What if...your husband says he is leaving, and you feel... excited? ...you realise he’s bluffing, and you feel... disappointed? ...you look at your life and think... how the hell did I end up here? ...you look out at the big wide world, and feel... fascinated, and terrified all at once? What do you do? You start a blog, of course. Obvious, really.
At risk of sounding like what my son would call a 'Noob', I'm seeking advice on the precise meaning of the expression 'lol'.
I thought it meant 'laugh out loud', but that doesn't always seem to make sense in the contexts I've seen it in.
Any suggestions?
I always use it as Laugh Out Loud myself.
I use it as laugh out loud, but my ee cousins also use it for lots of love.
 | bradders [Member] 2006-04-23 @ 13:11 |
You're right, it means Laugh out loud and nothing else to my knowledge.
Bradders
 | lee954 [Member] 2006-04-23 @ 13:15 |
For many months I used to think it meant 'lot's of love' - fortunately no misunderstandings ever occurred.
It does mean 'laugh out loud' and was originally intended as a way of indicating that you thought something was funny. However, some individuals don't seem to be able to form a sentence without using it somewhere, usually at the end, lol.
My hamster just died lol. Isn't the price of petrol just a scandal lol.
Grr.
 | suzeemoon [Member] http://suzeemoon.friendpages.com/ 2006-04-23 @ 13:32 |
I thought lots of love, then realised it was laugh out loud. I use both with my Cariad and with some friends using caps for lots of love and lower case for laugh out loud.
I think it's useful to denote a joke, where something is open to interpretation. I have a weakness for smileys for similar reasons. As a lover of ellipses, brackets and exclamation marks, no surprises there... 
!
LOL and lol
Suzee
xxx
ps I once had list of popular cyber acronyms somewhere. See if I can find it, although someone may beat me to it...
| suzeemoon [Member] http://suzeemoon.friendpages.com/ 2006-04-23 @ 13:55 |
I've put list on my blog - To be honest, they look like bl***y hard work! And I though Welsh was difficult..
| suzeemoon [Member] http://suzeemoon.friendpages.com/ 2006-04-24 @ 07:33 |
Just noticed you're a top blogger in the list. Not sure what one has to do to get into 'Hit Parade', but well done!
 | husbandorcat [Member] 2006-04-24 @ 15:29 |
Possibly have a post with 'Infidelity' in title.. lol??
And LOL!!!
Still on course for that Nobel, then....
| husbandorcat [Member] 2006-04-26 @ 09:32 |
Thanks to everybody for responding.
To me, flagging something up as a joke always seems a bit suspect - I mean, if it's funny, shouldn't it be instantly recognisable as such? - which is why I alwyas used to shy away from using 'smileys'. But I can see that things can easily be misinterpreted, so it could be a useful precaution sometimes.
Anyway, LOL (Suzee's way) to you all!
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