LOLcatz..

paintnolish · Oct 7, 2008

These are cracking me up. I like the "new facial scar" one. As the owner (may he rest in piece) of a psycho cat, I can so relate! But, I'm sure this has been covered...why can't the cats spell?

Gina · Oct 7, 2008

paintnolish said:
These are cracking me up. I like the "new facial scar" one. As the owner (may he rest in piece) of a psycho cat, I can so relate! But, I'm sure this has been covered...why can't the cats spell?

From Wikipedia:

"The text parodies the grammar-poor patois stereotypically attributed to Internet slang. Frequently, lolcat captions take the form of phrasal templates. Some phrases have a known source (usually a well-known Internet meme, such as 'All your base are belong to us', 'Do not want' or 'Jesus Crist, it's a lion!'), while others seem to be specific to the lolcat form.

Common themes include jokes of the form "Im in ur noun, verb-ing ur related noun." This construction is a snowclone stemming from the phrase "I'm in ur base, killing ur doodz," which became a common meme in several real-time strategy computer games. "subjects: i has dem" show the cat in possession of multiple, identical objects, whereas "I has a noun" pictures show a cat in possession of an object. "Invisible noun" show pictures of cats apparently interacting with said invisible object. The related "flavor" (spelled "flavr" or "flavur" in lolcat) shots specifically show a cat (or another animal) licking/eating an item, person or animal (including sometimes themselves) and remarking how "[noun] haz a flavr." "My noun, let me show you it/them" pictures are accompanied by cats apparently presenting or offering an object. Another common lolcat displays a cat with a specific look, which is described by adjective, and the text, "[adjective] cat is [adjective]", "[adjective] cat is not [adjective]" or "Your offering pleases [adjective] cat." A version of this is also stated as "adjective cat is not amused", or "[adjective] cat has run out of [adjective]."

The broken and/or pidgin English is common in online gaming... and once you "get it," the lolcats are even funnier.