lolz

American

[lolz] / lɒlz /

Also LOLz, or lols

plural noun

amusement; fun; joking; laughter, laughs.

It’s nonstop lolz with my sisters when we have a girls’ night out.

interjection

LOL.

The dog just ate our last roll of toilet paper, lolz!

Etymology

Origin of lolz

First recorded in 1995–2000; from LOL ( def. ), an interjection reanalyzed as a noun and pluralized with -z (to match pronunciation)

Example Sentences

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One woman is described as having “not much lolz left in her eyes”; despair is all-pervasive.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2020

The epitaph for their movement would rightly read: jk lolz.

From Fox News • Jul. 26, 2019

Related: As world Scrabble champion, I think new words are obvs lolz | Craig Beevers Pets are also useful.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2016

Lostprophets at the Reading festival - Watkins had spoken to a fan from prison saying he was going to make a statement saying it had all been 'mega lolz'

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2013

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