roflcopter

Hilarity helicopter meme

Roflcopter is internet slang expressing intense amusement, a playful elaboration of ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing).

The -copter suffix suggests laughter so vigorous you spin like helicopter blades.

Popular in early 2000s gaming and chat culture, it belongs to a family of exaggerated laugh terms like lollercoaster.

Now often used ironically or nostalgically: roflcopter, I can't believe you said that.

meme

leetspeak

Character substitution cipher online

internet humor · chatspeak · troll · pwned · noob · viral · forum · early internet · shitpost · reaction

animation

spinning

Revolving around an axis

  • rotatingTurning on an axis
  • GIFAnimated image format
  • loopCurve closing on itself

pixel · crude · stick figure · blades · whirring · repetitive · hypnotic · retro · browser · embed

nostalgia

2000s

First decade, 2000s

  • dial-upPhone-line internet connection
  • AIMDiscontinued messaging platform
  • MSN MessengerMicrosoft's discontinued chat client

IRC · message board · MySpace · old school · throwback · millennial · Gen X · internet history

Opposites
emotional expression

roflcoptercrying

Emotional tear release

sobbing · weeping · devastated · heartbroken · grief

communication register

roflcoptersincerely

With genuine feeling

respectfully · noted · I understand · deadpan · stone-faced

cultural era

roflcopterskull emoji

Cranium pictograph for texts

no cap · slay · based · proper English · formal letter

Family

copter, helicopter

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G