KKK

See also: kkk

English

Proper noun

KKK

  1. Initialism of Ku Klux Klan.

Derived terms


Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • KKKK, KKKKK, KKKKKK (and so on, depending on the supposed length of the laugh)

Interjection

KKK

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of kkk

Usage notes

It may express a laughter that is louder or more intense that lower-case kkk.


Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • K.K.K.

Etymology

Abbreviation of Kataas-taasang, kagalang-galang na mga Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, the full name of the Katipunan.

Proper noun

KKK

Unang watawat ng mga Katipunan na nagpapakita ng "KKK" (The first flag of the Katipunan showing the abbreviation "KKK")
  1. Abbreviation of Katipunan.
    • 1968, Jean Donald Bowen, Babasahing Panggitnang Baytang Sa Tagalog, Univ of California Press, page 153:
      [...Basahin kung ano pa ang ibang nangyari sa Katipunan.] Ang “Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" o ang “K.K.K.“ na lalong kilala sa tawag na Katipunan, ay isang samahang lihim ng mga manghihimagsik ...
    • 1975, General [quezon] Education Journal
      Ibig sabihin nito'y hindi na kinikilala ng pamahalaan ang KKK, bagamat ang pag-iral ng mga lokal na sangay ay hindi kaagad nagwakas.
      This means the government no longer recognizes the KKK, although the implementation of local branches did not end immediately.
    • 1992, Santiago V. Alvarez, The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General : with the Original Tagalog Text, Ateneo University Press (→ISBN)
      Napag-usapan ang pagbabangon ng isang Alituntuning-Batas (Constitucion), bagaman mayroon na ang K.K.K., na siyang pjnagbabatayan ng mga Pamunuang Sanggunian at Balangay; mga kaugaliang sinusunod.
      Bringing up a Rule of Law (Constitution) is discussed, although the K.K.K. already have one, which is used as basis for the Leadership Council and the Balangay [barangay]; customs that are followed.
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