"lolcow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lolcows [plural]
Etymology: From LOL + cow, suggesting somebody who can be "milked" for laughs. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|LOL|cow}} LOL + cow Head templates: {{en-noun}} lolcow (plural lolcows)
  1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers. Wikipedia link: en:Kiwi Farms Tags: Internet, derogatory Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-lolcow-en-noun--9SFPOso Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007 December 13, spooge, “Re: Party in RPCH+B, everyone! w00t!!”, in alt.fan.karl-malden.nose (Usenet):",
          "text": "> ...he wrote after he /finally/ realized that he needed to clip rpch+b\n> from the xpost in order to whine \"DYOFDW\" without making a lolcow of\n> himself. (Took you long enough, Sherlock. But you're still a lolcow.)",
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          "ref": "2016 July 19, Margaret Pless, “Kiwi Farms, the Web’s Biggest Stalker Community”, in New York Magazine:",
          "text": "Chandler is far from the only “lolcow” to be targeted by KF. If anything, Kiwi Farms has been a victim of its own terrifying “success,” and attracted way more would-be trolls than its Ur-victim could possibly respond to.",
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        "(Internet slang, derogatory) A person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers."
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