View Full Version : the origins of "lol"
Markus. D
01-11-2006, 11:32 AM
who started this fad?
A person who decided that typing "Haha" was too much effort, so they shortened by one letter?
I prefer the ttyl people: Why are you touching that youthful lad?
The Mighty Sabotender
01-11-2006, 11:38 AM
What people don't know, is that it actually stands for 'lots of love'
An example:
jameskf: My Mum just died : (
DriverMan: LOL
karg: LOL, that's so sad.
qfeen: LOL :<
drunk: LOL
cranyon666: Thats *really* sad LOL
eggmaster: I feel you loss
eggmaster: LoL
fust0r: LoLz, Hope it wasn't a long and painful death
jameskf: Thanks Guys your the best internet pals i got!
drunk: We're always here for you, LOL.
Shaun
01-11-2006, 01:19 PM
'Lol' was probably started like every other pointless acronym: some teenage girl can only type at the speed of one key per second, and therefore finds it easier to say [insert acronym here].
Orestes
01-11-2006, 02:38 PM
<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/orestys/jesus_lol.jpg" target="new">Jesus</a>.
Duh.
Lindy
01-11-2006, 02:40 PM
1) Find who started "lol"
2) Build Time machine
3) ????
4) PROFIT!
Shaun
01-11-2006, 03:27 PM
Meh. If you were planning to strangle the person who created the acronym: 'lol', then that isn't going to stop the craploads of other annoying acronyms that exist.
Lindy
01-11-2006, 03:56 PM
Appendix
5) Rinse and repeat for ROFL, LMAO, etc
Paninipower123
01-11-2006, 04:03 PM
IT WAS ME! MWAHAHAHA! :evilking:
Dreddz
01-11-2006, 04:05 PM
As The Mighty Sabotender said, lol was Lots Of Love. I guess someone just thought that it could stand for laugh out loud and copied it.
Paninipower123
01-11-2006, 04:07 PM
AOL created it, doi.
There is nothing wrong with a 'lol' here and there, but when people use it all the time it gets irritating:
Me: Hey, how are you?
Them: Lol
Them: I'm okay, you?
Me: I'm alright tar.
Them: LOL!
:mad2:
Paninipower123
01-11-2006, 05:15 PM
There is nothing wrong with a 'lol' here and there, but when people use it all the time it gets irritating:
Me: Hey, how are you?
Them: Lol
Them: I'm okay, you?
Me: I'm alright tar.
Them: LOL!
:mad2:
Lol ;)
escobert
01-11-2006, 06:12 PM
LOLz > lol
I started it on starcraft. it was all my doing.
ScottNUMBERS
01-11-2006, 06:21 PM
There is nothing wrong with a 'lol' here and there, but when people use it all the time it gets irritating:
Me: Hey, how are you?
Them: Lol
Them: I'm okay, you?
Me: I'm alright tar.
Them: LOL!
:mad2:
lol
ffxfreak93
01-11-2006, 06:26 PM
<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/orestys/jesus_lol.jpg" target="new">Jesus</a>.
Duh.
we all know jesus created lol
Mr. Kyusaku
01-11-2006, 06:57 PM
lol is Laugh out Loud! Duh!:eep:
Captain Maxx Power
01-11-2006, 07:26 PM
I never "lol". I do know that it started, like all things purely evil on the internet, in Usenet groups.
Shauna
01-11-2006, 07:50 PM
lol is Laugh out Loud! Duh!
What people don't know, is that it actually stands for 'lots of love'
:rolleyes2
There is nothing wrong with a 'lol' here and there, but when people use it all the time it gets irritating:
Me: Hey, how are you?
Them: Lol
Them: I'm okay, you?
Me: I'm alright tar.
Them: LOL!
:mad2:
lol
Bastard. :mad2:
ScottNUMBERS
01-11-2006, 08:02 PM
Bastard. :mad2:
lol plz
(lol = less obscene language)
lol plz
(lol = less obscene language)
sorry sir. :(
dante the demon prince
01-11-2006, 08:05 PM
this has prolly been mintioned but laugh out loud damn
Desert Wolf
01-11-2006, 08:09 PM
LOL
Lost Number
01-11-2006, 08:10 PM
I have heard dozens of meanings.
Shlup
01-11-2006, 08:15 PM
Acronyms aren't uncommon enough to worry about their origins.
Leeza
01-11-2006, 09:16 PM
I agree.
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