the word "LOL"?

[mariner_heart]

i don't know why i have spurts of funny hatred when i see a use of the word 'lol'.
i am still comfortable with LMAO, OMG, WTF but its the 'lol' people use when it is least expected......rather it least fits.

LOL as i know is abbreviation of
"laugh out loud" (most common)
"lots of luck" or "lots of love" (less common--infact non-existant)

Now, if somebody cracks an awesome joke...and people use this word to express their hearty laugh,its still ok.
But these days its being plain overdone, i'll give you some good examples;

it was my first rollercoaster ride, it was awesome lol..
lol..my cousin kicked the sh*t outta me
it was my uncle's funeral ..lol..
eeew .. i forgot...its your birthday lol
SORRY..LOL!!
lol..you are funny!
omg , i gtg srry....catch'ya later lol..

if somebody is so amused by such crap that he/she feels like laughing so bad...i feel that person's got to be the biggest loser around.
and if 'lol' in itself was not enough for some people they invented similar words - 'lolz' or lolzz or lolzzz (add more z's to make it stronger)
wtf is lolzzzzz? -'lots of laughs and then suddenly dozing off?" Thank heavens keyboards don't have feelings!

just wanted to share this thing with you guys. how do you all feel?
sorry if i offended some 'lollers'!

PEACE

[Rudegar]

yeah the
"lol it's jesus"
jokes really show how language can be turned into the enemy of all living things :P

but then guess older people have always felt that the younger crowd abuses the language

[kdskamal]

and lastly i am sharing my views and i seriously don't mean to offend 'lollers'!
all views are welcome. correct me if i am wrong somewhere!

PEACE

LOL! :D

Coming to the point, yeah, its annoying these days. People use the word 'LOL' just for no reason. I cannot figure out, if it makes them feel that they're cool.
Also, people also seem to use 'LMAO' for no reason! Do they really 'laugh their ass off'? *no*

[mariner_heart]

and i am so proud that i've never used this damn word in my general english except for when i talk about it being a symbol of "wannabes"
and i won't use it until somebody points a gun at my head and tells me to type 'lol'
.......and i'll feel like such a loser afterwards!
and yes- i am don't contribute to younger crowd spoiling the language as i am myself 20 years of age!

[flykthewiz]

lol to me has always meant and always will mean "lots of love."

so when i see it all over the place, i just think "what a lovely world it is that we live in, all this love around in the air"

:)

[chunkymonkey]

lol to me has always meant and always will mean "lots of love."

so when i see it all over the place, i just think "what a lovely world it is that we live in, all this love around in the air"

:)

Aye, I thought the same and thus used it at the end of some SMSs, etc. when it simply wasn't appropriate according to what the recipient understood it to mean.

A lass I was very much into some years back thought I was slightly making fun of her as I ended most of my SMS with lol and she eventually asked why I always thought that fairly innoccuous remarks warranted laughing out loud at the end.

Naturally, I felt a right Herbert. Since then I've only used it in the way everyone else does. Not that I use a lot of abbeviations anyway: I tend to punctuaute SMSs or any other messages in the normal way, not least because I used to be a grammar teacher.

[mariner_heart]

wikipedia gives the bast answer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lol

[Vosberg]

I think that there is so much shorthand that people place into what they write, that even this generation has forgotten to even spell the very words! "lol" is so misused, as well as things like "4, lmao, (and what ever else is out there!!)", (show how behind the times i am!!!) If there was not the bulk of the SMS (Short messaging Services) out there, maybe people might be able to write correct!!! Well, that is just my thought...

[flykthewiz]

I think that there is so much shorthand that people place into what they write, that even this generation has forgotten to even spell the very words! "lol" is so misused, as well as things like "4, lmao, (and what ever else is out there!!)", (show how behind the times i am!!!) If there was not the bulk of the SMS (Short messaging Services) out there, maybe people might be able to write correct!!! Well, that is just my thought...

is that "write correct" or "write correctly" :)

[Chainfire]

"lol is lol", is lol. (LOL!)

To freely use an acronym, a Dutch word and a Welsh word, in an English sentence.

