Claire Reid
You may know Duolingo as the handy app that teaches you other languages and has a cute cartoon owl as a logo - but it turns out that adorable little bird has a bit of an erm… spicy side and it's left some people horrified.
Duolingo boasts almost 50 million users worldwide and is the perfect way to learn about six Spanish words before giving up - but social media users saw a different side to the education app after it shared a very NSFW response to a Katy Perry clip.
A throwback clip from Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards was recently shared online, showing the 'Fireworks' singer getting brutally slimed by a load of green gunge - you can relive that moment here:
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A perfectly innocent bit of slime-ing, the likes of which Nickelodeon was well known for, right? Well not according to the Duolingo dirty birdy, as the account recently retweeted the clip writing: “hold up is that my –”
The account then doubled down, adding: “we're all thinking it, i just said it.”
As you can imagine, social media users were a little surprised to discover a corporate account tweeting out such a post, with one person replying: “Whoever behind this account nasty.”
Someone else commented: “Duo what does this mean? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?” I think you’d be happier not knowing, mate.
While a third said: “When you're the only one running socials and have nobody checking what you're posting.”
Another person asked: “Who tf is running the account?”
One follower asked: “Hi Duo, my 12 year old son is working on his Italian and loves the app. He’s asking me what this tweet means, can you explain it to him?”
To which Duolingo replied: “Perdón, no respondo al inglés.” For those who no hables español that translates to: “Sorry, I do not respond to English.” Nice try, pal.
In a cheeky follow-up tweet, the account wrote: “this is your sign to log off Twitter and do your lesson.”
This isn’t the first time the account has gone viral for very non-educational purposes - back in September when Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine’s direct messages were posted online by model Sumner Stroh, Duolingo created its own mocked-up version of the now-infamous messages.
It seems like whoever is behind the Duolingo Twitter account really enjoys their job, eh?
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