Definitions
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- noun Internet, neologism An
image macro of, usually, a kitten or acat with ahumorous caption . - noun uncountable, Internet, neologism The deliberately misspelled and grammatically
quirky form ofEnglish associated with such images' captions.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term lolcat made the front page of today’s New York Times Week in Review section as one of the top buzzwords of 2007!
NOM NOM NOM NOM! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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February 10, 2008 at 1:55 pm nao dats wut ai calls a lolcat da doom ch!
LOL - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Breaks out of lolcat, which is increasingly difficult for me these days…seriously, I have actually been known to start work-mails to fun colleagues with I can has queshun?
WANT - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Huh, a good sport, also helped HuffPostTech turn him into a "lolcat" of sorts using a screenshot from a video of a photoshoot he'd done in the past (scroll down for the picture).
Ben Huh Stars As A Lolcat, Talks Twitter, Memes, And Going Viral (PICTURE) The Huffington Post 2010
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Huh, a good sport, also helped HuffPostTech turn him into a "lolcat" of sorts using a screenshot from a video of a photoshoot he'd done in the past (scroll down for the picture).
Ben Huh Stars As A Lolcat, Talks Twitter, Memes, And Going Viral (PICTURE) The Huffington Post 2010
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Huh, a good sport, also helped HuffPostTech turn him into a "lolcat" of sorts using a screenshot from a video of a photoshoot he'd done in the past (scroll down for the picture).
Ben Huh Stars As A Lolcat, Talks Twitter, Memes, And Going Viral (PICTURE) The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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In other news, we're all aware that the whole "lolcat" thing is just not my bag.
Speak chaosreality 2007
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August 23, 2008 at 9:18 am wut kind of lolcat is grammy?
Not tea - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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A fantastic and essential app, though I have to take issue with the use of CamelCase InterCaps in the word "lolcat".
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The blog, which takes its bizarre name from a caption attached to a very early "lolcat"
john commented on the word lolcat
I find this phenomenon challenging to even think about. Go here and read the about page, it'll explain everything.
October 5, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word lolcat
I kind of hate these, not least because an annoying co-worker is SO enamored of cats that she prints out these "cute" things and posts them on the wall...
But then I found this page. (Warning: it won't make any sense or be very funny if you haven't already seen John's link.) Which Cracks. Me. Up.
October 5, 2007
seanahan commented on the word lolcat
I love obscure presidential humor.
October 6, 2007
bilby commented on the word lolcat
I really don't get it. And I don't get why thousands of hours will be spent on translating the Bible into lolcat-ese.
November 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word lolcat
They're lolcatting the Bible? I can has feer?
November 25, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word lolcat
I just saw bilby's comment now, seven months too late. I wonder if they're done with it yet. *can't wait to read it* Lolz!
July 14, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word lolcat
It's hard for me to imagine anyone taking an active dislike to LolCat. It's an amazing made-up "language", what with its own grammar* and everything.
*I've seen quite a few discussion threads on LiveJournal communities where people are seriously arguing about the "correct" way to speak LolCat. One is not born with an ability to speak it (well, unless one is a *cat*). It has to be learned.
July 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lolcat
Actually, I take a relatively inactive dislike to it. :-)
July 22, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lolcat
I used to hate it. Now I think it's hilarious.
July 22, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word lolcat
No! Wut iz wrung wif u, Reeseteeh? Ow can u nut apreshiat teh sublim buty an linguissicly esteetic ingeeniusnes ov kitteh languge. Thaz not noormal. No, iz not.
I iz sry, I iz stoopid hooman an doan speek propr LolCat yeet! I stil lernin!
July 22, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lolcat
Wait... maybe I only think it's hilarious with pictures...
;) (kidding!)
July 22, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word lolcat
Ahaha, any boring thing can be improved with a cat macro! Who doesn't like looking at cats?
July 22, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lolcat
I don't. Just looking at them makes me sneeze. Plus, I'm apparently not normal.
July 22, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lolcat
I hate cats. I also hate cutesy pictures of cats. But LOLcats are hilarious.
July 22, 2008
dontcry commented on the word lolcat
Sorry to say that I'm not fond of cats... I'm actually really not fond of them...
July 22, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word lolcat
A bit ailurophobic, Dontcry? :)
July 22, 2008
dontcry commented on the word lolcat
Just a hair.
July 22, 2008
seanahan commented on the word lolcat
I am not ailurophobic, just allergic.
July 23, 2008