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kek

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kek"

English

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Etymology

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ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu) is the childish Korean equivalent of the English "haha". Since this is often used in StarCraft matches, Blizzard, StarCraft’s developers, decided to reference it in World of Warcraft: when a player of the Horde faction types "lol" using the /say messaging command, members of the opposing faction see it as "kek".[1]

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Interjection

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kek

  1. (Internet slang, video games) Used to indicate laughter or humour.
    • 2007 October 13, The Cynic [username], “Re: Nobel Peace belong to me.”, in alt.politics.bush‎[7] (Usenet):
      Now Freakie boy, for a tasty doggie biscuit, can you try saying that again without any grammatical error?
      kek kek kek kek kek
    • 2013 December 11, Steve Nickolas, “Re: 1984 Apple IIe Owner's Manual”, in comp.sys.apple2‎[8] (Usenet):
      Top kek.

      I can't believe Apple would derp like THAT, at least the Apple of the mid-1980s.
    • 2014 February 19, Checkmate [username] (quoting [Tor] Friendly Neighborhood Vote> Wrangler Emeritus [username]), “Checkmate's Discount House of Spatulas”, in alt.usenet.kooks‎[9] (Usenet):
      > "an hour or two a day" "chasing old Checkmate posts."
      >
      >kek

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Verb

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kek (third-person singular simple present keks, present participle kekking or keking, simple past and past participle kekked or keked or kek'd)

  1. (Internet slang) To laugh.

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  1. ^ Sarkar, Samit (2017 September 14) “Bungie explains how Destiny 2 armor resembling hate symbol made it into the game”, in Polygon, retrieved August 4, 2018
  2. ^ Moomaw, Graham (2017 February 16) “In Charlottesville, GOP candidate for governor Corey Stewart allies with alt-right-inspired blogger who wants to protect 'glorious Western civilization'”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch‎[1]
  3. ^ Mardell, Mark (2016 September 22) “Naked Nigel, the God Kek and modern politics”, in BBC News‎[2]
  4. ^ King, James (2016 November 22) “Cucks & Kek: Racism's Old Guard Reaches Out To An Online Generation”, in Vocativ‎[3], archived from the original on 11 November 2020
  5. ^ Lock, Colm (2016 December 1) “Harambe and the magic of memes”, in The Mancunion‎[4], retrieved February 26, 2017
  6. ^ Harkinson, Josh (2016 October 27) “Meet the White Nationalist Trying To Ride The Trump Train to Lasting Power”, in Mother Jones‎[5]
  7. ^ Hathaway, Jay (2016 November 7) “Trump Fans Unleash Last-Minute Flood of Pepe the Frog Memes”, in The Daily Dot‎[6], retrieved February 26, 2017

Albanian

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Etymology

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A modern borrowing, from English cake.

Noun

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kek n

  1. cake, pie

Atong (India)

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From English cake.

Noun

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kek (Bengali script কেক)

  1. cake

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Verb

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kek- (Bengali script কেক)

  1. to chop (wood)

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Verb

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kek- (Bengali script কেক)

  1. to grow

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Adjective

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kek- (Bengali script কেক, type 1)

  1. blunt; dull

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Basque

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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kek

  1. ergative indefinite of ke

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Noun

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kek

  1. ergative plural of ka

Dutch

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FWOTD – 4 October 2019

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Borrowed from German keck. Doublet of kwiek.

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Adjective

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kek

  1. (Netherlands) eye-catching (visually pleasing in a hip or bold manner)
    • 2016 February 19, Thijs Zonneveld, “De beige sjaal van Dick Advocaat is een statement”, in Algemeen Dagblad:
      Dick doet er niet aan mee. Geen kekke overhemden, geen moeilijke kapsels (al was dat over zijn schedel gekamde haar dat hij vroeger had ook een soort van hip, destijds), geen laklederen laarsjes en geen Only God Can Judge Me-tatoeage in zijn nek.
      Dick does not go along with it. No flashy shirts, no difficult hairdo (although the hairstyle that he used to have, hair combed sideways, was also some kind of trendy, at that time), no glossy leather boots and no "Only God Can Judge Me" tattoos on his neck.
  2. (Netherlands, by extension) fashionable
  3. (Netherlands) sassy (bold and spirited; cheeky)
    • 2013 October 13, Sjoerd Hartholt, “Zo stoppen we de terreur van de straatwervers”, in HP/De Tijd:
      In feite is het verschil met bedelende zwervers niet heel groot, alleen zijn die meestal veel minder opdringerig en aanwezig. Een ander verschil is dat straatwervers vaak kekke meisjes en jongens zijn die bovendien zeggen dat je kapsel tof is en dat je een relaxt persoon lijkt.
      In fact the difference with begging vagrants is not very large, but these are usually much less intrusive and prominent. Another difference is that street promoters are often cheeky girls and boys who moreover say that your hairstyle is swell and that you seem like a relaxed kind of person.

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: kek

Fiji Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cake.

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Noun

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kek

  1. cake

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Iban

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cake.

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Noun

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kek

  1. cake

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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kek

  1. (vocative) Clipping of kakek.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /keʔ/
  • (rare, especially when stressed) IPA(key): /kek/

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kek

  1. (colloquial) Syncopic form of kayak (“like, such as”)

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Malay

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Etymology

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From English cake.

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kek (Jawi spelling کيک, plural kek-kek, informal 1st possessive kekku, 2nd possessive kekmu, 3rd possessive keknya)

  1. cake

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [çeːk]

Verb

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kek

  1. past of kike

Talysh

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian کک (kak).

Noun

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kek

  1. flea

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English cake.

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kek

  1. cake

Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cake.

Noun

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kek (definite accusative keki, plural kekler)

  1. cake

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  • It's called "pasta" when it's with cream filling

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative kek
Definite accusative keki
Singular Plural
Nominative kek kekler
Definite accusative keki kekleri
Dative keke keklere
Locative kekte keklerde
Ablative kekten keklerden
Genitive kekin keklerin

Volapük

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Noun

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kek (nominative plural keks)

  1. cake

Declension

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declension of kek
singular plural
nominative kek keks
genitive keka kekas
dative keke kekes
accusative keki kekis
vocative 1 o kek! o keks!
predicative 2 keku kekus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Zazaki

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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kek m

  1. Alternative form of kekı (“flea”)

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Noun

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kek m

  1. mister

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Noun

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kek

  1. cake
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