LOLcatz..

[maddhatir]

I find myself using LOLcat words when I type

Very bad grammer- I HAZ IT!

LOLcats would not be the same if the grammer was correct

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

And for anyone that has been owned by cats..you just KNOW thats they way they think and talk!

 

[maddhatir]

And for anyone that has been owned by cats..you just KNOW thats they way they think and talk!

This is TRUE!

 

[laurie31]

I've laughed like heck at most of the photos/situations posted in this thread.

Do any of you know why the spelling is usually "destroyed", via the caption?

I can't imagine how someone whose first language is not English must feel while/if trying to decipher them!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat

Images portraying cats in human-like situations with captions date as far back as the 1860s, when a Brighton photographer named Henry Pointer began publishing a carte-de-visite series. Later, in the early 20th century, Harry Whittier Frees published novelty postcards and children's books with such images of animals dressed in human clothing.[12][13]

The first recorded use of the term "lolcat" is from the anonymous imageboard 4chan circa 2005.[14][15][16] The word "Lolcat" is attested as early as June 2006, and the domain name "LOLcats.com" was registered on June 14, 2006.[17] Their popularity was spread through usage on forums such as Something Awful.[18] The News Journal states that "some trace the lolcats back to the site 4chan, which features bizarre cat pictures on Saturdays, or 'Caturdays'." Ikenburg adds that the images have been "slinking around the Internet for years under various labels, but they didn't become a sensation until early 2007 with the advent of I Can Has Cheezburger?"[19] The first image on "I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?" was posted on January 11, 2007 and was allegedly from the Something Awful website."[20][21] Lev Grossman of Time wrote that the oldest known example "probably dates to 2006,"[22] but later corrected himself in a blog post[23] where he recapitulated the anecdotal evidence readers had sent him, placing the origin of "Caturday" and many of the images now known by a few as "lolcats" in early 2005. The domain name "caturday.com" was registered on April 30, 2005.

These images usually consist of a photo of a cat with a large caption characteristically set in a sans serif font such as Impact or Arial Black.[4] The image is, on occasion, digitally edited for effect. The caption generally acts as a speech balloon encompassing a comment from the cat, or as a description of the depicted scene. The caption is intentionally written with deviations from standard English spelling and syntax,[4] featuring "strangely-conjugated verbs, but a tendency to converge to a new set of rules in spelling and grammar."[5][4][6] The text parodies the grammar-poor patois stereotypically attributed to Internet slang. Frequently, lolcat captions take the form of phrasal templates.[6] Some phrases have a known source, usually a well-known Internet meme, such as All your base are belong to us or Do not want,[7] while others don't. There are parallels between the language used in lolcats and baby talk, which some owners of cats often use when talking to them.[8]

Common themes include jokes of the form "Im in ur noun, verb-ing ur related noun."[9] Many lolcat images capture cats performing characteristically human actions or appearing to use modern technology, such as computers.

There are several well-known lolcat images and single-word captions that have spawned many variations and imitations, including "Ceiling Cat" (see below). Others include "Fail"[10] and "I Can Has Cheezburger."[11]

More than you wanted to know! LOL

 

[maddhatir]

 

[maddhatir]

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat



More than you wanted to know! LOL

simple explanation: FAIL

 

[Explodo]

The best explanation of Lolcats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEMllEwHYmM&feature=PlayList&p=2nvhwHuN4m4

 

[maddhatir]

The best explanation of Lolcats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEMllEwHYmM&feature=PlayList&p=2nvhwHuN4m4

How about this for an explanation..................it's just............. FUNNY!

 

[Explodo]

I agree completely. I check for new ones everyday.

 

[Cantw8]

How about this for an explanation..................it's just............. FUNNY!

yeah, what she said

I agree completely. I check for new ones everyday.

show us what ya got

Here's some more "noms" for....well, ME

 

[Explodo]

 

[Explodo]

 

[Cantw8]

excellent, Explodo

 

[Explodo]

 

[Explodo]

 

[Explodo]

 

[Explodo]

 

[maddhatir]

 

[maddhatir]