Dictionary

lolcat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɑl.kæt/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From lol + cat.

Meanings

1. (Internet, dated, neologism) An image macro of, usually, a kitten or a cat with a humorous caption.
   • 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. 2007 July 16, Lev Grossman, “Lolcats Addendum: Where I Got the Story Wrong”, in TIME, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2016:
2. (Internet, neologism, uncountable) The deliberately misspelled and grammatically quirky form of English associated with such images' captions.

Forms

Coordinates

LOLspeak · lolspeak

Relateds

Caturday · kitteh

Translations (14)

ko 롤캣 (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · mr लोल्कॅट (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · fr lolcat (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · pl śmieszne koty (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · hi लॉलकैट (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · ja ロルキャット (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · ru лолкэ́т (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · fa لولکت (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · ru лолке́т (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · mk ло́лкет (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · de Lolcat (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · fr lolchat (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · ru лолко́т (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption) · hu lolcat (image macro of a kitten or cat with a humorous caption)