Meanings
interjection
- InternetThat made me laugh.
roflcopter, that's funny stuff!
1 more example
@Chrysippus Just got a donkey drunk and I'm now going to get it eat figs. This is pure ROFLCOPTER! 8.12pm, April 30, 207BC
2012, Kelvin MacKenzie, Chas Newkey-Burden, The Twitter History of the World, London: John Blake, →ISBN, page 12
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*Hreth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*Hróth₂eh₂
- Proto-Italic*rotā
- Latinrota
- Latinrotula
- Latinrotulāre
- Old Frenchroeler
- Middle Englishrollen
- Englishroll
- Englishrolling
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Germanic*an
- Proto-West Germanic*ana
- Old Englishon
- Middle Englishon
- Englishon
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂ros
- Proto-Germanic*flōraz
- Proto-Germanic*flōruz
- Proto-West Germanic*flōr
- Old Englishflōr
- Middle Englishflor
- Englishfloor
- Proto-Indo-European*klek-
- Proto-Germanic*hlahjaną
- Proto-West Germanic*hlahhjan
- Old Englishhliehhan
- Old Englishhlæhhan
- Middle Englishlaughen
- Middle Englishlaughynge
- Englishlaughing
- Englishrofl
- Proto-Indo-European*welH-
- Ancient Greekἕλιξ (hélix)
- Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*péth₂r̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pterón
- Ancient Greekπτερόν (pterón)
- Frenchhélicoptère
- Englishhelicopterclip.
- Englishroflcopter
From rofl + -copter. Though popularized by the image at roflcopter.com (a website, now defunct) in 2004, the term appears to have enjoyed some use in 2003 and before, though seldom.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
roflcopter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roflcopter
MLA
“roflcopter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roflcopter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roflcopter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roflcopter.
Source: roflcopter on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.