LOL

Shorthand for Laughing out Loud or Laugh out Loud, LOL is the most commonly used chat expressions to illustrate you are laughing during a text conversation or that you found something funny.

LOL is also less commonly short for Lots of Laughter and Laughing on Line and is also often substituted by LAL,LAWL (Laughing a Whole Lot), and LOLZ. 

Although already an abbreviation LOL is also sometimes abbreviated even more as LL. 

Finally, LAWL is also used as a slang term that phonetically spells out 'lol'. This is often said in the real life or over VoIP by someone who may type in lol a lot in chat.

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2006.12.04, 10:16:58