Lolcat
An internet meme from which the brothers' LOLbook blurbs were derived.
Early context: Hank says the blurbs are great, many are awesome, he likes a lolcat one, and it will be hard to choose. — Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing 00:01:56
borrowed slang / meme (meme) · in 8 videos, 2007–2009 · peak 2009 (4 videos) · last heard 2009
- First in the videos: 2007-08-03 · August 3: The Retail Dance 00:01:31
- Last in the videos: 2009-09-12 · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) 00:03:20
- Related threads: Hank asks Nerdfighters to write and send blurbs of 13 Little Blue Envelopes for a vote (2008) (Feb 2008) · John asks viewers to buy the Paper Towns paperback (2009) (Sep 2009) · John asks viewers to leave 10-word comments on YouTube or the Ning to win Paper Towns paperbacks (2009) (Sep 2009) · Paper Towns paperback release (2009) (Sep 2009) · 10-word challenge: John gives away a Paper Towns paperback a day for his favourite 10-word comment (2009) (Sep 2009)
- Related: secret sibling (3) · world suck (3) · in your pants (2) · LOLbook (2)
Videos per year: 2007: 2 · 2008: 2 · 2009: 4
Forms heard
How the speakers say this one item, as transcribed from the videos, in order of first appearance.
| form | videos | first heard | last heard |
|---|---|---|---|
| “lolcat” | 3 | 2007-08-09 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections 00:03:00 | 2009-06-24 · LOLCat with a Ball Bat 00:00:03 |
| “lolcats” | 1 | 2009-09-03 · WTF IS GOING ON!!! 00:00:00 |
Every video
2007
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-03 | August 3: The Retail Dance 00:01:31 | mention | Hank says all three times felt weird, like breaking a rule of the 'retail store dance' surrounding the exchange of goods. |
| 2007-08-09 | August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections 00:03:00 | mention | After the Republicans (Ron Paul 'Lunar Op', Mitt Romney 'Metro Minty' and 'Are Not My Time', Rudy Giuliani 'Godly I Ruin'), Hank ends with his favourite: Joe Biden, 'I need job'. |
2008
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-03-07 | Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing 00:01:56 | mention | Hank says the blurbs are great, many are awesome, he likes a lolcat one, and it will be hard to choose. |
| 2008-04-08 | Nerdfighting in Bangladesh 00:00:48 | mention | John is a big believer in giving to charities like Save the Children and Oxfam, which do amazing work with impressive efficiency. |
2009
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-24 | LOLCat with a Ball Bat 00:00:03 | mention | The narrator tells a rhyming story: a lolcat with a ball bat sees a small gnat in a tall hat on the hall wall and swats it, and is left alone. |
| 2009-09-03 | WTF IS GOING ON!!! 00:00:00 | mention | Hank says some of the best things in the world, like lolcats, 4chan and Nerdfighters, were created not for money, fame or power but with the goal of awesome. · “lolcats” |
| 2009-09-08 | My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) 00:01:36 | mention | John announces the Paper Towns paperback comes out September 22 and asks those who haven't read it to pick it up or pre-order it via the sidebar. → Paper Towns paperback release (2009) (completed, 2009-09-22) → John asks viewers to buy the Paper Towns paperback (2009) (promotion (not a request), 2009-09-28) → 10-word challenge: John gives away a Paper Towns paperback a day for his favourite 10-word comment (2009) (completed, 2009-09-28) → John asks viewers to leave 10-word comments on YouTube or the Ning to win Paper Towns paperbacks (2009) (reported back, 2009-09-28) |
| 2009-09-12 | Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) 00:03:20 | mention | John names four winners from the contest's first three days and reads their comments, one of which, saying his books changed her life, moved him. |