Lolcat

//ˈlɑl.kæt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An image macro of, usually, a kitten or a cat with a humorous caption. Internet, dated, neologism

    "I had heard of Caturday when I wrote the piece, but I’d understood that it was a proto-lolcats practice that was different from the actual lolcats meme."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of lolcat. alt-of, alternative

    "A cluttered virtual desktop is as bad as a cluttered physical desktop. It's visually distracting and makes it easy to get derailed from the task at hand. (“Hey, lemme peek at that hilarious LOLcat just one more time!”)"

  3. 3
    The deliberately misspelled and grammatically quirky form of English associated with such images' captions. Internet, neologism, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
lolspeak

Example

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"I had heard of Caturday when I wrote the piece, but I’d understood that it was a proto-lolcats practice that was different from the actual lolcats meme."

Etymology

From lol + cat.

Related phrases

deliberately misspelled and grammatically quirky form of english associated with such images captionsimage macro of usually kitten or cat with humorous caption

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