kek en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- /kɛk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu, “haha”, representation of laughter). Since this is often used in StarCraft matches, Blizzard, StarCraft’s developers, decided to reference it in World of Warcraft: when a player of the Horde faction types "lol" using the /say messaging command, members of the opposing faction see it as "kek". Not related to "kik", a typo of "lol".
Meanings
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(Internet) Used to indicate laughter or humour.
Now Freakie boy, for a tasty doggie biscuit, can you try saying that again without any grammatical error? kek kek kek kek kek
2007 October 13, The Cynic [username], “Re: Nobel Peace belong to me.”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):Top kek. I can't believe Apple would derp like THAT, at least the Apple of the mid-1980s.
2013 December 11, Steve Nickolas, “Re: 1984 Apple IIe Owner's Manual”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet):> "an hour or two a day" "chasing old Checkmate posts." > >kek
2014 February 19, Checkmate [username] (quoting [Tor] Friendly Neighborhood Vote> Wrangler Emeritus [username]), “Checkmate's Discount House of Spatulas”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet):
Deriveds
Translations (3)
fr mdr (indication of laughter or humour) · ko ㅋㅋ (indication of laughter or humour) · ru кек (indication of laughter or humour)