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Lolcat images' idiosyncratic and intentionally grammatically incorrect text is known as lolspeak. [1] Lolcat is a compound word of the acronymic abbreviation LOL (laugh out loud) and the word "cat". [2] [3] A synonym for lolcat is cat macro or cat meme, since the images are a type of image macro and also a well-known genre of Internet meme. [4]
The LOLCat Bible Translation Project was a wiki-based website set up in July 2007 by Martin Grondin, where editors aim to parody the entire Bible in "LOLspeak", the slang popularized by the LOLcat Internet phenomenon. [1] The project relies on contributors to adapt passages.
Another style of image macro that has amassed its own separate subculture is the "lolcat", an image combining a photograph of a cat with text intended to contribute humour. The text is often idiosyncratic and grammatically incorrect, and its use in this way is known as "lolspeak".
Jargon File, a glossary and usage dictionary of computer programmer slang LOLCAT and its "lolspeak", a similar phenomenon in 21st century English language Martian language , a similar phenomenon in Chinese language
Lolcat or Cat Macro with white cat on laptop computer Credit: Original: Jerry7171 Modified image: AmosWolfe Lolcats are images combining photographs of animals, most frequently cats , with a subjectively humorous and idiosyncratic caption in broken English referred to as Kitty Pidgin , Kitteh , or lolspeak .
LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language inspired by lolspeak, the language expressed in examples of the lolcat Internet meme. [1] The language was created in 2007 by Adam Lindsay, a researcher at the Computing Department of Lancaster University.
An online dictionary is a dictionary that is accessible via the Internet through a web browser. They can be made available in a number of ways: free, free with a paid subscription for extended or more professional content, or a paid-only service.
Shitposting is a modern form of online provocation. The term itself appeared around the mid-2000s on image boards such as 4chan.Writing for Polygon, Sam Greszes compared shitposting to Dadaism's "confusing, context-free pieces that, specifically because they were so absurd, were seen as revolutionary works both artistically and politically".