LOLCats are photos of cats with humorous captions, commonly shared on Internet message boards, blogs and websites. The photo captions contain intentionally poor grammar, including Internet shorthand, improper verb tense and intentional spelling errors; for example, "I can has cheezburger?"Linguistic Mystic: im in mai blog, postin' bout cats: The Cuteness of Grammatical errors (February 2, 2007)
In January of 2009, a blog called "Rolcats" was created, which contains "English translations of Russian lolcats."Rolcats: English Translations of Russian Lolcats
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In January of 2009, the blog "Rolcats" was created. The blog contains LOLCats-style pictures with captions in Russian. Below the photos are translations of the Russian captions. One photo, dated January 30, 2009, is a photograph of a cat with its paws on the head of another animal in a box. The caption translation reads: "Cease your protests, the deal is done! You are to make a fine wife for uncouth American businessman!"Rolcats: English Translations of Russian Lolcats
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The name LOLCats refers to the popular Internet shorthand "LOL," which is short for "Laugh(ing) Out Loud"
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The website icanhascheezburger.com is usually considered the definitive LOLCat archiveYouTube Video: Know Your Meme: LOL Cats (Time: 1:20)
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The original LOLCat is believed to be a picture of a fat gray cat with its mouth open, captioned
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The website 4chan.com originated the LOLCats memeYouTube Video: Know Your Meme: LOL Cats (Time: 1:20)
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In July of 2007, TIME reported that a Google search for LOLCats returned 3.3 million resultsTIME: Creating a Cute Cat Frenzy (July 12, 2007)
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icanhascheezburger.com gets between 200 and 500 submissions dailyTIME: Creating a Cute Cat Frenzy (July 12, 2007)
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The LOLCat Bible is a project to translate the bible into "lolspeak"
