Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Internet, slang Fun; amusement; humor; especially schadenfreude.
Etymologies
- Alteration of lol. (Nonstandard spelling of the plural suffix -s.) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They especially love it when you post it online, so they can get "lulz" from it.”
"Would you like to see a little of it?" said the Mock Turtle.
“Of course, the term "lulz" is more universal for a more Borat-esque prank level.”
“Currently starting from 2006, the website aims to showcase and document every video that has been the creative result of the fight against Scientology, whether it’s raid videos, TV documentaries, or plain lulz.”
RNB Quicklinks: Patty Hearst, Jesus OneTouch, L. Ron Hubbard, and more…
“The irony is that Lady Gaga makes millions by people buying the Cartman song for "lulz".”
“Gazeta Olsztynska's error or the misplaced photo was the product of a newspaper staff member in it for the "lulz" is uncertain.”
“Gnosis and the hackers who do it for more than the 'lulz' | Mike Castleman”
“I am going to pretend you are just a troll doing it for the "lulz" and assume you can't possibly be that ignorant.”
“In August, The New York Times Magazine did a story about trolls, some barely out of their teens, who antagonize others for the sake of "lulz": "Lulz is watching someone lose their mind at their computer 2,000 miles away while you chat with friends and laugh," one ex-troll told the publication.”
“They'll get tired of looking for their sick "lulz" if they're ignored.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lulz’.
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Words of the Times
Words discovered while reading The New York Times, each with a citation from the paper.
testilying, ghost talk, apneist, solastalgia, izakaya, hooker, telectroscope, airflyte, phomance, bromhidrosis, stinky feet, cupping and 482 more...
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ChatOmbre's Words
fwah, lulz, apotheosis, snazzy, interrobang, hemidemisemiquaver, dieselpunk, oriflamme, sesquipedalian, apotheosis, addlepated, umbrage and 12 more...
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Cringe List
No. Just no.
"Slang, though humanly irreverent, tends to be inhumanly loveless. It lacks tenderness and compassion; its poetry has the effulgence of a soldier's brass buttons."
...woot, w00t, anyways, whatever, totes, booyah, sick, ill, nom, anyhoo, frickin', jeebus and 81 more...
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Kawaii Headdesk
The internet has given birth to a most hideous beast: a subculture that merges the worst of middle-school drama, valley-girl stupidity, and pop-culture idolatry. Add a dash of emo and a pinch of sn...
preggers, hugz, lawl, teehee, awwwwww, wtf, omg, haxx0r, stfu, roflol, pwn, d00d and 85 more...
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zetaday
words that embody peasantry
noice, hallo, brang, breh, sup, um, like, dude, cheers, dank, schwag, meme and 43 more...
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Teen Speak
frenemy, lulz, gobsmacked, BFF, FTW, sperglord, copyleft, beanplate, ish, facepalm, famewhore, starfucker and 6 more...
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tardspeak
ph3@r mY l337 hax0r sp33k
lollerskates, roflcopter, leet, haxor, the internets, artard, failboat, pr0n, pwn, omgwtfbbq, lulz, o rly and 19 more...
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Teh Interwebs
So, I herd u liek Mudkips?
lolcat, caturday, internets, interweb, kthxbai, egosurfing, baleeted, pebkac, fubar, wiki, zomg, lols and 19 more...
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bad words
Words I don't like
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lulz.
Chuck Falzone Roughly equivalent to a noun sense of "laughs": "we did it for the lulz." It has a mean-spirited conotation. Derived from "lol," acronym for "laughing out loud." Jul 15, 2009
john “Lulz�? is how trolls keep score. A corruption of “LOL�? or “laugh out loud,�? “lulz�? means the joy of disrupting another’s emotional equilibrium. “Lulz is watching someone lose their mind at their computer 2,000 miles away while you chat with friends and laugh,�? said one ex-troll who, like many people I contacted, refused to disclose his legal identity.
The New York Times, The Trolls Among Us, by Mattathias Schwartz, August 3, 2008
Aug 1, 2008
chained_bear Is this different from lolz? If so, how? (so I can start using it and irritate more people) Aug 1, 2008