From Avatar: The Last Airbender. Pretty much my favorite show. If you haven't seen it, go watch it. Anyway, I particularly like this one because this guy's mouth is in such a perfect "o" shape that it really looks like he's saying "wot".

7. What in Formation?

SLAY QUEEN SLAY. But seriously this is just perfect because I guess she just happened to be wearing a cowboy hat (it doesn't look photoshopped). Also for those of you who don't know she has a song called Formation. So yeah.

6. What in Deflation?

HAH it's always great to joke about cheating in professional football, amirite?

5. WHAT IN FILTRATION

Something about this one is so absurd. But that cowboy hat fits pretty well on that water jug, if I do say so myself.

4. What in MLA Citation?

Again, a lovely mixture of seriousness and humor.

3. What in Imagination?

I love this one because it works so well in the context of this Spongebob episode. Also I commend whoever photoshopped that hat onto Squidward's head. I tip my hat to you, sir/madam.

2. Tarnation What inThis is beautiful because apparently someone came across a Yoda with a cowboy hat on (or put it on him his/herself) in some hat store (or something of the like), and then not only made it into a meme, but thought to scramble the words to fit how Yoda actually speaks. Amazing. 10/10 for thoughtfulness.

1. What in Standard Deviation?

YES I just love this one so much. The hat fits on the bump beautifully and this is so nerdy and beauteous and I love it.

Hope you appreciated this gallery of "What in tarnation?" memes (What in appreciation? I'm sorry, I had to). May this year turn out many more great memes.