lolcow

English

Etymology

From LOL +‎ cow, suggesting somebody who can be "milked" for laughs.

Noun

lolcow (plural lolcows)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A person whose eccentric or foolish behaviour can be exploited to amuse onlookers.
   • 2007 December 13, spooge, “Re: Party in RPCH+B, everyone! w00t!!”, in alt.fan.karl-malden.nose‎^[1] (Usenet):

     > ...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.)

   • 2016 July 19, Margaret Pless, “Kiwi Farms, the Web’s Biggest Stalker Community”, in New York Magazine‎^[2]:

     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.