1. A term used to justify ridiculous, pointless and occasionally gratuitous behaviour.
2. Personal justification for the life of an internet troll.
2. Personal justification for the life of an internet troll.
Example 1:
Guy 1: Dude, why did you senselessly murder that guy with an axe while listening to Huey Lewis and the News?
Guy 2: Ah, you know, for the lulz.
Example 2:
Guy 1: So, you were playing World of Warcraft till 4:00 in the morning just so you could follow that one guy around and annoy him?
Guy 2: Yeah.
Guy 1: ...
Guy 2: For the lulz.
Guy 1: Get help.
Guy 1: Dude, why did you senselessly murder that guy with an axe while listening to Huey Lewis and the News?
Guy 2: Ah, you know, for the lulz.
Example 2:
Guy 1: So, you were playing World of Warcraft till 4:00 in the morning just so you could follow that one guy around and annoy him?
Guy 2: Yeah.
Guy 1: ...
Guy 2: For the lulz.
Guy 1: Get help.
by Shadowy February 17, 2011
The one answer to all "why did you..." questions. When writing, lulz MUST be in all lowercase. Also see lulz
by Kale S. December 4, 2008
by Another Anonymous March 18, 2007
A corruption of lol.
by Zephyr Greene August 4, 2007
Lulz is a typographical subversion of the word "lol", meaning to Laugh Out Loud, thus emphasising the humour derived from the subject by way of making the original word sillier.
Megalulz ensue.
Megalulz ensue.
Citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: "Why Truman? Why the bomb? It killed thousands of innocent women and children"
President Harry Truman: "I did it for the lulz"
President Harry Truman: "I did it for the lulz"
by Jamie Davidson January 2, 2008
Lulz is awesome. Lulz is way better than lol. Lulz is a synonym for Schadenfreude and means "lol derived from other's suffering".
by TehCezar December 17, 2009
by Unknown343213 August 28, 2008