Lolcat

This article is about the meme. For fictional cat from Fairy Tail, see Happy (manga character).
A 2010 lolcat meme using the grammatically incorrect "I are ..." format, and employing misspellings for humorous effect

A lolcat (pronounced /ˈlɒlkæt/ LOL-kat), or LOLcat, is an image macro of one or more cats. 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] Lolcats are commonly designed for photo sharing imageboards and other Internet forums.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference latimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Silverman, Dwight (June 6, 2007). "Web photo phenomenon centers on felines, poor spelling". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  3. ^ Rutkoff, Aaron (August 25, 2007). "With 'LOLcats' Internet Fad, Anyone Can Get In on the Joke". The Wall Street Journal. New York. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
  4. ^ Salas, Randy A. (June 9, 2007). "Laugh at cat humor". Akron Beacon Journal, Star Tribune. Retrieved June 17, 2007. At first, they were called cat macros, but now go mostly by the name lolcats.