kek

Definition

Used to indicate laughter or humour.

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu, “haha”, representation of laughter). Since this is often used in StarCraft matches, Blizzard, StarCraft’s developers, decided to reference it in World of Warcraft: when a player of the Horde faction types "lol" using the /say messaging command, members of the opposing faction see it as "kek". Not related to "kik", a typo of "lol".

Example Sentences

• "Now Freakie boy, for a tasty doggie biscuit, can you try saying that again without any grammatical error? kek kek kek kek kek"
• "Top kek. I can't believe Apple would derp like THAT, at least the Apple of the mid-1980s."
• "> "an hour or two a day" "chasing old Checkmate posts." > >kek"