lolcat meaning (dated): definition, etymology and quotations

lolcat

noun

US /ˈlɑl.kæt/

Etymology From lol + cat.

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:

Internet, Neologism The deliberately misspelled and grammatically quirky form of English associated with such images' captions.