[ TWITCH CULTURE ][ GEN Z BRAINROT ]
A Twitch emote depicting a laughing face, used as the platform's standard shorthand equivalent of "lol" for expressing that something is funny.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"LUL, he tripped over his own controller cord mid-match."
LORE & ORIGIN
Added to Twitch based on a photo of streamer TotalBiscuit laughing, LUL became one of the site's most frequently used emotes, functioning as chat's default laughter reaction.
FIRST SEEN
2013
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Twitch Canon)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
↑ HIGH RISING FAST · LOW
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ TWITCH CULTURE ][ GEN Z BRAINROT ]
MENTIONS OVER TIME
DOCUMENTED SINCE
2013
NOW
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