LOL

== English == === Alternative forms === (laughing out loud) lol, lawl, lel, lul (lots of laughs) lols, LOLS (light-heartedness) lolsies, LOLsies, lolzies (?) lulz === Etymology === Acronym of laugh(ing) out loud, apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/, /lɔːl/, /lɒl/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/, /lɔl/, /lɑl/, /loʊl/ Rhymes: -ɛl, -ɒl, -ɔːl, -əʊl === Interjection === LOL (Internet slang, text messaging, literal) Laughing (or laugh) out loud. Coordinate terms: :-) and its synonyms; lawl, LMAO, LOLWUT, ROFL, ROTFL, ROFLMAO, ROTFLMAO; IPML, kek (Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used) Coordinate terms: :-) and its synonyms; lawl, LMAO, LOLWUT, ROFL, ROTFL, ROFLMAO, ROTFLMAO; IPML, kek (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. Coordinate terms: :-) and its synonyms; lawl (letter-writing, dated) Lots of love. Coordinate terms: XOXO, XO ==== Usage notes ==== Typically, lowercase "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: Yet, as with other expressions of emotion, the intensified forms can also be used to express insincere or exaggerated laughter: ==== Translations ==== === Verb === LOL (third-person singular simple present LOLs, present participle LOLing, simple past and past participle LOLed or LOLd or LOL'd) (Internet slang, text messaging) To laugh out loud. Coordinate terms: lawl, LMAO, LOLWUT, ROFL, ROTFL, ROFLMAO, ROTFLMAO; IPML, kek === Noun === LOL (plural LOLs) (US, Commonwealth, Ireland) Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch. (informal, sometimes derogatory) Little old lady. Hyponym: LOL in NAD An instance of the interjection "LOL". === References === [5] UK house of commons discussing a Loyal Orange Lodge. === Anagrams === LLO, OLL == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English LOL. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɔlˀ/, [ˈlʌlˀ] === Interjection === LOL (Internet slang, text messaging) LOL (expression of laughter) ==== Alternative forms ==== lol lål (rare) === References === “LOL” in Den Danske Ordbog == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English LOL. === Interjection === LOL (Internet slang, text messaging) LOL ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:LOL.