| Internet culture is invading the family. One morning this week, I woke the kids and told them to get ready for school. Princess: Mmfghaamm... Gothgrrl: I don’t WANT to go to school! Mama: You have no choice. Get up. Princess: But I has a bucket! Mama: (giggle) Gothgrrl: OH No! They be stealing my bucket! They are, of course, referring to one of my favorite image macros. These are also called LOLcats, because the biggest part of them (and some very funny ones) are pictures of cats. Cats PWN An explanation of what LOLcats are. Subgenres include the “invisible” series, and “I’m in Your X, Y’ing Your Z”. Mental Floss also looks at advanced forms. Macros, especially those featuring cats, have developed their own language style and grammar. It’s a combination of Engrish, l33tsp33k, and baby talk. You can follow these links from Metafilte... |
