lolspeak
lolspeak noun: the speech of lolcats, consisting of spelling variations of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.
Noun (1)
lolspeak (uncountable)
- The speech of lolcats, consisting of spelling variations of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.
- The standards are still being fract^H^H^H^H^Hwritten for the language, but the availability of Suitable Wordings from lolspeak verges on the frightening at times.2007, David DeLaney, “Re: As Others See Us, in this case the DHS”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet)
- Study the lolcat version of the book of Genesis, accessible as nltk.corpus.genesis.words('lolcat.txt'), and the rules for converting text into lolspeak at http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=How_to_speak_lolcat. Define regular expressions to convert English words into corresponding lolspeak...2009, Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, Edward Loper, chapter 3, in Natural Language Processing with Python, →ISBN, page 127
- Synonyms:
- lolcat
- Internet slang, often through initialisms such as those associated with the word lol.
Noun (2) capitalized: LOLspeak
LOLspeak (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of lolspeak.
Examples of lolspeak in a sentence
- Define regular expressions to convert English words into corresponding lolspeak words.2009, Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, Edward Loper, chapter 3, in Natural Language Processing with Python, →ISBN, page 127:
- Now, in this first ever feline gospel, they retell 50 popular Bible stories in LOLspeak.2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, →ISBN:
- Of course, for every feature of LOLspeak we discuss, it is likely that you will find numerous counter examples, as such is the nature of language play.2011, Lauren Gawne, Jill Vaughan, “I can haz language play: The construction of language and identity in LOLspeak”, in M. Ponsonnet, L....
Synonyms of lolspeak
Forms of lolspeak
| alternative form | LOLspeak |
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Origin of lolspeak
From lol + -speak.
From LOL + -speak.
Questions about lolspeak
- What does lolspeak mean?
- Lolspeak means the speech of lolcats, consisting of spelling variations of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.
- How do you use lolspeak in a sentence?
- Define regular expressions to convert English words into corresponding lolspeak words.
- What part of speech is lolspeak?
- Lolspeak is a noun.
Words near lolspeak in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lolspeak (page history and authors); LOLspeak (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lolspeak.wav.
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