KekW
Meaning
KekW is an emote created for the streaming website Twitch.tv. as part of the FrankerFaceZ collection, it features Spanish comedian/actor “El Risitas” (real name: Juan Joya Borja) with a close-up shot of his laughing face, focusing on his moustache and almost toothless mouth.
The emote can be used to express outburst of laughter.
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Origin of the emote
The original image was taken from an interview, where El Risitas burst into laughter while telling a story to the host of the Spanish television show.
Given his high-pitched laugh while telling the story, the video has spawned a series of videos on YouTube which has led to viewers of Twitch.tv to create an emote from a screenshot of his face.
The emote was uploaded to the FrankerFaceZ collection on Twitch.tv in early 2019, which is a browser extension that enhances your viewing experience by adding new unique emotes, chat features, etc. to your liking.
Spread of the emote
As of 10/12/2019 according to the website StreamElements, KekW is the 14th on the list of most popular/used emotes on the website Twitch.tv, making it one of the more popular emotes.
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Further information/sources
- Rivalry.com – What does KEKW mean?
- Know Your Meme – KEKW
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