Module: Lolspeak

Defined in:

lib/tranzlate/lolspeak.rb

Overview

Adapted and expanded from moar-lolspeak (github.com/rwtnorton/moar-lolspeak), which was largely taken from an old Perl script and is sadly is not available via rubygems

Constant Summary

LOL_DICTIONARY =

{
    /what/       => %w{wut whut},
    /you\b/      => %w{yu yous yoo u yooz},
    /cture/      => %w{kshur},
    /ss\b/       => %w{s zz z},
    /the\b/      => %w{teh},
    /more/       => %w{moar},
    /my/         => %w{mah mai},
    /are/        => %w{is ar},
    /eese/       => %w{eez},
    /ph/         => %w{f},
    /as\b/       => %w{az},
    /seriously/  => %w{srsly},
    /sion/       => %w{shun},
    /just/       => %w{jus},
    /ose\b/      => %w{oze},
    /eady/       => %w{eddy},
    /ome?\b/     => %w{um},
    /of\b/       => %w{of ov of},
    /uestion/    => %w{wesjun},
    /want/       => %w{wants},
    /ead\b/      => %w{edd},
    /ck/         => %w{kk kkk},
    /sion/       => %w{shun},
    /cat|kitten|kitty/ => %w{kitteh kittehz cat fuzzeh fuzzyrumpus foozles fuzzbut fluffernutter beast mew},
    /eak/        => %w{ekk},
    /age/        => %w{uj},
    /like/       => %w{likez liek licks},
    /love/       => %w{lovez lub lubs luv lurve lurves},
    /\bis\b/     => ['ar teh','ar'],
    /nd\b/       => %w{n n'},
    /who/        => %w{hoo},
    /'/          => [''],
    /ese\b/      => %w{eez},
    /outh/       => %w{owf},
    /scio/       => %w{shu},
    /esque/      => %w{esk},
    /ture/       => %w{chur},
    /\btoo?\b/   => %w{to t 2 to t},
    /tious/      => %w{shus},
    /sure\b/     => %w{shur},
    /tty\b/      => %w{tteh},
    /were/       => %w{was},
    /ok\b|okay/  => %w{kthxbye!},
    /\ba\b/      => %w{uh},
    /ym/         => %w{im},
    /fish/       => %w{ghoti},
    /thy\b/      => %w{fee},
    /\wly\w/     => %w{li},
    /que\w/      => %w{kwe},
    /\both/      => %w{udd},
    /though\b/   => %w{tho},
    /(t|r|en)ough/ => %w{\1uff},
    /ought/      => %w{awt},
    /ease/       => %w{eez},
    /ing\b/      => %w{in ins ng ing in'},
    /have/       => ['haz', 'hav', 'haz a'],
    /has/        => %w{haz gots},
    /your/       => %w{yur ur yore yoar},
    /ove\b/      => %w{oov ove uuv uv oove},
    /for/        => %w{for 4 fr fur for foar},
    /thank/      => %w{fank tank thx thnx},
    /good/       => %w{gud goed guud gude gewd goot gut},
    /really/     => %w{rly rily rilly rilleh},
    /world/      => %w{wurrld whirld wurld wrld},
    /i'?m\b/     => ['im', 'i yam', 'i iz'],
    /(?!e)ight/  => %w{ite},
    /(?!ues)tion/      => %w{shun},
    /you'?re/          => %w{yore yr},
    /can\si\s(?:ple(?:a|e)(?:s|z)e?)?\s?have\sa/ => ['i can haz'],
    /(?:hello|\bhi\b|\bhey\b|howdy|\byo\b),?/    => ['oh hai,'],
    /(?:god\b|allah|buddah?|diety|lord)/         => ['ceiling cat'],
    /er\b|are|ere/ => %w{r},
    /y\b|ey\b/ => %w{eh},
    /ea/       => %w{ee},
}

Class Method Summary

• .tranzlate(str) ⇒ Object

Class Method Details

.tranzlate(str) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/tranzlate/lolspeak.rb', line 82

def self.tranzlate(str)
    lolstr = str.dup
    LOL_DICTIONARY.each do |english, lolspeak|
        lolstr.gsub!(english, lolspeak.sample)
    end

    lolstr << '!  kthxbye!' if rand(10) == 2
    lolstr.gsub!(/(\?|!|,|\.)+/, '!')

    lolstr.upcase
end