“Lois” is a derivative of the word “like,” a specific term incredibly popular on the Internet. For the first time, the word “like” appeared on Facebook and began its victorious march on literally all the sites of the World Wide Web. In RuNet, this trend was affected by VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Mail.ru and dozens of other projects that created their own analogues of the famous function.
So what does lois mean? How is it different from “like”? Yes, in general, and nothing. Likes, like lois, are a sign of approval, sympathy, respect and agreement with someone. After some time, the number of “likes” became a generally accepted measure of assessing the popularity of something, whether it be news, a VKontakte page, or a photograph of a beloved cat. Moreover, the photographs of a cat will surely gain a greater number of touching "likes". Some users are truly addicted to this type of promotion and are willing to do whatever they want to earn as many likes as possible.
Appearance versions
Probably, after some time, many were tired of hearing the word “like,” and they began to deliberately distort it. They distorted this word as soon as they could. “Loisy” is nothing more than an alternative version of the word “like”, a slang expression. Some users are of the opinion that the conversion process went something like this: Like → Laik → Laic → Lais → Lays → Loys → Loyc → Loyce
However, it is difficult to prove the correctness of this theory, especially since a more simplified version of the appearance of a “lois” has already been disseminated. They say it happened on Google+. Some guy really liked the post or comment, and he decided to mark it with his “like” and began to type the word in Russian letters on his smartphone, on the Android operating system. But everyone who used the android knows what happens if you don’t disable the preset keyboard settings. This guy, apparently, did not know, and instead of the word "like" under the post the word "lois" appeared.
The measure of success is mutating
You can talk for a long time about what “lois” means. He differs from his "progenitor" by his causticity and purpose of trolling the interlocutor - a comic book lover. But the general essence is this: "loisy" is a parody of an older meme, annoyed by a huge number of users - "like." The procession of "Lois" began selectively in a limited circle of users, but today this word has captured the vast majority of all publics. The mechanism of distribution and popularity of such slang words is such that it is generally not clear what and when to “shoot” and become popular. Sometimes “shoots” something completely unexpected. So it was with the Lois. Surprisingly, the transformed sign of sympathy is especially popular among schoolchildren, and is most often used precisely in those publics in which the so-called shkolota is the main contingent. Modern advanced schoolchildren have so modernized the name of hearts raised up their fingers, turning “like” into a steeper “lois”.
Everything new - not completely forgotten old
In any case, Lois is not a Linear Optical Pulse System. This is the same sign of approval that they are hunting for, which social users want to receive. networks, and in large numbers. Some are even ready to beg them, buy, go on an adventure. Is it worth it? To each his own!