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- interjection archaic Used in
song as anonsense syllable. - interjection Internet slang, text messaging Alternative form of
LOL . - verb Internet slang, text messaging, intransitive Alternative form of
LOL .
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Examples
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Yet, all was licked clean, as soon as it wa sout of the pan..coutesy my cousins...lol, however without sparing me with taunts. shameless creatures..lol
Burnt and Baked bhags 2008
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Don't u just hate it when a guy keeps staring at u for long, and he knows u noticed that too, and hi go still dey look like roasted he-goat...dat crap pisses me off abeg lol naija hold-up...na wa o some ppl go comto dem car, begin waka..lol
RECAP FROM LAST FRIDAY. princesa 2007
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Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? the home of lol cats and lol*
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Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? the home of lol cats and lol*
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Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? the home of lol cats and lol*
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Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? the home of lol cats and lol*
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Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? the home of lol cats and lol*
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Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? the home of lol cats and lol*
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Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? the home of lol cats and lol*
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Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? the home of lol cats and lol*
john commented on the word lol
txtspk for "laugh out loud"
October 5, 2007
lampbane commented on the word lol
See also lolcat.
May 13, 2008
frindley commented on the word lol
Now this is cool: in Dutch "lol" means fun or lark(s). (And lol maken means to have fun.)
October 12, 2008
whichbe commented on the word lol
This is mystical "stuff" at the center of a lollypop that is mined through a quest of enumerable licking, then delightfully spread throughout the lands by cats.
December 2, 2008
vsrixyz commented on the word lol
From Wikipedia:
"David Crystal notes that use of LOL is not necessarily genuine, just as the use of smiley faces or grins is not necessarily genuine, posing the rhetorical question "How many people are actually 'laughing out loud' when they send LOL?". Franzini concurs, stating that there is as yet no research that has determined the percentage of people who are actually laughing out loud when they write 'LOL'."
January 6, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word lol
Wow. Someone actually sat down and wrote that paragraph.
January 6, 2009
yarb commented on the word lol
I very seldom write lol, and still I estimate I'm actually laughing out loud on no more than 1% such occasions.
January 6, 2009
kewpid commented on the word lol
Though often I am laughing in my head. But limh just doesn't look right.
January 6, 2009
pollyanna commented on the word lol
I have a stifled giggle often but I don't like telling people about it.
January 6, 2009
sionnach commented on the word lol
whichbe: I think that the elusive 'lol' elixir has also been isolated in the sap of the loblolly pine. Should you have such a tree, or cluster of them, and should you be contemplating harvesting them because your 401K has become a 201K (i.e. lost half its value), an estimate of your return can be obtained by running this program . It is not clear whether cats can play any useful role in isolating the 'lol' ichor from the tree; though chained_bear might be able to lease out a loblolly boy or two to help with the harvest.
It appears that yarb is admitting to being a proto-agelast. But give him a couple of weeks with the Proust; 30 pages of reading about someone turning over in bed and whining because maman didn't come up to kiss him goodnight will have him in stitches, fer shurr.
January 6, 2009
reesetee commented on the word lol
At last! A Loblolly Pine Calculator! That makes me smile my head off.
January 6, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word lol
*hears thump*
*hands reesetee's head back*
I love sionnach's last sentence.
Also, I very seldom write LOL also... actually I never write it, and seldom type it... but when I do it's because I actually did make some kind of untoward noise. I don't think it counts to limh or even to smile in my head (simh). But if I actually make some kind of audible noise, I figure that's a fair LOL.
January 6, 2009
reesetee commented on the word lol
*replaces head*
Thanks, c_b. Odd...that hardly ever happens.
January 7, 2009
lea commented on the word lol
Hey, lol means 1. bloom, flower or 2. rose in Mayan language...! *Blooming laughter.*
March 8, 2009
rwhaddad commented on the word lol
Abbreviation for "laugh out loud" used in internet & text messaging.
July 6, 2009
dottyteddy commented on the word lol
short for Laugh out loud or lots of love. used in e-mail and phone texting
July 15, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lol
The sixth Vexample is particularly vexing.
February 13, 2010
yarb commented on the word lol
Increasingly, I'm noticing compulsive use of this in internet forums, craigslist ads etc, i.e. a lol every eight to ten words. Some people seem to be using lol in lieu of standard punctuation.
February 13, 2010
sionnach commented on the word lol
I almost never look at the Vexamples. The sorry assortment given for this entry reminds me why not.
February 13, 2010
oroboros commented on the word lol
Field Guide to the Acronymical Kingdom
March 5, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word lol
There is no surer way to sound like a moron than to use this word in spoken conversation.
April 2, 2010
john commented on the word lol
Milosrdenstvi, I accept that challenge. There must be a way, and I will find it!
April 2, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word lol
I heard Italian teenagers say lollissimo ("very lol"). They win.
April 2, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word lol
Hmmm, lollissimo sounds very nice to my ears...
April 2, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word lol
Speaking of "win", excessive use of that word (and its counterpart/nonantonym, "fail") is another sure pathway to morondom. Perhaps a spoken intellectual equivalent to greengrocer's apostrophe.
April 2, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word lol
Really? This is both awesome and gay at the same time!
April 2, 2010
EabhaC commented on the word lol
me luv lol.....lol!!!!
December 4, 2012
bilby commented on the word lol
The suffix for beta-blockers is -lol, often -olol although sometimes -alol is also used.
Examples: atenolol, metoprolol, propranolol, primidolol, etc.
August 1, 2022