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An acronym created by Dr. Sidney B. Simon, professor of Education, retired from the Univ. of Massachusetts. His activity, I Am Lovable And Capable, was developed to help children not put themselves down and learn to value themselves. He later wrote a book by that title. The activity has become so popular that so many people have 'borrowed' it (read "plagiarized") that they've separated his name and authorship from the material. He is still actively conducting trainings all over the US. Because the metaphor in the exercise is a SIGN with the IALAC letters on it, people say, "He ripped my sign" when they mean "he hurt my feelings."
He ripped my IALAC sign.
IALAC by Barnegat Blummis August 12, 2006
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(Eye-uh-Lack) n.

Acronym meaning "I am lovable and capable". IALAC correlates to your self-worth, often based on positive and negative events that happened to you recently.

Negative events can tear or damage your IALAC, positive ones may repair it.
My IALAC is torn because Bobby called me a bourgeois tomato head.
IALAC by and120cents February 3, 2006

IALAMAIC 

I am laughing as much as I can. Can be used interchangeably with 'lol'.
A: Did you know he who laughs last thinks the slowest.
B: lol
A: Aren't you tried with all these clichés?
B: ialamaic
A: lol
IALAMAIC by sum1. September 15, 2010
This stands for "I actually laughed at that". It is an alternate version of lol or rofl and is used in certain situations when something funny is said, but saying lol would cheapen the effect of it.
Person 1: (something funny on an instant messenger)
Person 2: hahaha
Person 2: ialat
ialat by Poopydoo December 21, 2005

ialatfttjh 

Acronym.

ialatfttjh = i am laughing at the funny thing that just happened.

Widely used due to its ease to type.
Soon to be bigger than lol!
ialatfttjh by Xim March 30, 2005

ialaidnsi 

i am looking away i do not see it, when you see something you wish you didnt so you try to ignore the fact it happened
that girl: foreigner💕! foreigner💕!

everyone else: IALAIDNSI
ialaidnsi by ialaidsi May 4, 2020
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