LOL — English Dictionary

Interjection

1. Laughing (or laugh) out loud.

   Usage

   • Internet

   Examples

   I just saw the video where he opens the door and gets the surprise! LOL!

   Bro got milk spilt over his head! LOL!

2. Lots of laughs. (occasionally used)

   Usage

   • Internet

   Examples

   I love the one where he orders a cup of tea but then chaos ensues! LOL!

3. Indicates light-heartedness or amusement, or that the accompanying statement is not intended as serious; sometimes extends to irony or sardonicism, in the same way that spoken humor sometimes does. Often now a discourse marker independent of laughter.

   Usage

   • Internet
   • Figurative

   Examples

   I hope you weren't expecting a welcome wagon, LOL.

   In the course of managing your expectations, you'll need to account for the usual amount of pettiness and dishonesty among your fellow humans lol.

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   And if you're sad about someone, something that was fun once is now really painful. So it sorta started out as "L-O-L, you're getting water in my mouth".

4. Lots of love.

   Usage

   • Dated

   Examples

   P.S.: Give my regards to Elizabeth and to the children! LOL!

   SHEESH !!!! ¶ LOL (Laugh out loud) &&&& ¶ LOL (Lots of love, coz I'm a sharing caring kinda gal) ¶ Nikki

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   Explaining how much I hated being away from him for another weekend, how I had to do it to pay for his school, for our life. Heartfelt, heart-full, I signed it "LOL, Dad.". Then a pause. And I see appearing on my screen these words. "Dad: what exactly do you think LOL means?" "Lots of Love, obviously," I replied.

   The answer is in Job 40:7 to the end of the chapter, and 2 tim 2:11 thru 2:21. LOL, Dad Miscommunication: I was thinking he was laughing he didn't tell that was not true. An on-looker said he may mean lots of love. I asked and he didn't answer but he hugged me the next time he saw me for two seconds. Progress not perfection.

   John 21:15, 16,17 Back in the fifties, when I used to write childish letters in long-hand to my grandmothers, I would delight in closing with LOL, by which I intended the sentiment "Lots of Love"! This was followed by "XOXOXOXO", which, of course, was hugs and kisses.

   One of the most famous examples of this misunderstanding came to prominence three years ago, thanks to a screengrab of this text message sent by a mother to her son: "Your great aunt just passed away. LOL".

Verb

1. To laugh out loud.

   Usage

   • Internet

Noun

1. Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch.

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage
   • Ireland
   • US usage

2. Little old lady.

   Usage

   • Derogatory
   • Informal
   • sometimes

   Examples

   We've got an LOL in the emergency department who seems a bit confused.

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   L.O.L.: little old lady. (Oddly, there is no male equivalent.) / N.A.D.: no apparent distress. The classic description of a patient in a state of well-being: L.O.L. in N.A.D.

   Then he started with his LOLs. The Little Old Ladies who needed help with daily chores.

3. An instance of the interjection "LOL".

   Examples

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   YouTube comments are rough. They dabble in all forms of trolling, bullying, racism, sexism and other offensive -isms, interspersed with endless spurts of nonsensical chatter. Any thoughtful comments are typically lost in a roiling sea of “LOLs,” insults and spam.