LOL, or lol, is an acronym for laugh(ing) out loud or lots of laughs, and a popular element of Internet slang. It was first used almost exclusively on Usenet, but has since become widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication and even face-to-face communication. It is one of many initialisms for expressing bodily reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including initialisms for more emphatic expressions of laughter such as LMAO("laugh(ing) my ass off") and ROFL (or its older form ROTFL; "roll(ing) on the floor laughing"). Other unrelated expansions include the now mostly obsolete "lots of luck" or "lots of love" used in letter-writing.
The list of acronyms "grows by the month", and they are collected along with emoticons and smileys into folk dictionaries that are circulated informally amongst users of Usenet, IRC, and other forms of (textual) computer-mediated communication. These initialisms are controversial, and several authors recommend against their use, either in general or in specific contexts such as business communications.
The list of acronyms "grows by the month", and they are collected along with emoticons and smileys into folk dictionaries that are circulated informally amongst users of Usenet, IRC, and other forms of (textual) computer-mediated communication. These initialisms are controversial, and several authors recommend against their use, either in general or in specific contexts such as business communications.
How to use it?
Wrong way
(Meanwhile in "online chat"...)
Genpasaporte: My grandma just died :(
DarkerForce: OMG, LOL!
Genpasaporte: Why do you happy Dark?
DarkerForce: IDK, LOL?
Genpasaporte: Shouldn't you be sad?
DarkerForce: WHY, LOL?
Genpasaporte: nvm then, Bye :(
DarkerForce: Ok, lol?
Genpasaporte Block DarkerForce
Right way
Timvannn: Someone so stupid that someone had to call 411 to get the number for 911.
Yan_XU: LOL!
Timvannn: Ik,r?
Yan_XU: Yes Tru!
Wrong way
(Meanwhile in "online chat"...)
Genpasaporte: My grandma just died :(
DarkerForce: OMG, LOL!
Genpasaporte: Why do you happy Dark?
DarkerForce: IDK, LOL?
Genpasaporte: Shouldn't you be sad?
DarkerForce: WHY, LOL?
Genpasaporte: nvm then, Bye :(
DarkerForce: Ok, lol?
Genpasaporte Block DarkerForce
Right way
Timvannn: Someone so stupid that someone had to call 411 to get the number for 911.
Yan_XU: LOL!
Timvannn: Ik,r?
Yan_XU: Yes Tru!
by Totally Secret Banana Peel! May 2, 2018
Get the LOLmug. Basically an all purpose term for anything ranging from mildly humerous, to raging hysterical.
The term used to be strictly an acronym for Laughing Out Loud, but it now means "I think that's funny" ALthough it used to be strictly confined to the internet, it has evolved into a word pronounced "lawl" and is sometimes spelled so.
Lol has gained many variations
I.E Lol, lul, lulz, loled, lawl, lolz, lols, luls, Lawlz, Lawlz etc.
It is only twenty years away from being in Merriam Websters dictionary
The term used to be strictly an acronym for Laughing Out Loud, but it now means "I think that's funny" ALthough it used to be strictly confined to the internet, it has evolved into a word pronounced "lawl" and is sometimes spelled so.
Lol has gained many variations
I.E Lol, lul, lulz, loled, lawl, lolz, lols, luls, Lawlz, Lawlz etc.
It is only twenty years away from being in Merriam Websters dictionary
Christoper2022:33 P.M Yesterday, i Opened can of soup and drank it cuz I was to lazy to cook it
OrlndoBloomfan2:33 P.M Lol!
OrlndoBloomfan2:33 P.M Lol!
by Noogahoogah October 3, 2009
Get the Lolmug. by RipBorfax January 31, 2020
Get the Lolmug. by anonymous October 9, 2020
Get the lol bunnymug. 