"for the lulz" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012, Will Gragido, Daniel Molina, John Pirc, Nick Selby, Blackhatonomics: An Inside Look at the Economics of Cybercrime, Newnes, page 29",
          "text": "Still others are looking for a cause; perhaps this is the most dangerous of all, as their desire to be a part of something can have serious repercussions. And still others are in it all for the lulz.",
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          "ref": "2014, Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land, Random House, page 47",
          "text": "[…] fairies thought all this military stuff was pretty silly, but they went along with it for the same reason that fairies ever did anything, namely, for the lulz.",
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          "ref": "2015 October 23, Michael E. Miller, “Controversial blogger, infamous hacker team up to release remaining Planned Parenthood videos”, in Washington Post, →ISSN",
          "text": "True to his equally controversial reputation, Johnson’s hacker accomplice, Auernheimer, said he mostly did it for the lulz.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Chris Brookmyre, Want You Gone, Hachette UK",
          "text": "We're hackers on steroids. Our motivation is twofold. We do it because we can. We do it for the lulz.",
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        "For kicks, for personal amusement, especially schadenfreude."
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          "for kicks"
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          "amusement",
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        "(chiefly Internet slang) For kicks, for personal amusement, especially schadenfreude."
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        {
          "word": "for the lols"
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        {
          "word": "for the lolz"
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  "word": "for the lulz"
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          "ref": "2012, Will Gragido, Daniel Molina, John Pirc, Nick Selby, Blackhatonomics: An Inside Look at the Economics of Cybercrime, Newnes, page 29",
          "text": "Still others are looking for a cause; perhaps this is the most dangerous of all, as their desire to be a part of something can have serious repercussions. And still others are in it all for the lulz.",
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          "text": "[…] fairies thought all this military stuff was pretty silly, but they went along with it for the same reason that fairies ever did anything, namely, for the lulz.",
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        "(chiefly Internet slang) For kicks, for personal amusement, especially schadenfreude."
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    {
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    {
      "word": "for the lolz"
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  "word": "for the lulz"
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