Seriously though: I mind these words in certain situations. If you are chatting with someone over the computer, using IRC or instant messaging or whatever, words like LOL and such can be used. Now and then in a forum post is ok. Using it in spoken language is a definite no! What bothers me a lot more is the more random abbreviations of other words user by everybody all over the place. If it's not worth to spell out, it's quite likely not worth saying in the first place.

[rhov23]

Yeah. People nowadays. :p

[Saaduk]

lol...............lol

[mariner_heart]

lol...............lol

ya! i see how satisfied you are now!

[Saaduk]

i guess you had a bad day when made this topic,

LOL

[mariner_heart]

i guess you had a bad day when made this topic,

LOL

exactly!
i was pissed off at one of my friends for excessive lolling.

[kazuni]

perfect definition (to me!:P)

from urbandictionary.com


It's original definition was "Laughing out loud" (also written occasionally as "Lots of Laughs"), used as a brief acronym to denote great amusement in chat conversations.

Now, it is overused to the point where nobody laughs out loud when they say it. In fact, they probably don't even give a shit about what you just wrote. More accurately, the acronym "lol" should be redefined as "Lack of laughter."

Depending on the chatter, its definition may vary. The list of its meanings includes, but is not limited to:
1) "I have nothing worthwhile to contribute to this conversation."
2) "I'm too lazy to read what you just wrote so I'm typing something useless in hopes that you'll think I'm still paying attention."
3) "Your statement lacks even the vaguest trace of humor but I'll pretend I'm amused."
4) "This is a pointless acronym I'm sticking in my sentence just because it's become so engraved into my mind that when chatting, I MUST use the meaningless sentence-filler 'lol.'"

See: lmao, lmfao, rofl, lawl, heh, haha, lolol, and 120 for similarities.

Statement: Sorry if I'm not too cheery, my best friend just died yesterday.
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: The golden ratio is truely an intersting aspect of not only mathematics, but art as well.
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: ... And then he says, "Your mom goes to college!"
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: Hey, are you doing anything tonight? You could come over to my house and play some Unreal Tournie...
Worthless Reply: lol, ok

[mariner_heart]

ha ha ha ha (thats my version of lol)
great find. thanks buddy
how true!

[samy.3660]

Well this thread really made me smile, if not lol!!!

[jadephyre]

hmm... i got nothing against "lol" if it's used in chatrooms (IRC and stuff like that) but i think it really doesn't belong in a Forum... a place where you CAN take your time writing a reply, not unlike in IRC where you have to react instantaneously and are more inclined to just type "lol" than elaborate that you are laughing.

It's equally annoying when i see kids tranferring "lol" from the virtual to real word, using it instead of REALLY laughing... that is were proper usage line of "lol" drops instantly.
Now i've said "kids" use this frequently... having noticed that, i reminded myself that i'm just 26 years old... and yet, i feel like an oldtimer when i hear kids speak these days.

[draxredd]

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Lol

[mariner_heart]

hmm... i got nothing against "lol" if it's used in chatrooms (IRC and stuff like that) but i think it really doesn't belong in a Forum... a place where you CAN take your time writing a reply, not unlike in IRC where you have to react instantaneously and are more inclined to just type "lol" than elaborate that you are laughing.

It's equally annoying when i see kids tranferring "lol" from the virtual to real word, using it instead of REALLY laughing... that is were proper usage line of "lol" drops instantly.
Now i've said "kids" use this frequently... having noticed that, i reminded myself that i'm just 26 years old... and yet, i feel like an oldtimer when i hear kids speak these days.

buddy, at least you are 26. i am just 21 and i still burst out on lollers

[Steve Sharp]

LOL, Oh I'm sorry, what was this thread about??

[randomgoon]

This thread is funny.. lol

:D

[mariner_heart]

keeping in mind the increasing use of the word "LOL" in forums i've decided to
BUMP
this thread so as to attract some attention of newbies here!

[JimmyMcGee]

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1218/roflwaffle2iu5.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3067/roflcopteryg8.gif

[ranmasaotome510]

And Japanese Fans, WWWWWWW = lol, in japanese of course. More examples include...

wwwwwwWWWWWWWWWwww

wwwwww

WWWWWW wWww wwwwww.

lol

[rico002]

lets form a focus group on how much we hate, the dreadful abbreviation... LOL

[mariner_heart]

lets form a focus group on how much we hate, the dreadful abbreviation... LOL

i'm glad that i'm finding supporters !

