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loļ lol Lol LoL -lol English Loyal Orange Lodge Alternative forms laughing out loud en lol lawl lel lul lots of laughs en lols LOLS light-heartedness en lolsies LOLsies lolzies ? en lulz Etymology en laugh(ing) out loud, apparently en Wayne Pearson the early-to-mid 1980s Canadian 1 1 -en Because Internet The most commonly accepted account of the creation of "lol" comes from a man in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, named Wayne Pearson, who recalls coining it in a chatroom in the 1980s: The first known citation for LOL appears in a list from May 1989, 2019 Gretchen McCulloch 75 9780735210943 2020 Internet People Riverhead Books New York trade paperback, third printingen https://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~crwth/LOL.html University of Calgary Department of Computer Science LOL was first coined on a BBS called Viewline in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in the early-to-mid-80s. I found myself truly laughing out loud, echoing off the walls of my kitchen. That's when "LOL" was first used. The origin of LOL c. 2003 Wayne Pearson 16 November 2023 2022-12-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20231116062259/https://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~crwth/LOL.html and first attested in 1989.LOL int 291168 March 2022 Pronunciation en /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/ /lɔːl/ /lɒl/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav Southern England en /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/ /lɔl/ /lɑl/ /loʊl/ US,Canada en ɛl<s:3> ɒl<s:1> ɔːl<s:1> əʊl<s:1> Interjection en laughing out loud, literally en Internet slang text messaging literal Laughing (or laugh) out loud. en :-) and its synonyms ; lawl LMAO LOLWUT ROFL ROTFL ROFLMAO ROTFLMAO ; IPML kek en I just saw the video where he opens the door and gets the surprise! LOL! en Bro got milk spilt over his head! LOL! en lots of laughs, literally en Internet slang text messaging Lots of laughs. occasionally used en :-) and its synonyms ; lawl LMAO LOLWUT ROFL ROTFL ROFLMAO ROTFLMAO ; IPML kek en I love the one where he orders a cup of tea but then chaos ensues! LOL! en some degree of humor, whether laugh, smile, irony, or sardonicism en originally Internet slang text messaging by dilution figurative Indicates light-heartedness or amusement, or that the accompanying statement is not intended as serious; sometimes extends to irony or sardonicism, in the same way that spoken humor sometimes does. Often now a discourse marker independent of laughter. en :-) and its synonyms ; lawl en I hope you weren't expecting a welcome wagon, LOL. en In the course of managing your expectations, you'll need to account for the usual amount of pettiness and dishonesty among your fellow humans lol. en January 11, 2024 Kristen Stewart Does Kristen Stewart Know Her Lines From Her Most Famous Movies? 9:49 And if you're sad about someone, something that was fun once is now really painful. So it sorta started out as "L-O-L, you're getting water in my mouth". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVvnKCJ8rCg en lots of love en letter-writing dated Lots of love. en XOXO XO#Noun_2 en P.S.: Give my regards to Elizabeth and to the children! LOL! en 11/29/02 Me Here Latest Rugby Poll. nz.general SHEESH !!!! ¶ LOL (Laugh out loud) &&&& ¶ LOL (Lots of love, coz I'm a sharing caring kinda gal) ¶ Nikki en 2007 Through the Children's Gate Adam Gopnik 174328618X Explaining how much I hated being away from him for another weekend, how I had to do it to pay for his school, for our life. Heartfelt, heart-full, I signed it "LOL, Dad.". Then a pause. And I see appearing on my screen these words. "Dad: what exactly do you think LOL means?" "Lots of Love, obviously," I replied. en 2010 Box of Chocolates: Piece from My Heart Keturah Wasler 20 0557121361 The answer is in Job 40:7 to the end of the chapter, and 2 tim 2:11 thru 2:21. LOL, Dad Miscommunication: I was thinking he was laughing he didn't tell that was not true. An on-looker said he may mean lots of love. I asked and he didn't answer but he hugged me the next time he saw me for two seconds. Progress not perfection. en 2011 Found in Translation Rhonda K. Kindig 105 1449717462 John 21:15, 16,17 Back in the fifties, when I used to write childish letters in long-hand to my grandmothers, I would delight in closing with LOL, by which I intended the sentiment "Lots of Love"! This was followed by "XOXOXOXO", which, of course, was hugs and kisses. en May 28, 2014 The Guardian 25 years of LOL – the good and bad bits https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/28/25-years-lol-good-bad-bits Stuart Heritage One of the most famous examples of this misunderstanding came to prominence three years ago, thanks to a screengrab of this text message sent by a mother to her son: "Your great aunt just passed away. LOL". Usage notes Typically, lowercase "en lol" is used for the diluted sense of the word (to indicate light-heartedness), while uppercase "LOL" is used more literally. Sentence case Lol is sometimes seen on social media platforms which automatically capitalize the first word of any sentence, but is otherwise uncommon even sentence-initially. Both uppercase LOL and lowercase lol are sometimes reduplicated, in such a manner as "lololol", "lolololol", and so on (typically ending with an l) for further emphasis on the laughter. Alternatively, the o or the final l can be reduplicated: en ♥Ambie9159♥: I spent all week memorizing formulas and then found it was an open-book test!