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"2": "ㅋㅋㅋ",
"tr": "keukeukeu"
},
"expansion": "ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu)",
"name": "m"
}
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"etymology_text": "ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu) is the childish Korean equivalent of the English \"haha\". Since this is often used in StarCraft matches, Blizzard, StarCraft’s developers, decided to reference it in World of Warcraft: when a player of the Horde faction types \"lol\" using the /say messaging command, members of the opposing faction see it as \"kek\".",
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"word": "top kek"
},
{
"word": "Kekistan"
}
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"ref": "2007 October 13, The Cynic [username], “Re: Nobel Peace belong to me.”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet)",
"roman": "kek kek kek kek kek",
"text": "Now Freakie boy, for a tasty doggie biscuit, can you try saying that again without any grammatical error?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 December 11, Steve Nickolas, “Re: 1984 Apple IIe Owner's Manual”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet)",
"text": "Top kek.\nI can't believe Apple would derp like THAT, at least the Apple of the mid-1980s.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 February 19, Checkmate [username] (quoting [Tor] Friendly Neighborhood Vote> Wrangler Emeritus [username]), “Checkmate's Discount House of Spatulas”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet)",
"text": "> \"an hour or two a day\" \"chasing old Checkmate posts.\"\n>\n>kek",
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"Used to indicate laughter or humour."
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"(Internet slang, video games) Used to indicate laughter or humour."
],
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"Internet"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indication of laughter or humour",
"word": "mdr"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "keukeu",
"sense": "indication of laughter or humour",
"word": "ㅋㅋ"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kek",
"sense": "indication of laughter or humour",
"word": "кек"
}
]
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},
{
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"(Internet slang) To laugh."
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"word": "kek lapis"
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"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
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{
"word": "top kek"
},
{
"word": "Kekistan"
}
],
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"2": "ㅋㅋㅋ",
"tr": "keukeukeu"
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"en:Video games"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007 October 13, The Cynic [username], “Re: Nobel Peace belong to me.”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet)",
"roman": "kek kek kek kek kek",
"text": "Now Freakie boy, for a tasty doggie biscuit, can you try saying that again without any grammatical error?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 December 11, Steve Nickolas, “Re: 1984 Apple IIe Owner's Manual”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet)",
"text": "Top kek.\nI can't believe Apple would derp like THAT, at least the Apple of the mid-1980s.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 February 19, Checkmate [username] (quoting [Tor] Friendly Neighborhood Vote> Wrangler Emeritus [username]), “Checkmate's Discount House of Spatulas”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet)",
"text": "> \"an hour or two a day\" \"chasing old Checkmate posts.\"\n>\n>kek",
"type": "quotation"
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"Used to indicate laughter or humour."
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"(Internet slang, video games) Used to indicate laughter or humour."
],
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"Internet"
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"topics": [
"video-games"
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},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indication of laughter or humour",
"word": "mdr"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "keukeu",
"sense": "indication of laughter or humour",
"word": "ㅋㅋ"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kek",
"sense": "indication of laughter or humour",
"word": "кек"
}
],
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"English lemmas",
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"English terms derived from Korean",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛk",
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"name": "m"
}
],
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