[flaviopac]

lets form a focus group on how much we hate, the dreadful abbreviation... LOL

LOL!!!! :D:D:D:D

[rico002]

i'm glad that i'm finding supporters !

i hope u kno i was joking cuz....im sure our life has more troubles than to discuss how LOL has so disrupted our life! but its funny lol

[mariner_heart]

according to urban dictionary:

Statement: Sorry if I'm not too cheery, my best friend just died yesterday.
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: The golden ratio is truely an intersting aspect of not only mathematics, but art as well.
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: ... And then he says, "Your mom goes to college!"
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: Hey, are you doing anything tonight? You could come over to my house and play some Unreal Tournie...
Worthless Reply: lol, ok

[mariner_heart]

and this one is just insane:
i found it on urban dictionary!

Person 1: I got fired from my job today, got dumped, contracted HIV, lost an eye, got caught masturbating in the elementary school parking lot then shot the cop who tried to arrest me
Person 2: LOL!!

[Isaygarcia]

i think this:

this is a programmers (developers, etc) community, we should use this word?
oh but realize that you are not at work. you are in a community..

and actually you can laugh but nobody will hear you, if you use LOL you are doing 3 things:

1. Expressing the Laugh
2. Saving space on the post when you are lauching and you want to express it.
3. Saving time (it takes more time to write "Im laughing out louder" than writing just LOL)

: )

ok..

i really use more smileys made with letters : ) xD!

but LOL!! LOL!! all time!!

[oseven]

i think this:

this is a programmers (developers, etc) community, we should use this word?
oh but realize that you are not at work. you are in a community..

and actually you can laugh but nobody will hear you, if you use LOL you are doing 3 things:

1. Expressing the Laugh
2. Saving space on the post when you are lauching and you want to express it.
3. Saving time (it takes more time to write "Im laughing out louder" than writing just LOL)

: )

ok..

i really use more smileys made with letters : ) xD!

but LOL!! LOL!! all time!!


Exactly. It's difficult to express emotion or facial expressions via text. One way is using smilies, so what's wrong with writing lol? It lightens the mood...:)

[jr_1.1]

i don't know but i have sudden spurts of funny hatred when i see a dumb use of the word 'lol'.
i am still comfortable with LMAO, OMG, WTF but its the 'lol' people use when it is least expected......rather it least fits.

LOL as i know is abbreviation of
"laugh out loud" (most common)
"lots of luck" or "lots of love" (less common--infact non-existant)

Now, if somebody cracks an awesome blond joke...and people use this word to express their hearty laugh,its still understandable.
But these days i've seen many instances of this word being used between sentences that makes me feel like crying! i'll give some examples:-

it was my first rollercoaster ride, it was awesome lol..
lol..my cousin kicked the sh*t outta me
it was my uncle's funeral ..lol..
eeew .. i forgot...its your birthday lol
SORRY..LOL!!
lol..you are funny!
omg , i gtg srry....catch'ya later lol..

if somebody is so amused on these crappy happenings that he/she feels like laughing so bad...i feel that person's got to be the biggest loser around.
and if 'lol' in itself was not enough for some people they invented a similar word - 'lolz' or lolzz or lolzzz (add more z's to make it stronger)
till date i couldn't get why ppl torture their keyboard by typing lol to such an extent that the keys 'L' and 'O' had to be replaced n number of times
and then suddenly wtf is lolzzzzz? is it -'lots of laughs and then suddenly dozing off?" Thank heavens keyboard don't have feelings!

just wanted to share this thing with u guys. how do you all feel?
can you give 'lol' a space or two among such sentences?
and lastly i am just sharing my views and i seriously don't mean to offend 'lollers'!
all views are welcome. correct me if i am wrong somewhere!

PEACE

Teel us u really feel Huh? LOL LOL OLO LOL LOL

[orb3000]

i don't know but i have sudden spurts of funny hatred when i see a dumb use of the word 'lol'.
i am still comfortable with LMAO, OMG, WTF but its the 'lol' people use when it is least expected......rather it least fits.

