LOLcat

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LOLcat

(ˈlɒlˌkæt)

an electronic image of a cat typically in a humorous pose and accompanied by a short message in the eccentrically spelled English used in many internet chatrooms, forums, etc

[C21: from LOL ‘laugh(ing) out loud’, an abbreviation commonly used in internet and text-message English]

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