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Also known as laugh out loud, laughing out loud
thumb|Use of "lol" in a conversation LOL, or lol, is an acronym for "laughing out loud", and a popular element of Internet slang, which can be used to indicate amusement, irony, or double meanings. It was first used almost exclusively on Usenet, but has since become widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication and even face-to-face communication. It is one of many acronyms for expressing bodily reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including acronyms for more emphatic expressions of laughter such as LMAO ("laughing my ass off") and ROFL or ROTFL ("rolling on the floor lau
LOL is an acronym for "laughing out loud" that people use in online communication and conversation to indicate amusement, irony, or double meanings. It originated on Usenet and has become widespread across various forms of digital communication and even in face-to-face interactions as part of internet slang.
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