"top kek" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From top + kek; coined by 4chan in 2013 as an intentional catachresis of Turkish Topkek, a brand of cupcake, which was posted to the imageboard as a variant of the then-popular Top Gun hat internet meme. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|top|kek}} top + kek, {{coinage|en|4chan|nocap=1}} coined by 4chan, {{der|en|tr|w:Topkek}} Turkish Topkek, {{m|en|w:Top Gun}} Top Gun, {{m|en|hat}} hat Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} top kek (not comparable)
  1. (predicative, Internet slang) highly amusing Tags: Internet, not-comparable, predicative
    Sense id: en-top_kek-en-adj-Zt~ZzBOM

Interjection

Etymology: From top + kek; coined by 4chan in 2013 as an intentional catachresis of Turkish Topkek, a brand of cupcake, which was posted to the imageboard as a variant of the then-popular Top Gun hat internet meme. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|top|kek}} top + kek, {{coinage|en|4chan|nocap=1}} coined by 4chan, {{der|en|tr|w:Topkek}} Turkish Topkek, {{m|en|w:Top Gun}} Top Gun, {{m|en|hat}} hat Head templates: {{en-interj}} top kek
  1. (Internet slang) A reaction which indicates that the speaker is highly amused. Tags: Internet Synonyms: toppest kek [emphatic]
    Sense id: en-top_kek-en-intj-Y9QiBxH9 Categories (other): English catachreses, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English catachreses: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Alternative forms

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