Most of these abbreviations are usually found in lowercase.
Posted on 01/25/2008 5:16:36 AM PST by Lucky9teen
LOL (also written lol or 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" or "laugh out loud". "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"), a more emphatic expression of laughter, and "BWL" ("bursting with laughter"), above which there is "no greater compliment" according to Magid. (Other unrelated expansions include the less common "lots of luck" or "lots of love".) The list of initialisms "grows by the month" and they are collected along with emoticonss and smileys into folk dictionaries which are circulated informally amongst users of Usenet, IRC, and other forms of (textual) computer-mediated communication. 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uses of the abbreviation, many of which (such as "lots of love") predate the Internet.[citation needed] LOL has also superseded the more-obvious "Ha!"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.[citation needed]
Most of these abbreviations are usually found in lowercase.
lal or lawl — can refer to either a pseudo-pronunciation of LOL, or the German translation (although most German speakers use "LOL"). Saying "lawl" is sometimes meant in mockery of those who use the term LOL, and not meant as serious usage. Some take this usage even farther by exclaiming "lawlerskates".
ｗ — used commonly in 2channel, a Japanese equivalent of the acronym. 'ｗ' stands for warau (笑う), which means "to laugh" in Japanese.
lolz — plural form occasionally used in place of "LOL".
lulz — an occasionally used slang for the above plural. Commonly seen on 4chan, being one of its internet memes, "I did it for teh lulz". lulz is generally a term for laughing at someone on the internet because they did something stupid, rather than laughing at something.[21]
mdr — French version of the expression LOL, from the initials of "mort de rire" that roughly translated means "dying of laughter".
555 — The Thai variation of LOL. '5' in Thai is pronounced "ha", three of them being "hahaha".
asg — Swedish abbreviation of the term Asgarv, meaning intensive laughter.
g — Danish abbreviation of the word "griner", which means "laughing" in Danish.
Lol is a native Dutch word (not an acronym) which, conveniently, means "fun" ('lollig' means "funny").
In Welsh, lol means nonsense, e.g. If a person would say "stupid nonsense" in Welsh they would say "lol wirion".
I love cats too! Want to exchange recipes?
..where's da kid with da bucket?
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Looking up toward heaven, she said, 'Lord, take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to church every Sunday for the rest of my life and give up sex and tequila.'
Miraculously, a parking place appeared.
She looked up again and said, 'Never mind. I found one.'
Good Friday Morning to you! Here, is time to wash the crack and then go get supper and drinking, dancing and wimmen!
I got that in an email this week. Too funny.
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The father replied. "Well son, you must have got it from your mother, 'cause I still have mine."
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The Wizard says, "Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you".
The old man says without hesitation, "I now pronounce you man and wife."
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2. There are no dental records.
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The agent replies, "Just a minute.."
"Thank you," the blonde says, and hangs up.
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Moe: "My wife got me to believe in religion."
Joe: "Really?"
Moe: "Yeah. Until I married her I didn't believe in hell."
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A man is recovering from surgery when a nurse asks him how he is feeling. "I'm O. K. but I didn't like the four-letter-word the doctor used in surgery," he answered.
"What did he say," asked the nurse.
"OOPS"
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While shopping for vacation clothes, my husband and I passed a display of bathing suits. It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since I had even considered buying a bathing suit, so I sought my husband's advice.
"What do you think?" I asked. "Should I get a bikini or an all-in-one?"
"Better get a bikini," he replied. "You'd never get it all in one."
He's still in intensive care.
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