The "If you know what I mean" meme is a rage comic character based on a still frame of Rowan Atkinson portraying Mr. Bean. The meme is used to point out a double entendre, often a sexual innuendo, in a post or image macro. It originated on the internet in early 2012, with the first widely noted instance submitted by a 9gag user featuring a screen capture from the 2007 film "Mr. Bean's Holiday." The meme typically features Mr. Bean's suggestive facial expression alongside text with the phrase "If you know what I mean" to emphasize the double meaning in a humorous way. This meme has also been used in vertical comics and reaction images similar to other popular memes like "You Don't Say?" and "We've Got a Badass Over Here".
The phrase "if you know what I mean" has long been used as a colloquial way to highlight a hidden, often risqué, meaning, and gained popularity as a meme for pointing out sexual double entendres online.
