lolcow
lolcow noun: a person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers.
Noun
lolcow (plural lolcows)
- 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
- > ...he wrote after he /finally/ realized that he needed to clip rpch+b
Forms of lolcow
| plural | lolcows |
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Origin of lolcow
From lol + cow, suggesting somebody who can be "milked for laughs", similarly to the term cash cow.
Words formed from lolcow
- horrorcow
Questions about lolcow
- What does lolcow mean?
- Lolcow means a person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers.
- What part of speech is lolcow?
- Lolcow is a noun.
- What is the plural of lolcow?
- The plural of lolcow is lolcows.
Words near lolcow in the dictionary
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