for the lulz

English

Adverb

for the lulz (not comparable)

1. (chiefly Internet) for kicks, for personal amusement
   • 2012, Michael Mandiberg, The Social Media Reader, NYU Press (ISBN 9780814763025), page 111

     They do this for many reasons, from boredom, to making people think, but most do it for the lulz.

   • 2015, The Black Box Collective, Black Box: A Record of the Catastrophe, PM Press (ISBN 9781629632216)

     I did it for the data I did it for the lulz / I did it for the money I did it for the children ...

   • 2017, Chris Brookmyre, Want You Gone, Hachette UK (ISBN 9781408707197)

     'We're hackers on steroids. Our motivation is twofold. We do it because we can. We do it for the lulz.

   • 2012, Will Gragido, Daniel Molina, John Pirc, Nick Selby, Blackhatonomics: An Inside Look at the Economics of Cybercrime, Newnes (ISBN 9781597499767), page 29

     Still others are looking for a cause; perhaps this is the most dangerous of all, as their desire to be a part of something can have serious repercussions. And still others are in it all for the lulz.

   • 2016, Kameron Hurley, The Geek Feminist Revolution, Tor Books (ISBN 9780765386250)

     ... befriending the very authors whose work she'd been shivgrindingly reviewing for the lulz.

   • 2016, Mark Raymond, Gordon Smith, Organized Chaos: Reimagining the Internet, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP (ISBN 9781928096054)

     ... purposes: vengeance, turf protection, technological assistance, theatrics, exposing security vulnerabilities, searching for information to leak and for the lulz.

   • 2014, Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land, Random House (ISBN 9781473518858), page 47

     ... fairies thought all this military stuff was pretty silly, but they went along with it for the same reason that fairies ever did anything, namely, for the lulz.

   • 2013, Walker, Joseph, Information Technology and Collection Management for Library User Environments, IGI Global (ISBN 9781466647404), page 110

     ... copyright, professional fame, anti-business sentiments, for the lulz,

   • 2013, Nathan Yau, Data Points: Visualization That Means Something, John Wiley & Sons (ISBN 9781118654934)

     The former shows debate between users, and the latter is when someone deleted a portion of the article, either because of a disagreement or a user is just in it for the lulz.

Translations

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