♬Seriseri6119♬: LOOOOOOOL you're dumb Yet, as with other expressions of emotion, the intensified forms can also be used to express insincere or exaggerated laughter: en ⚃diceBib⚅: Why do we call it School Street when the school is actually on Main Street?☈Thundersnow1414☃: LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!! Translations expression of laughter Arabic: ar هَهَه, ar خُخُخ, ar هَاهَا, ar لُول Bulgarian: bg бгг Chinese: Cantonese: yue 55555, yue 哈哈 Mandarin: cmn 233 chiefly mainland China, cmn 哈哈哈, cmn 紅紅火火恍恍惚惚 mainland China Danish: da LOL, da lol Dutch: nl lol, nl LOL Esperanto: eo mdr Estonian: et irw Finnish: fi lol, fi reps, fi naur, fi huutista French: fr mdr, fr lol, fr ptdr Georgian: ka ლოლ, ka lol Geor German: de lol Greek: el λολ Hebrew: he לול lol, he ההה, he חחח Hindi: hi LOL Hungarian: hu lol, hu hfn (hangosan felnevet) Icelandic: is lol, is híhí Indonesian: id wkwkwk Interlingua: ia lol Irish: ga GOA Italian: it lol Jamaican Creole: jam DWL Japanese: ja w, ja www, ja ワラ (wara), ja 草 kusa, ja 笑 わらい, warai, しょう, shō, わら, wara （笑） (can be preceded by かっこ kakko when reading aloud) Korean: ko ㅋㅋㅋ, ko ㅋ, ko ㅎㅎ Latin: la corrideō Latvian: lv ha ha Lithuanian: lt cha cha cha Navajo: nv dloh, nv ayóo íítsʼaʼgo anáshdloh, nv AIA, nv dagó anáshdlohgo shitłʼaaʼ nʼdiiltsʼid Nigerian Pidgin: pcm lwkmd Norwegian: no lol Persian: fa خخخ xexexe, fa ههه hahah, fa mkm Afghanistan Polish: pl lol Portuguese: pt rs, pt kkk Romanian: ro lol Russian: ru лол, ru ржать ржёт , ru Ы, ru ржунимагу́ , ru испацту́ла , ru пацтало́м most expressions are in "padonki" style, deliberately distorted spellings, ru ))), ru гы, ru гыыыы, ru бгг, ru ржу Shona: sn kkkk Somali: so kkkk Spanish: es lol, es reva, es jajajá Swedish: sv lol, sv asg (sv asgarva) Tagalog: tl jejeje Thai: th 555 Turkish: tr lol, tr LOL Ukrainian: uk бгг, uk ліл, uk ))) Vietnamese: vi vl, vi vãi LOL, vi VCL, vi VKL, vi hj hj, vi hihihi, vi kekeke, vi kakaka, vi kk Yoruba: yo ẹ̀rín kèékèé, yo ẹ̀rín kk denotes light-heartedness or unseriousness Czech: cs lol Finnish: fi lol, fi naur, fi reps Verb + + +,~d,~'d en internet slang text messaging To laugh out loud. en lawl LMAO LOLWUT ROFL ROTFL ROFLMAO ROTFLMAO ; IPML kek Noun en Loyal Orange Lodge en US Commonwealth Ireland Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch. en little old lady en informal sometimes pejorative Little old lady. en LOL in NAD en We've got an LOL in the emergency department who seems a bit confused. en 2001-05-13 Khipple Sheilendr Word for Word/Hospital Lingo; What's a Bed Plug? An L.O.L. in N.A.D. w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/13/weekinreview/word-for-word-hospital-lingo-what-s-a-bed-plug-an-lol-in-nad.html L.O.L.: little old lady. (Oddly, there is no male equivalent.) / N.A.D.: no apparent distress. The classic description of a patient in a state of well-being: L.O.L. in N.A.D. https://web.archive.org/web/20180321212318/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/13/weekinreview/word-for-word-hospital-lingo-what-s-a-bed-plug-an-lol-in-nad.html en 2018 To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair Jeanne Marie Laskas 29 9781408894514 Then he started with his LOLs. The Little Old Ladies who needed help with daily chores. An instance of the interjection "LOL". en Heather Kelly YouTube tries to fix its comments w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/24/tech/social-media/youtube-comment-upgrade 2013-09-24 YouTube comments are rough. They dabble in all forms of trolling, bullying, racism, sexism and other offensive -isms, interspersed with endless spurts of nonsensical chatter. Any thoughtful comments are typically lost in a roiling sea of “LOLs,” insults and spam. https://web.archive.org/web/20260419195039/https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/24/tech/social-media/youtube-comment-upgrade/ 19 April 2026 Derived terms en LMFAOOL lolbertarian lolcow LOLer Lolocaust lolrandom lolsob LOLsuit LOLtastic References UK house of commons discussing a Loyal Orange Lodge. Anagrams en llo LLO OLL en calculator words internet laughter slang Danish da: Etymology da en LOL. Pronunciation da /lɔlˀ/ [ˈlʌlˀ] Interjection da intj da Internet slang text messaging en LOL (expression of laughter) Alternative forms da lol da lål rare References Portuguese Etymology pt :bor en:LOL + 1 Interjection pt intj pt internet slang text messaging en LOL Quotations pt