Now on the Internet you can find a huge number of slang expressions, the true meaning of which many of us do not even guess, for example, “rofl” means laughing out loud, “byte” means plagiarism, “button accordion” is an old joke, “author” is an author, “geek” "- genius," emelya "- email address, and so on.
The article will talk about one of these jargonisms - about "lulza". What it is? What is the meaning of this concept? What is its origin? Where is the term used? First things first.
Origin of the concept
The word "lulz" (from English lulz - this is a variant of the widespread LOL - the abbreviation Laughing out loud - "laugh out loud") - it is translated into Russian as "waste", "hochmach", "joke".
For the term, the most characteristic use is in the expression “I did it for the lulz”, in English - I did it for the lulz, which literally means that joy justifies and explains any act.
Our analogue of the expression can be considered "for fun" or "for fun."
Meaning of the word “lulz”
The New York Times published the following definition of the concept - this is the joy of disturbing the balance of mind of another person. That is, fun at the expense of another person.
Lulzy is an Internet trolling, often it is entertainment due to the suffering of other people. This is the ability to mock at someone or something.
The Internet slang dictionary provides such definitions for the concept of what is the lulz:
- this is something to laugh at (in a good way);
- it’s a mockery, a joke (in a bad sense).
The term has 3 synonyms indicated in the specialized dictionary of V. Trishin: “joke”, “fun”, “joke”.
The following explanation is given in the dictionary of network vocabulary, what is the lulz - this is something done for laughs, for fun. It is the desire of fun that even the most heinous deeds are justified.
The expression “catching the lulza” is also explained there, which means joking, experiencing joy.
History of Internet Slang
The concept itself originally meant high-quality and good humor, was introduced for the first time in the Internet project “Lurkomorye”, after the popularization of which the term began to be used everywhere. Moreover, it should be noted that the shade of the concept has also changed, moving from a positive value to a negative one.
Attitude in Internet projects to lulz
Now lulz are used in other Internet projects, but on different Internet resources they are treated differently. For instance:
- “Lurkomorye” - in articles they are welcomed, but jokes should not replace the facts and the reliability of the material. If the pages are created only for fun, they are deleted or transferred to another section.
- Wikipedia - humor and jokes are unacceptable here, it is very rarely used in pictures. Very strict censorship. For violation of the rules or for ridiculing the order of the project, the user may be blocked.
- “Wikireality” - according to the provisions of the project, articles allow for high-quality humor, the resource adheres to the same point of view as Lurkomorye.
- “Absurdopedia” is a humorous encyclopedia, but sometimes their jokes are not always decent.
- "Dramatic Encyclopedia" - the main content of this project is fun.
Jokes are created to cheer up
So, what is the lulz, and why are they created at all? This is the name of content on the Internet, which is very difficult to attribute to professional and quality humor. This is not the level of comic that comedians do. However, this does not mean at all that the lulz are less funny and less vital than, for example, the stand-up performances that are shown on television.
The main rule of this humor is the absence of any conditions and boundaries: you can humor on any topic, make fun of famous personalities, not be afraid to hurt the feelings of politicians, and the blacker the jokes, the better. This is what the lulz is at present, and that is its true meaning.
And if professional comedians have censorship, they are responsible to the viewer and to themselves, then in LOL there is neither censorship nor restrictions.
But this does not mean at all that absolutely everyone likes this type of comic. Of course not. All people are different, each has their own views on life, peace, reality, each has its own morality and sense of humor. But many, especially young people, are convinced that lulza is funnier than professional humor.
There is an opinion among young people that all jokes are created to cheer up. This is not entirely true. Each author has his own personal goals. Some people really want to cheer up, others want to draw attention to the problem, but best of all this can be done with the help of humor, while others strive to draw attention to themselves.
There is also a well-known expression in the youth environment: “for the sake of the lulz”, which means: there is no goal or deep meaning, a joke is created for its own sake.
In addition, they are now starting to earn money on such humor by posting their works on the Internet. Many promoted projects fill their content with lulzas, for example, such as Lurkomorye and Wikireality. From the category of amateur, he begins to turn into professional humor.