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Old 01-24-2008, 12:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Are you REALLY LOL?

....or are you just LOI? The National Acronym Monitoring Board of Linguistic Anomalies has begun to crack down on "False Lolling":

No More LOL.com - Home of "loi"
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Old 01-24-2008, 12:19 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Oh gosh. I gotta admit I rely too heavily on lol to show that I am not that serious. I have gotten better, but oh it slips out!
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Old 01-24-2008, 12:22 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Now you have a new one, LOI!

How about LAY -- "laughing at you (not with you)"? that would come in handy, wouldn't it?
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lol

well, I really laugh loudly when I type lol. But good idea, I'll adopt loi too from now on. I had nothing but "" to express loi till now.

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yeah my lols are about 50% real - more often I'm col and don't put lol for that.

I got a col from this thread (chuckle out loud) for real!
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Yes I am REALLY LOL. I'm probably more LOL than anyone else here.

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Old 01-24-2008, 02:30 AM   #7 (permalink)
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LOL



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I often LOL and mean it, I also COL. But sometimes I snort, I'll just slip in SOL on those occasions.

Oh there is also STOS and SCOS - spit tea (coffee) over screen. How many of us have done that?
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I laugh out loud a lot. If I'm saying it, I'm doing it. Total snickerpuss here.
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There are many words in all languages that doesn't mean what they originally did.

lol has become its own word that doesn't really mean what it originally was an abbreviation of.

Remember faggot is a bunch of sticks?

It's fun to explore the origins of a word. But trying to steer up the evolution of language is a futile effort.
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Does anybody actually say "lol" outloud? Like: "haha elle oh elle"
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The oldest of five and most computer savvy, it took a few attempts to get my sibling to understand some of the 'short cuts' I use, now I have to explain loi!!!

How many here are familiar with LMAO and RATFLMHO?

Laughing my ass off
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AYCOOYM - Are you completely out of your mind?

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Old 01-24-2008, 03:04 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I'm a little surprised no one has commented on the acronym for the acronym organization in my OP itself.
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Urban Dictionary: Define Your World is also a good source when you meet an abbreviation that you aren't familiar with.
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Did it for the lulz.
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I "lolled" when I read this =)
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if i go on msn and things like this to much there have been times when i said lol in real life but kinda tried to make it so other ppl didnt notice cause it kinda just slips out

when i say lol on msn im thinking its funny or trying to humor the person but if i say haha it actually made me lol
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I am definitely LOL!

lol = Dutch word for 'fun'

(plus I can't laugh on the inside without showing)
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(plus I can't laugh on the inside without showing)
I know what you mean by that, bits wobbling everywhere (me that is).

I just LOL at something I read, my husband asked what was so funny - told him that it was a nude picture I posted on the internet of him.
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fyi it's pronounced like lowel, but crushed into one syllable, as in lo'l. never el oh el.
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I use "lol" a lot myself.

Maybe I can be a pure hippy and make it "lots o love".
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I m not that LOL person but I do LOL sometimes when I am in another state of mind, if you know what I mean. I just showed the above pic to my Son.., and he is still laughing.... and that makes me LOL more than the picture..

LOL.... see?

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