What's the dab dance? What is the meaning of dab? Where did the memes come from? Today we have a look at the history of the popular dance "The Dab" as well as it's popularity as memes. Today we explain the meaning, history and have a look at the popular dance that originated from the Atlanta hip hop scene in 2013 but quickly spread to the rest of the world and became a meme. The word dab has multiple meanings. One is the title of the dance itself. It is also commonly used in marijuana culture to refer to a way of smoking highly concentrated THC.