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• laughie

English

Noun

laughie

1. (slang) An photographic humerous, image taken manually with a small camera or mobile phone

containing a short humerous caption which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet, typically using social media sites.

An original laughie is shared across the Internet using meta-data in the form of a well formed absolute URI, allowing for a reduction of at least 50:1 in data payload size in comparison to transporting the image itself.

Etymology

From laugh +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /laːfi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɑːfi/
• (US) enPR: lăfi, IPA^(key): /læfi/

  • Audio (US)

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    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːf
• Rhymes: -æf

References

• Here, add reliable references defining or describing the word.
• From laughie.com [1] copyright 2014

Grammar

laughie, laughie, laughie

Conjugation

laughie laughies

External Links

similar context as in selfie [2]

Suffix -ie Alternative form of -y forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names. [3]

Similar to 'meme' Internet-Meme "An Internet meme (/mim/ MEEM) is an idea, style or action which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet, as with imitating the concept. Some notable examples include posting a photo of people in public places lying down planking" [4]