Where it came from
Guychow comes from a meme chart titled "Know the difference: Guychow vs Foidslop," which was saved to Know Your Meme's goyslop gallery on October 17, 2024. It's laid out like a dictionary page. Guychow is "meat centered dishes that are quick and easy to prepare," where the vegetables are only there to help the meat. Foidslop is a "flavorless amalgamation of carbs and vegetables." The examples are a ribeye steak for guychow and pasta salad for foidslop.
A longer version of the chart added wifeslop and guyslop, and described guychow as a single man's meal, made for himself, that often starts with ground beef.
How people use it
Most of the time guychow is the punchline to a girl dinner joke. People post a plate of steak and rice, or a pound of ground beef eaten straight from the pan, and call it guychow. "Guychow recipes" gets searched too, mostly by people who want an easy high-protein dinner and like the name.
The full four-way chart is on foidslop vs guychow.
Sources
- Guychow vs Foidslop chart (Goyslop gallery), Know Your Meme, Oct 17, 2024
