by The Great December 14, 2004

A new approach to customer service with the thinking that huge doses of politeness and friendliness will make up for a total lack of actual practical assistance. See also cellular service provider customer service syndrome.
by Noel S December 3, 2003

by Katie Tran October 25, 2003

An old internet company founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, then Quantum Computer Services, America Online. They are now owned by Verizon, which also own Yahoo!
by areyouok January 17, 2021

Thank you for signing up for AOL.
You have been billed $999.99 from your bank account "1234-12**-****-**34".
Your free trial ends in:
0 H 0 MIN 30 SECONDS
<30 seconds later>
You: Why did I have to pay $999.99 again?
Tech Support: YOU ASKED ALOUD! NICE! NOW YOU GET A -30% DISCOUNT!
Tech Support: ONLY $1300/30 SECONDS! ISN'T THAT A HUGE DISCOUNT!?!? Yes or yes?
You: Just delete my accoutn.
You have been billed $999.99 from your bank account "1234-12**-****-**34".
Your free trial ends in:
0 H 0 MIN 30 SECONDS
<30 seconds later>
You: Why did I have to pay $999.99 again?
Tech Support: YOU ASKED ALOUD! NICE! NOW YOU GET A -30% DISCOUNT!
Tech Support: ONLY $1300/30 SECONDS! ISN'T THAT A HUGE DISCOUNT!?!? Yes or yes?
You: Just delete my accoutn.
by AAAAAAAAAA_SO_BAD April 14, 2021

Old Internet slang for "Me too!" Derived from the online service but not synonymous; all definitions saying it just means "America On Line" are incorrect. This is dictionary of slang, after all.
Every September, tons of US students flooded onto USENET as they got university computer accounts. They started spamming newsgroups with meaningless replies. Typically they might respond to nuanced, wide-ranging 16- threaded discussion from 5 years earlier, usually top-posting just to say "Me too!"
But they learned the ropes (or got bored and left.)
Then came the Eternal September, when in 1994 AOL allowed its users to access USENET. Then there was a constant flood of newbies, contributing nothing except to say "Me too".
It is all most people ever saw AOLers say.
So, when someone says AOL on Ye Olde Texte-Based Internet, it means "Me too."
Every September, tons of US students flooded onto USENET as they got university computer accounts. They started spamming newsgroups with meaningless replies. Typically they might respond to nuanced, wide-ranging 16- threaded discussion from 5 years earlier, usually top-posting just to say "Me too!"
But they learned the ropes (or got bored and left.)
Then came the Eternal September, when in 1994 AOL allowed its users to access USENET. Then there was a constant flood of newbies, contributing nothing except to say "Me too".
It is all most people ever saw AOLers say.
So, when someone says AOL on Ye Olde Texte-Based Internet, it means "Me too."
Participant 1: The problem with seeing _Ex Machina_ as being about the Turing Test is that it ignores Yudkowsky's later thought experiment.
Participant 2: Conceded, but this is relatively obscure. Despite its problematic inspiration, though, it is not a bad film.
AOLer: ME TOO!
Participant 2: Conceded, but this is relatively obscure. Despite its problematic inspiration, though, it is not a bad film.
AOLer: ME TOO!
by lproven May 29, 2020
