by AnnoyingProfessor September 8, 2016

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

something to say when there is a hilarious joke and you are too cold hearted to laugh or it wasn't funny or you just simply, didn't laugh; or something you say in response to everything someone says; or even when something cool happens
Clint: if a man hits a women with his car, whos at fault?
Wyatt: IDFK who
Clint: the man, he shouldnt drive in the kitchen
Wyatt: Hiss Roar XD lol
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James: So my mom got hit by a car....
Beartla: Hiss Roar XD lol
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Owen: Dude so I was on Xbox and I got a 360 no scope
Ben: Hiss Roar XD lol
Wyatt: IDFK who
Clint: the man, he shouldnt drive in the kitchen
Wyatt: Hiss Roar XD lol
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James: So my mom got hit by a car....
Beartla: Hiss Roar XD lol
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Owen: Dude so I was on Xbox and I got a 360 no scope
Ben: Hiss Roar XD lol
by YB 2317Wycore November 26, 2018

signifies laughing out loud in real life when you over the internet or texting on phone and someone made you laugh like this. lmao means laughing my ass off. roflmao mean rolling on the floor laughing my ass off. rofl rolling on the floor laughing. i felt no need to redo this every time for all of them.
by Megasus Thirst Jesus Christ May 28, 2022

Meaning, laugh out loud, can be referred to when someone says something funny or you have said something funny. Normally used in text messages or out loud in a conversation with friends or family (Informal phrase)
by HuskyLover99 November 8, 2017

1. To soften the blow of a sentence
2. Laughing out loud, usually sarcastic
3. Little man w/ hands up
2. Laughing out loud, usually sarcastic
3. Little man w/ hands up
by anonymous August 19, 2021
