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Variations

Another word for LOL is LAWL or ROFLCOPTER —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.34.234.46 (talk) 18:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are also variations, such as lolz or lols. it means LAUGH ON LINE<3

just as capitalisation of other words (via their use as emphasis or emphases) has become widely recognised as shouting. In the same way as scuba, laser, taser, and probably a few others, the widespread use of the acronym in its capacity as a word with meaning in these areas has turned this into what is essentially a word. so liek lol menz some stuff liek el oh el. liek mmk? its not "laf aout lud" mmk? cuz liek, its el oh el. --Firien 13:23, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC) Lol means also lots of laughs, other variations are lmfao which means laugh my fucking ass off. LOL can also mean let out laughs which is the common expression for laughing

However, recently tvf has been brought into the world of MSN, meaning that's very funny, also a number is added after as a rating of funniness e.g. tvf 9 is high on the scale, this idea was introduced by Su-yang Klotz and i hope that it will be global in a few years, TVF 10. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Palacefc8 (talk • contribs) 21:25, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is a chaos. There is no point in listing 200 different random ways to write Lol, and the actual interesting ones with a history, such as Roflcopter, are given without explanation. (Self edit: I was wrong on the history of Roflcopter. I'll leave it to the professionals. To err is human, to correct it is a Wikipedia privilege!) 157.193.108.42 10:07, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

lulz

"lulz" redirect here, but it is not listed in the article. I am mentioning this because it seems to me that the term "lulz" is used in a slightly different way than the other variations. It typically means "laughs" or "comedy" as opposed to the actual act of laughing or finding something amusing. Examples include "something happened, lulz ensued," "I did it for the lulz," etc. This is in heavy use by ED and other trolling communities, especially, and was just added as a wordfilter on 4chan for the word "desu." However, sometimes even if you get the "LOL" response, it doesn't always mean your conversational partner is laughing. Sometimes they don't give a toss about what you said and say LOL as an easy reply.

Lulz is a corruption of L O L. L O L O L O L.

No, LULZ is a corruption of LOL which stands for Laugh Out Loud.--68.9.193.246 00:28, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I laughed when I read "a corruption of LOL" in this article. The phrase was first used in the Fox News "report" on Anonymous, and it became an instant meme on 4chan. To see the phrase used in Wikipedia is something of a joke, really. --M.W. 02:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know, I mean that sentence of the article is obviously trolled.--68.9.193.246 00:36, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The thing about it is that was really the only totally correct statement in the whole report. "lulz" IS a corruption of "LOL" in the linguistic sense of the term "corruption". 71.199.46.150 (talk) 07:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There, I hope that small edit doesn't cause any problems. --M.W. 07:45, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've also seen "lolz" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.112.130.8 (talk) 18:59, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That has nothing to due with lulz, lulz is not like laughing, it's a state of mind and lifestyle /b/rothers.Italic text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.193.246 (talk) 18:39, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A corruption of lol.83.14.49.59 19:45, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pfft. Moar liek upgrade, amirite. Oc t ane ^{[improve me]} 08.11.07 2307 (UTC)

lol PCRRN (talk) 01:11, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did it for the lulz —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.15.174.223 (talk) 16:08, 30 January 2008 (UTC) i did it for my hood.[reply]

löl

I often read "löl", especially from German users, but maybe it's also used in other countries/languages. Should it be mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.220.140.42 (talk) 10:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

translation

please add a Russian equivalent, created in 2004 - lol transcribed into Ы, a common Russian chat letter to describe shortle. The amount of sence between lol and Ы is equal, and both writings are also nearly the same. So in 2004 Russian user NDDN drew the analogy between two terms, thus letting Russians to write it with only one symbol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nddn (talk • contribs) 23:02, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References lost

We lost some references somewhere along the way - check the edit history. --Bobnotts talk 00:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ROTFL?

uhmm isnt it just ROFL instead of ROTFL —Preceding unsigned comment added by Why give up,why give in? (talk • contribs) 22:31, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm...good observation,but if my leetspeak knowledge serves me right,rotfl Means "rolling on the floor laughing,a very slight deviation from "rolling on floor laughing."Again,nice observation.Sammy theeditor (talk) 04:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Variations

Is it absolutely necessary to include the Warcraft variants? Most people don't play Warcraft (like me), and don't really need to know that little bit of trivia. CHL (talk) 11:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]