the origins of "lol"

[Markus. D]

who started this fad?

[Rye]

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]

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]

'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]

<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/orestys/jesus_lol.jpg" target="new">Jesus</a>.

Duh.

[Lindy]

1) Find who started "lol"
2) Build Time machine
3) ????
4) PROFIT!

[Shaun]

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]

Appendix
5) Rinse and repeat for ROFL, LMAO, etc

[Paninipower123]

IT WAS ME! MWAHAHAHA! :evilking:

[Dreddz]

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]

AOL created it, doi.

[Jess]

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]

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]

LOLz > lol
I started it on starcraft. it was all my doing.

[ScottNUMBERS]

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]

<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]

lol is Laugh out Loud! Duh!:eep:

[Captain Maxx Power]

I never "lol". I do know that it started, like all things purely evil on the internet, in Usenet groups.

[Shauna]

lol is Laugh out Loud! Duh!


What people don't know, is that it actually stands for 'lots of love'

:rolleyes2

[Jess]

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]

Bastard. :mad2:
lol plz
(lol = less obscene language)

[Jess]

lol plz
(lol = less obscene language)

sorry sir. :(

[dante the demon prince]

this has prolly been mintioned but laugh out loud damn

[Desert Wolf]

LOL

[Lost Number]

I have heard dozens of meanings.

[Shlup]

Acronyms aren't uncommon enough to worry about their origins.

[Leeza]

I agree.