The "Green Background Or Whatever" meme originated from the concept of a green screen, a visual effects technique where a solid green color is used as a placeholder background during filming, later replaced with a different image or video. The meme itself is a solid green image, often accompanied by the phrase "Green Background Or Whatever," humorously acknowledging its generic and interchangeable nature. Its meaning revolves around the idea of a placeholder, something generic, or a background that is so unimportant or undefined that "whatever" could be placed there. It can also imply a lack of effort or creativity in a chosen background, or serve as a customizable template. Users deploy this meme by superimposing various images, text, or other meme elements onto the green area, often to create new, personalized memes or to ironically comment on the triviality of a background in a given context.