lolcow en · NOUN
Etymology
From lol + cow, suggesting somebody who can be "milked for laughs", similarly to the term cash cow.
Meanings
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(Internet, derogatory) A person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers.
> ...he wrote after he /finally/ realized that he needed to clip rpch+b > from the xpost in order to whine "DYOFDW" without making a lolcow of > himself. (Took you long enough, Sherlock. But you're still a lolcow.)
2007 December 13, spooge, “Re: Party in RPCH+B, everyone! w00t!!”, in alt.fan.karl-malden.nose (Usenet):Chandler is far from the only “lolcow” to be targeted by KF. If anything, Kiwi Farms has been a victim of its own terrifying “success,” and attracted way more would-be trolls than its Ur-victim could possibly respond to.
2016 July 19, Margaret Pless, “Kiwi Farms, the Web’s Biggest Stalker Community”, in New York Magazine, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2018:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lolcows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |