Neknominate, also known as neck and nominate, neknomination or neck nomination, is an online drinking game. The original rules of the game require the participants to film themselves drinking a pint of an alcoholic beverage, usually beer, in one gulp (known as necking) and upload the footage to the web. A participant then nominates another person to do the same within 24 hours.[1][2][3]
The game became popular in early 2014, and as it spread it escalated, with nominees performing the challenge in more extreme circumstances, drinking more potent beverages or engaging in dangerous activities either during or immediately after drinking. The British tabloid newspaper Metro reported that at least five deaths in the United Kingdom and Ireland are believed to have been directly linked to the drinking game.[4][5] One of these was Jonathan Byrne from County Carlow, whose father later appeared on The Late Late Show.[6][7]
- ^ Hood, Stuart (4 February 2014). "NekNominate: don't demonise this dumb drinking game". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Neknominate extreme online drinking game 'disturbing'". CBC News. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Krishnan, Joe (3 February 2014). "Neknominate: South African man pledges to use his 'Neknomination' to reduce poverty". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Tahir, Tariq (10 February 2014). "Two British men killed by NekNominate drink dares". Metro. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Neknominate Drinking Game going Viral". Metro. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "Priest urges young people to avoid Neknominations". RTÉ News. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ Kane, Conor (6 February 2014). "'You owe it to Jonathan Byrne to say no to neknomination'". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 February 2014.