Roflcopter

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Interjection 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

Originating on discussion for a such as Something Awful, a portmanteau of ROFL and helicopter/gyrocopter. In German: Roflhubschrauber. Usage: Online games, MMORPGS, message boards.

Interjection

roflcopter (also ROFLCOPTER)

1. (Internet slang) an ironic expression of the overuse of initialism interjections such as LOL, ROFL, and their various derivatives

   quotations:

   • 2004:"LOL!OL!OL ROFLCOPTER!" — [1]
   • 2005:"Dat sh!t's LOLLERSKATES, yo. ROFLCOPTER, even." — [2]

Noun

roflcopter (also ROFLcopter and ROFLCopter)

1. (Internet slang) a helicopter or gyrocopter emblazoned with the word "ROFL"

   usage note: Such usage is often figurative, to express an amount of laughter, or laughter to an exaggerated degree, that would be otherwise expressed by an overuse of LOL, ROFL, and their various derivatives. However, the irony was taken to the point of constructing animated pictures of such helicopters and including them in computer games, [3] and thus sometimes the usage is literal rather than figurative.

   quotations:

   • 2004:"hovers over ur house with the ROFLCopter" — [4]
   • 2005:"The ROFLcopter pwns the LOLLERskaters and LMAOplanes with its ROFLing gun and OMGMissles." — [5]