ROFL
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of ROFL
From its use in digital communications
Example Sentences
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On April 12th, Cobie tweeted, “Found an ETH address that bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of tokens exclusively featured in the Coinbase Asset Listing post about 24 hours before it was published, rofl.”
From The Verge
The inquests also heard about serious failings by DI Rofl Schamberger, who oversaw the Barking and Dagenham Police team that examined the deaths of Gabriel Kovari and Daniel Whitworth.
From BBC
Before it was an acronym, they embodied ROFL, forever collapsing to the ground in mirth.
From New York Times
When I told him the game was cool, he said “rofl” and told me their botnet is worth more than Niantic Labs.
From Time
FWIW, the Oxford English Dictionary recently added hundreds of new words to its vaunted pages, and some of them — like "budgie smugglers," "butt ugly" and "ScoobySnack" — will deffo have you ROFL.
From Los Angeles Times
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