"lawl" is the vocalization of the acronym "LOL", but it is effectively its own acronym. lawl := "laughing at worthy lulz", "
luxurious amounts of wild lulziness"
In rare
circumstances, "lawl" is a
contraction of "lacking an awl", meaning that your textual conferrer, had he an awl handy, actually would intend to poke your eye out with it.