lolcow
"lolcow" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lolcow” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lolcow · lolcow · English
lolcow · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lolcow |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lolcow” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lolcow is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers.".
lolcow doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From LOL + cow, suggesting somebody who can be "milked for laughs". The correct English form is lolcow, spelled L-O-L-C-O-W.
Definition
- 1A person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lolcow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
> ...he wrote after he /finally/ realized that he needed to clip rpch+b > from the xpost in order to whine "DYOFDW" without making a lolcow of > himself. (Took you long enough, Sherlock. But you're still a lolcow.)
Chandler is far from the only “lolcow” to be targeted by KF. If anything, Kiwi Farms has been a victim of its own terrifying “success,” and attracted way more would-be trolls than its Ur-victim could possibly respond to.
Etymology
From LOL + cow, suggesting somebody who can be "milked for laughs".
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.