Originally meant "laughing out loud," but according to linguist and 'TED Talks' guest, John McWhorter, "lol" eventually came to be used as a pragmatic particle or verbal space filler, if you will, before finally evolving to it's current state of popular use as a marker of empathy, accommodation, or understanding, quite often of something that isn't a great thing.
Nowadays when people say "lol," you can obviously see that it no longer means "laughing out loud," and that it more likely means something like "Well shit! The struggle is real but the thing you're talking about probably won't turn out 'too' bad compared to, oh I dunno, literal Satan, for example."
Nowadays when people say "lol," you can obviously see that it no longer means "laughing out loud," and that it more likely means something like "Well shit! The struggle is real but the thing you're talking about probably won't turn out 'too' bad compared to, oh I dunno, literal Satan, for example."
Obbapobble Sobbucksdobbicks: "Dude, I just dropped my phone in the daaaayme toilet again, and right on top of a tuuurd this time!"
Trobbumps Obbafobbag: "lol damn, dude! That suurrrks! I've done that so many times!"
Trobbumps Obbafobbag: "lol damn, dude! That suurrrks! I've done that so many times!"
by The Super-Polite Rapist May 8, 2016
Get the Lolmug. 
by smiggle_monster November 30, 2016
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by The cool guy that plays Lol November 14, 2013
Get the lol legsmug. originally meant "laugh out loud" but now means when you say something but dont want it to be rude
also when you want to end the conversation
also when you want to end the conversation
"I hate my stupid grandpa lol"
"I love this video you should watch it."
"lol."
"wasn't it funny?"
"lol"
"I love this video you should watch it."
"lol."
"wasn't it funny?"
"lol"
by Tim Horndren June 1, 2018
Get the lolmug.