LOL

Or lol

[el-oh-el, lol]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

laughing out loud; laugh out loud: used as a response to something funny or as a follow-up to something said only as a joke.
You can see from the pics that my dog did not appreciate how we dressed him up for Halloween this year. LOL!

verb (used without object)

LOLed, LOLing

to laugh: I can’t stop loling over this dumb video!
I literally LOLed when I got your text.
I can’t stop loling over this dumb video!

LOL

abbreviation

laughing out loud

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Word History and Origins

Origin of LOL¹

First recorded in 1985–90; from its use in digital communications

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Example Sentences

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On June 6, Hulu released two episodes of Kevin Hart’s stand-up series, “LOL Live,” featuring sets by Flores and Daphnique Springs.

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“Ken Flores was exactly the kind of authentic comedic voice we sought to champion through our ‘LOL Live’ series,” said Jeff Clanagan, president and chief distribution officer of Hartbeat, Hart’s entertainment company, which produced the program.

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“Comments off lol,” Gaines wrote about the league’s post.

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Another told Politico that “everyone thinks this is a grift,” while a former assistant press secretary tweeted “lol.”

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I would summarize them this way: LOL this is Trump we’re talking about; never in a million years.

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