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Borrowed from Koreanㅋㅋㅋ(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".
2007 October 13, The Cynic , “Re: Nobel Peace belong to me.”, in alt.politics.bush (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 (Usenet):
Top kek.
I can't believe Apple would derp like THAT, at least the Apple of the mid-1980s.
2014 February 19, Checkmate (quoting Friendly Neighborhood Vote> Wrangler Emeritus ), “Checkmate's Discount House of Spatulas”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet):
> "an hour or two a day" "chasing old Checkmate posts." > >kek
Usage notes
Since 2016, the term kek has been allegedly but not confirmed to be associated with some sectors of the American white supremacistalt-right movement.
^ 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
^ Mardell, Mark (2016 September 22) “Naked Nigel, the God Kek and modern politics”, in BBC News
^ King, James (2016 November 22) “Cucks & Kek: Racism's Old Guard Reaches Out To An Online Generation”, in Vocativ, archived from the original on 11 November 2020
^ Lock, Colm (2016 December 1) “Harambe and the magic of memes”, in The Mancunion, retrieved February 26, 2017
^ Harkinson, Josh (2016 October 27) “Meet the White Nationalist Trying To Ride The Trump Train to Lasting Power”, in Mother Jones
^ Hathaway, Jay (2016 November 7) “Trump Fans Unleash Last-Minute Flood of Pepe the Frog Memes”, in The Daily Dot, retrieved February 26, 2017
(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.
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.