LOL as i know is abbreviation of
"laugh out loud" (most common)
"lots of luck" or "lots of love" (less common--infact non-existant)

Now, if somebody cracks an awesome blond joke...and people use this word to express their hearty laugh,its still understandable.
But these days i've seen many instances of this word being used between sentences that makes me feel like crying! i'll give some examples:-

it was my first rollercoaster ride, it was awesome lol..
lol..my cousin kicked the sh*t outta me
it was my uncle's funeral ..lol..
eeew .. i forgot...its your birthday lol
SORRY..LOL!!
lol..you are funny!
omg , i gtg srry....catch'ya later lol..

if somebody is so amused on these crappy happenings that he/she feels like laughing so bad...i feel that person's got to be the biggest loser around.
and if 'lol' in itself was not enough for some people they invented a similar word - 'lolz' or lolzz or lolzzz (add more z's to make it stronger)
till date i couldn't get why ppl torture their keyboard by typing lol to such an extent that the keys 'L' and 'O' had to be replaced n number of times
and then suddenly wtf is lolzzzzz? is it -'lots of laughs and then suddenly dozing off?" Thank heavens keyboard don't have feelings!

just wanted to share this thing with u guys. how do you all feel?
can you give 'lol' a space or two among such sentences?
and lastly i am just sharing my views and i seriously don't mean to offend 'lollers'!
all views are welcome. correct me if i am wrong somewhere!

PEACE

The non speaking native members of XDA not all of them (Including me of course) understand all that strange terms, some of them has become international as LOL but other ones like LMAO, etc are unknown (At least for me)
Being on this site for a long time makes you understand a few more about this strange and deforming terms of the languaje (And we can´t say ohh I typed OMG because I don´t have time to type Oh My God)

Just my opinion

[CraZyLiLbOy]

lol at this thread

[galaxys]

lol at this thread

Agree X2 LOL :D

[lennie]

I understand your point but you have to understand that the meaning of some words changes over time, you have no power over that processs. eg, the word "gay" do you remember one time it meant "happy"? now what's the meaning of it?

its the same with lol, it moves from just meaning laugh-out-loud to something more like smiling.

"lol..my cousin kicked the sh*t outta me"
becomes "smiling..my cousin kicked the sh*t outta me" or something along that line.

OK mister language critic, it is not "non-existant" it is non-existent.

but thats that. I don't see why you're so up about it though, it how someone wants to use it. I use it that way too. a person doesn't have to laugh out loud to use lol, it could be a chuckle, a smile, or something like that, (thats how i use it anyway).

but a language is a point of comunication, and language changes, so don't be so hard on someone for using it the way the know it.

but to tell you the truth, I originally thought lol meant lots-of-laugh. so thanks for the info, lol.

(just did the last lol to drive you crazy, lol)




i don't know but i have sudden spurts of funny hatred when i see a dumb use of the word 'lol'.
i am still comfortable with LMAO, OMG, WTF but its the 'lol' people use when it is least expected......rather it least fits.

LOL as i know is abbreviation of
"laugh out loud" (most common)
"lots of luck" or "lots of love" (less common--infact non-existant)

Now, if somebody cracks an awesome blond joke...and people use this word to express their hearty laugh,its still understandable.
But these days i've seen many instances of this word being used between sentences that makes me feel like crying! i'll give some examples:-

it was my first rollercoaster ride, it was awesome lol..
lol..my cousin kicked the sh*t outta me
it was my uncle's funeral ..lol..
eeew .. i forgot...its your birthday lol
SORRY..LOL!!
lol..you are funny!
omg , i gtg srry....catch'ya later lol..

if somebody is so amused on these crappy happenings that he/she feels like laughing so bad...i feel that person's got to be the biggest loser around.
and if 'lol' in itself was not enough for some people they invented a similar word - 'lolz' or lolzz or lolzzz (add more z's to make it stronger)
till date i couldn't get why ppl torture their keyboard by typing lol to such an extent that the keys 'L' and 'O' had to be replaced n number of times
and then suddenly wtf is lolzzzzz? is it -'lots of laughs and then suddenly dozing off?" Thank heavens keyboard don't have feelings!

just wanted to share this thing with u guys. how do you all feel?
can you give 'lol' a space or two among such sentences?
and lastly i am just sharing my views and i seriously don't mean to offend 'lollers'!
all views are welcome. correct me if i am wrong somewhere!

