Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kek

/kɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: kek
IPA: /kɛk/

11

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Used to indicate laughter or humour.

verb

Transitive verb

noun

Initialism of key exchange key.

Example Sentences

"Now Freakie boy, for a tasty doggie biscuit, can you try saying that again without any grammatical error? kek kek kek kek kek"
"Top kek. I can't believe Apple would derp like THAT, at least the Apple of the mid-1980s."
"> "an hour or two a day" "chasing old Checkmate posts." > >kek"

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu, “haha”, representation of laughter). 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". Not related to "kik", a typo of "lol".

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

keks (present, singular) kekking (participle, present) keking (participle, present) kekked (participle, past) kekked (past) keked (participle, past) keked (past) kek'd (participle, past) kek'd (past) KEKs (plural)

Derived Forms

geg Kekistan

Phrases

top kek kek lapis

Frequently Paired Words

kek lapis

Synonyms

LOL

Homonyms

keck

Rhymes With

check tech neck deck tech neck main deck sec heck quebec wreck trek czech

Questions

How do you pronounce kek?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɛk/.
What does kek mean?: Used to indicate laughter or humour.
Where does kek come from?: Borrowed from Korean ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu, “haha”, representation of laughter). 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". Not related to "kik", a typo of "lol".

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