2007-03-18 08:12:23 · 29 answers · asked by Peter V 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
laugh out loud
From Wikipedia:
LOL (also written lol) is a common element of Internet slang used, historically, on Usenet but now widespread to other forms of computer-mediated communication, and even spread to face-to-face communication. It is an abbreviation for "laughing out loud"[1][2] or "laugh out loud".[3] "LOL" is one of many initialisms for expressing bodily reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including initialisms such as "ROTFL" ("roll(ing) on the floor laughing"),[4][5] a more emphatic expression of laughter, and "BWL" ("bursting with laughter"), above which there is "no greater compliment" according to Magid.[6]
The list of initialisms "grows by the month"[4] and they are collected along with emoticons and smileys into folk dictionaries which are circulated informally amongst users of Usenet, IRC, and other forms of (textual) computer-mediated communication.[7] These initialisms are controversial, and several authors recommend against their use, either in general or in specific contexts such as business communications.
The use of LOL to express laughter is unrelated to other uses of the abbreviation, many of which, such as "lots of love", predate the Internet.[citation needed] LOL has also superseded the more-obvious "Ha!" that letter writers used to use
Good Luck....
2007-03-18 08:15:41 · answer #1 · answered by Teacher Man 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Laugh Out Loud
2007-03-18 15:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laughing Out Loud
2007-03-18 15:15:32 · answer #3 · answered by Paul Goldsworthy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol means Laugh out loud meaning that you are laughing at what the other person typed. ROFL is Rolling on floor laughing. there are all kinds of short cuts for sentences out there. You'll come across more. Don't be afraid to ask.
2007-03-18 16:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laughs out loud
2007-03-18 15:15:32 · answer #5 · answered by thumberlina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Internet lingo it is used for laughing out loud---someone finds what the other person wrote amusing or funny.
I know some people who use it in everyday as meaning lots of love or lots of luck
2007-03-18 20:41:36 · answer #6 · answered by Seablanco1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
laughing out loud,for example i can say peter is a jerk lol means am saying a joke no offence and u might ask these too so to say u points here they go
idk=i dont know
omg=oh my gosh
btw-by the way
ldr=long distance relationships
2007-03-18 15:21:31 · answer #7 · answered by combs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laugh out loud. It's hard to see an emotion within typewritten words so it adds some!
2007-03-18 15:16:31 · answer #8 · answered by annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
laugh out loud
2007-03-18 15:15:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol means laugh out loud.. People usually say it when people say funny things.
2007-03-18 15:16:39 · answer #10 · answered by man with the answers 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