LOL

or lol

[ el-oh-el or, often, lol ]

interjection
  1. laughing out loud; laugh out loud: used as a response to something funny or as a follow-up to something said only as a joke: You can see from the pics that my dog did not appreciate how we dressed him up for Halloween this year. LOL!

verb (used without object)LOLed, LOL·ing.
  1. to laugh: I literally LOLed when I got your text.I can’t stop loling over this dumb video!

Origin of LOL

1
First recorded in 1985–90; from its use in digital communications

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How to use LOL in a sentence

  • For instance, here's MTV's liveblog, from early in the show, when host Russell Brand took the: "Get ready for some lewd LOLs!"

    Leave Kanye Alone | Choire Sicha | September 14, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for LOL

LOL

/ text messaging /


abbreviation for
  1. laughing out loud

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