God Save the MEME! Hilarious snap of smiling Queen next to Prince Louis with hands over ears perfectly sums up nation's divide between those who LOVE and HATE the new social media slogan 'Platty Joobs' for the Jubilee
- The phrase 'Platty Joobs' has become a short way of saying 'Platinum Jubilee'
- People have seized on the antics of Prince Louis as they argue over the term
- Some social media users have claimed the term has sent them over the edge'
- Others say they can't get it out of their head and are 'whispering it' to themselves
- Latest Platinum Jubilee news as the Queen celebrates 70 years of service
By MATTHEW LODGE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 03:30 AEST, 3 June 2022 | UPDATED: 03:31 AEST, 3 June 2022
A hilarious image of the smiling Queen next to Prince Louis' with his hands over his ears perfectly sums up the nation's divide over the social media slogan 'Platty Joobs' for the Jubilee.
The young prince was the star of the show today, with his delightful antics on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as he stood next to Her Majesty melting the hearts of the public.
The four-year-old had been pictured waving at bystanders earlier in the day, and was snapped pulling faces and picking his nose during Trooping the Colour, while he covered his ears during the noisy flypast.
The latter of these reactions has been seized upon by social media users who are digging battle trenches over the term 'Platty Joobs' - a shorthand of Platinum Jubilee.
While many have taken the light-hearted phrase in their stride and even embraced it, others are staunchly against it.
Use of the phrase Platty Joobs as a shorthand for Platinum Jubilee has deeply divided people on social media
@geraintgriffith tweeted his disdain for it, writing: 'I've just been confronted with the phrase 'platty joobs',so everything can f**k off. Everything. F*****g all of it.'
But the power of the phrase might be too much for people to withstand, with some being seduced into using it against their will.
Journalist and author Caitlin Moran tweeted: 'The Paltinum Jubilee being called "The Platty Joobs" might be the worst thing to have ever happened in my lifetime. And yet... I've started whispering it to myself.'
Former Love Island winner Amber Gill added: 'I wasn't interested AT ALL until it's been renamed the Platty Joobs now I'm all over it. Stick the Union Jack on my forehead thank u.'
Prince Louis (pictured right) took centre stage at today's London Platinum Jubilee celebrations, stealing the scene with his mischievous antics as he was snapped pulling faces and picking his nose during Trooping the Colour
At times, the occasion seemed like too much for the four-year-old, who was snapped pulling a range of faces (pictured) during his public appearance
Meanwhile, @Pandamoanimum said you can a lot about a person who uses the phrase.
They said: 'People who use the term Platty Joobs no doubt also count down in sleeps till they go on their holibobs with their gawjus famalam to chillaz and have a totes amazeballs time because it's like wine o'clock all the time so can legit go for a cray cray cheeky sesh whenevs babez.'
@bigdybbukeenergy said: 'Just saw someone referring to the jubilee as the platty joobs and it has sent me over the edge.'
While some social media users have grown to love the term, others can't contain their hatred of it
@AAEmerson complained not about the phrase itself, but the way it was spelt.
They said: 'I'm disgusted with the term Platty Joobs. What an insult and a disgrace. It's clearly Platty Jubes.'
TV Critic and broadcaster Tony Earle remarked on its similartiy to the famously nonsensical names in Star Wars, tweeting: 'Not seen the latest Star Wars, who's Platty Joobs?'
Earlier in the day social media users found an unlikely hero in the form of an Irish wolfhound.
Turlough Már, better known as Seamus, accompanied the Irish Guards as they marched down Horse Guards Parade in front of vast crowds enjoying the festivities.
The pooch was a hit with people on social media too
Social media users found an unlikely hero during this morning's coverage of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, as they took an Irish wolfhound to their hearts
Among the festivities today was the Irish Guards arriving at a march at Horse Guards Parade in front of the sitting crowds in the bright sunshine, led by their furry mascot
Presenter Lorraine Kelly led the tributes, tweeting: 'Loving Seamus the Irish Wolfhound - effortlessly stealing the show #TroopingTheColour'
Another wrote: 'This Irish Wolfhound really thinks the parade is for him, doesn't he? #whatagoodboy'
A third said: 'Seamus the Irish wolf hound has my heart', while another added: 'Highlight of the jubilee coverage so far is definitely the BBC interviewing Seamus the Irish Wolfhound, mascot of the Irish Guards.'
The two-year-old canine, who was trained with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, was accompanied by his handler, Drummer Adam Walsh, throughout the parade.
He told Sky News: 'As you can imagine it's quite loud in front of the band and his hearing is very amplified.
'So for him to stay cool, calm and collected takes a lot of training and a lot of prep.
'We went up to Melton Mowbray which is where they train all the army dogs and we spent about two and a half months doing training about obedience. You have to make the dog fit the role, rather than the role fit the dog.
'He has his own room where we all live. He's a pampered pooch, he's treated as one of the lads.'
Drummer Walsh added: 'Not much fazes him. He's a key personality in the battalion.
'We almost have that kind of unseparable bond now and we just love working with each other.
'We've done so much practice for it now it's almost second nature to him, he's going to be great.'