roflcopter

English

Etymology

From rofl +‎ -copter. Though popularized by the image at roflcopter.com (a website, now defunct) in 2004, the term appears to have enjoyed some use in 2003 and beyond, though seldom.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒfl̩ˌkɑptɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Interjection

roflcopter

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) That made me laugh.

   roflcopter, that's funny stuff!

   • 2012, Kelvin MacKenzie, Chas Newkey-Burden, The Twitter History of the World, London: John Blake, →ISBN, page 12:

     @Chrysippus
     Just got a donkey drunk and I'm now going to get it eat figs. This is pure ROFLCOPTER!
     8.12pm, April 30, 207BC

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:roflcopter.

Synonyms

• lmao
• lol
• rofl