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Meaning of for the lulz | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

For kicks, for personal amusement, especially schadenfreude.

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Examples

“Still others are looking for a cause; perhaps this is the most dangerous of all, as their desire to be a part of something can have serious repercussions. And still others are in it all for the lulz.”
“[…] fairies thought all this military stuff was pretty silly, but they went along with it for the same reason that fairies ever did anything, namely, for the lulz.”
“True to his equally controversial reputation, Johnson’s hacker accomplice, Auernheimer, said he mostly did it for the lulz.”
“We're hackers on steroids. Our motivation is twofold. We do it because we can. We do it for the lulz.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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