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Catchword for “roflcopter”
Catchword: roflcopter
Filed Under: , , , , , , ,
Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: OMG WTF ROFLCOPTER!
Article or Document Title:
“Re: Internet Explorer can go take a flying fuck” (URL)
Author:
“Onideus Mad Hatter”
(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Usenet: alt.dbs.echostar.hack
Date of Publication:
June 20, 2004
This catchword has yet to be researched.
Posted 25 Oct 05 | Permalink | Tell a Friend
Comments:

At first I thought “ROFLCOPTER” was meant to conjure up an image of someone Rolling On the Floor Laughing, and then kinda walk-spinning in a Homer Simpson move. But later in the post, “LOLLERSKATES” threw me off.

Proposition: “This is a subject for further inquiry. A modest grant of US $850k would allow me to continue important research on these words and their meanings.”

Response: “ROFLCOPTER”


by Unclaimed Mysteries 28 Oct 05, 0450 GMT

Ha ha!

Most comments about the origins of the term trace the origins of the term to this game, but I haven’t spent any time verifying it.


by Grant Barrett 28 Oct 05, 0457 GMT

roflburger
someone just made it up
give me $700k and i’ll give you the real answer


by Joe Bloggs 22 Jul 08, 0124 GMT

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