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  1. 01-11-2006, 11:32 AM #1
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    who started this fad?
  2. 01-11-2006, 11:34 AM #2
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    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?

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    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.

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

    Duh.
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    1) Find who started "lol"
    2) Build Time machine
    3) ????
    4) PROFIT!
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    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.
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    Appendix
    5) Rinse and repeat for ROFL, LMAO, etc
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    IT WAS ME! MWAHAHAHA! :evilking:
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    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.
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    AOL created it, doi.
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    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!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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!

    Lol
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    LOLz > lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by 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!

    lol
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