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"LOL" is a popular internet abbreviation for "laugh out loud."

1. It is often mistaken by parents as "lots of love."

2. It is often used in texting and online chats when things get awkward, or when there is nothing else to say.
1. When texting your mom:
Mom: "Grandma died. LOL"
You: WTF?
2. When texting a person you don't know too well:
Person: "I forgot my homework the other day and my teacher yelled at me!"
You: LOL I gotta go now.
LOL by BTM13 December 30, 2011
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lol doesn't really mean "laugh out loud". It never has.

It can mean "I acknowledge what you said, and it may or may not be mildly amusing. Either way, I genereally approve, in a non-comital way."

It also usually communicates the amused, nearly silent expulsion of air from the nose, which is not quite a small snort, which is reserved for reading something funny. Originally used for amusing and witty books, but now translated to text communication as well. One does not actually have to politely laugh, one mimics it with a simple lol, and doesn't bother to mime the false pretense in person.
lol!
lol by shell initiative October 25, 2012
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1. Abbreviation for "Laugh out Loud". Substitution for laughter.

2. How girls on the internet let guys know that they do anal
1. A- why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from your mother's ugly face!

B- What's the difference between your penis and your jokes? Nobody laughs at your jokes.

C- lol

A- F**k you

B- lol

D- lol

2. See slut
Lol by Name removed by the NSA December 5, 2013
An abbreviation of "Lots of love" or more commonly, "Laugh out loud"
"LOL that cat vid was so funny!"
LOL by Bronydrone December 7, 2013
The 'word' people use when something isn't at all funny or they're just too lazy to give a proper response; related to 'haha'.
*texting*
'I just saw an elephant squeal'
'LOL'
'I just had the best time with Josh'
'LOL'
'I just added the proper definition of LOL to the Urban Dictionary'
'LOL'
LOL by Daniiii! October 16, 2014
Laugh out loud
Dan fell over. Lol.
Lol by xmilisnotonfirex February 19, 2015
Used to make texts less offensive
You're so dumb lol
lol by Free Amerika April 5, 2015