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01-24-2008, 12:15 AM
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 |  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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01-24-2008, 12:19 AM
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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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01-24-2008, 12:38 AM
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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. loi
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01-24-2008, 02:30 AM
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LOL random filling text
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01-24-2008, 07:18 AM
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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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01-24-2008, 08:20 AM
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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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01-24-2008, 08:35 AM
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Does anybody actually say "lol" outloud? Like: "haha elle oh elle"
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01-24-2008, 11:10 AM
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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!!!
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01-24-2008, 02:23 PM
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AYCOOYM - Are you completely out of your mind? Abbreviations and acronyms dictionary: Find definitions for over 4,198,000 abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms |
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01-24-2008, 03:07 PM
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02-07-2008, 07:35 AM
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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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02-08-2008, 03:39 PM
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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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02-09-2008, 10:48 AM
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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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02-10-2008, 05:31 AM
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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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02-12-2008, 05:55 AM
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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? Carmen
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