PEACE

[kdj67f]

The whole "lol" misuse issue has prompted me to use newer, more appropriate terms like "pip" which stands for "piss in pants". Or, when making jokes at those who type in tech forums like they text their girlfriends I ususally type, "I just lolz'd!!11!" or something to that nature.

Never forget when quoting to miss a few shift keystrokes and add the !!!11! to the end of what ever you say. It really gets the point across.

And always feel free to make up your own to confuse those people when you are trying to communicate with them, like throw in a "IJSM!!11!" (I just shat myself) or a "ROTFLMAOBYHNFC!!11!" (rolling on the floor laughing my ass off because you have no f***ing clue)

Makes for good conversation when you have to explain yourself! :D

[stylez]

imo i thnk is gr8, jst pmsl @ ths thred lol rofl :D

[_fm]

LOL,. is "Laugh Out Loud",. just louder than this smiley laugh,. :D :D


LOL

[lennie]

ok, "LOL" (upper case) is I'm "Laughing Out Loud" at your ass, "lol" (lower case) is more like a chuckle, yeah?

LOL, I can't believe I replied this much time to this thread.

[lasterato]

ZOMG HAHA WTF LOLOLOLOLO!!!!!!!!!1111111

....sorry, that was my cat walking across the keyboard...heh :-\

[mariner_heart]

ZOMG HAHA WTF LOLOLOLOLO!!!!!!!!!1111111

....sorry, that was my cat walking across the keyboard...heh :-\

i generally don't hate animals but i hate your cat now!

[josefcrist]

http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/msbrackenridge/2007/05/18/i_love_this_thread.jpg


that is all. i spend way too much time on the internet.

[poetryrocksalot]

if somebody is so amused by such crap that he/she feels like laughing so bad...i feel that person's got to be the biggest loser around.



If somebody's so annoyed by the cheerful expression "lol" then I feel that person's got to be an even bigger loser around.

[Limlin]

It means laugh like this:D

[mariner_heart]

If somebody's so annoyed by the cheerful expression "lol" then I feel that person's got to be an even bigger loser around.

did you even bother to read the specific examples i gave?
well, i am happy being a loser than to say 'lol' when i am not even smiling, Forget about laughing!

[Kristaps-K9-Lv]

www.internetslang.com <-- all the LOL OMG LMAO and so on words you need translation for!! :D

Im also a bit uncomfortable with the word LOL cuz a few years back when I was much much younger - the word LOL for me was like a word idiot, cuz it was yoused like about "you are a lol" (only a bit different but that was in the core of it)..

anyways -- LMAO & ROFL :D :D

[ingerasu]

It means laugh like this:D

yea but it would change into Lil Of Laugh, the emoticons here are not big/lot enough to express teh word of LOL

[poetryrocksalot]

did you even bother to read the specific examples i gave?
well, i am happy being a loser than to say 'lol' when i am not even smiling, Forget about laughing!

lol...is a cheerful comment... though it may be nonsense at times atleast it aint like some dude saying this when you say wassup: "Yeah I'm doing good...now stfu"

[flywhc]

lol is considered as an emoticon or Hieroglyphic character in East Asian countries, just like Orz, ^o^, or :-).
Imaging a guy put hands over head to cheer and laugh with fully opened mouth.

[wez89]

I dont mind people using 'lol' as an abbrevation but when it becomes over used, annd inadequate it can be annoying
For example i know a few people who write 'lol' as a source of 'i can not be arsed to write anything else, so il type this'

[supersanj]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL

LOL! Just thought i'd throw this in.

Oops i did it again. :D

[donald-c]

I use 'lol' a lot, sentences just look boring like there is no emotion what so ever without anything added :(



lol

[mariner_heart]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL

LOL! Just thought i'd throw this in.

Oops i did it again. :D

you just enlightened me a lot!

[orelsi]

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