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.
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