Reverse card is a card from
the game Uno.
Uno was invented in 1971 by a man named Merle Robbins. Supposedly, he had an argument with his son about the rules of another
popular card game, Crazy Eights. As a resolution to the disagreement, Robbins invented a new card game and dubbed it “Uno.” This makes sense as
the game is very similar to Crazy Eights.
The one card in there is the Reverse Card. The reverse card can reverse the turn cycle of a game and can be stacked. If used in a round with two people, it
will act as a block card, a different card which skips the turn of the next
player.
It is also a
meme. On April 18th, 2018, Urban Dictionary user Coolkid87611 defined the Uno reverse card as "An upgraded no u" providing the example of: "Me: insults my
friend. My
friend: pulls out uno reverse card. Me: dies. The definition received 69 likes and 9 dislikes in a year.
On May 10th, 2018, Imgur user thefloralgalaxy uploaded a photoshopped version of an Uno card that reads "No U" (shown below, left). In October 2018, the subreddit r/UnoReverse was launched "for those moments/conversations where someone is destroyed by a metaphorical Uno reverse card." The subreddit acquired 107 members in eight months. On May 9th, 2019, Redditor liam-macreadie- uploaded an epic handshake image comparing No U to Uno reverse. The image garnered
37 points (94% Upvoted) in a month.
e