interjection Gaming Slang

KEKW

/kɛkˈdʌbəljuː/ · interjection · slang

A Twitch emote and chat shout for hysterical laughter, the stream version of LMAO.

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Definitions

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Can carry a slightly mocking edge, laughing AT someone's fail rather than just with the joke.

“KEKW you really queued ranked at 3am and got hardstuck.”
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Used as a typed word in Discord and comments to mean 'that's hilarious,' even without the actual emote rendering.

“He bricked the clutch in front of 40k viewers, KEKW.”
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A BetterTTV emote showing a laughing Spanish man (el Risitas), spammed in Twitch chat when something is hilarious.

“Streamer falls off the map and the whole chat goes KEKW KEKW KEKW.”
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KEKW In A Sentence

bro typed all that and got ratio'd KEKW
KEKW not him rage quitting after one death
chat was just a wall of KEKW after that play

Origin & Usage

Coined on Twitch around 2019, combining 'KEK' (a Korean/StarCraft-rooted laugh equivalent to LOL) with the El Risitas laughing-Spaniard meme. The 'W' is just emote-naming convention.

Variants KEKLULWOMEGALUL
Tags #gen-z#meme#twitch#emote

People Also Ask

What does KEKW mean in slang?

It means intense laughter, like LMAO or 'I'm dying.' It started as a Twitch emote of a laughing man.

Is KEKW the same as LOL?

Roughly, but KEKW is stronger and Twitch-flavored, more like LMAO with a hint of laughing at someone's misfortune.

Where does the KEK part come from?

KEK is an old gaming-era laugh that traces to StarCraft, where Korean players' 'ㅋㅋㅋ' rendered as 'kekeke' for opposing factions.

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