Lolcat
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A lolcat, or LOLcat, is an image macro of one or more cats. Lolcat images' idiosyncratic and intentionally grammatically incorrect text is known as lolspeak.
A lolcat meme using the "In ur ..." format, and employing misspellings for humorous effect
A Brighton Cats carte de visite by Harry Pointer, c. 1870s
A lolcat image on the icanhascheezburger.com website in 2007
The sculptural recreation of the "Ceiling Cat" meme, created in 2016 by artists Eva & Franco Mattes
4chan
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4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website. Launched by Christopher "moot" Poole in October 2003, the site hosts boards dedicated to a wide variety of topics, including video games, tel
Lolcat
…Other early figures include Harry Whittier Frees and (using taxidermied animals) Walter Potter. The first recorded use of the term "lolcat" was used on 4chan, an anonymous imageboard. The word "Lolcat" was in use as early as June 2006; the domain name lolcats.com was registered on June 14, 2006. Their…
Christopher Poole, 4chan's founder, at XOXO Festival in 2012
Hiroyuki Nishimura, the owner of 4chan since 2015
A lolcat image using the "I'm in ur..." format
Protests against Scientology