Lolcat Meaning?
6.5BRAINROT SCORELOLcat A cat photo captioned with deliberately broken, phonetically-spelled English ("lolspeak"), one of the internet's foundational and most enduring meme formats.
Origin:Emerged in the mid-2000s from image-board culture, popularized widely by sites like I Can Has Cheezburger, establishing an entire distinctive captioning dialect still referenced today.
First Seen:2005
Peak Era:2005-2012 (Peak), recirculated ongoing
Aura Impact:0 Aura (Foundational Meme Format Reference)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"She posted a lolcat with the caption 'I are serious cat.'"
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