LOL

See also: lol

§English

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

§Alternative forms

• (α-forms) lol, lawl
• (β-forms) lols, LOLS
• (γ-forms) lolsies, LOLsies, lolzies
• (δ-forms) lulz

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛl.əu.ɛl/, /lɔːl/, /lɒl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛl.oʊ.ɛl/, /lɔl/, /lɑl/, /loʊl/, /lol/

§Interjection

LOL

1. (Internet, Internet slang, text messaging) Laughing (or laugh) out loud
2. (Internet, Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs (occasionally used)
3. (Internet, Internet slang, text messaging, by dilution) Indicates light-heartedness or that the thing just said was not intended as serious
4. (letter-writing) Lots of love (now obsolete or dated)

§Translations

Expression of laughter

• Arabic: لول (lūl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 233, 大聲笑, 大声笑 (dàshēngxiào)

• Dutch: lol (nl), LOL
• Esperanto: mdr
• Finnish: lol (fi), naur, reps (fi),
• French: mdr (fr), lol (fr), jrf (fr), ptdr (fr), cqcd (Canada)
• Georgian: ლოლ (lol), lol (lol)
• German: reps, lol (de), (lachen heraus loud) lal
• Hebrew: לול (he) (lol)
• Hungarian: lol, hfn (hangosan felnevet)
• Interlingua: lol
• Irish: GOA
• Italian: lol (it)

• Japanese: w (ja), www (ja), ワラ (wara), （笑） (ja) (わらい, warai, しょう, shō, わら, wara, かっこ わらい, kakkowarai, かっこ しょう, kakkoshō, かっこ わら, kakkowara)
• Korean: ㅋㅋ (kk)
• Latin: corrideō
• Navajo: dloh, ayóo íítsʼaʼgo anáshdloh, AIA
• Norwegian: lol
• Polish: lol (pl)
• Portuguese: rs
• Russian: лол (ru) (lol), ржёт (ru) (ržot) , Ы (Y), ржунимагу (ržunimagú) , испацтула (ispactúla) , пацталом (pactalóm) (most expressions are in "padonki" style, deliberately distorted spellings)
• Spanish: lol (es), reva (es)
• Swedish: lol (sv), asg (sv) (asgarva (sv))
• Thai: 555 (th) (ห้าๆๆ (th) (hâa-hâa-hâa)
• Welsh: CAYU

denotes light-heartedness or non-seriousness of the just-said thing

• Czech: lol

• Lojban: zo'o

§Verb

LOL (third-person singular simple present LOLs, present participle LOLing, simple past and past participle LOLed or LOLd or LOL'd)

1. To laugh out loud.

§Noun

LOL (plural LOLs)

1. (US, British commonwealth, Ireland) Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch.

§See also

• IPML
• lawl
• LMAO
• LOLWUT
• LOLZ
• lulz
• ROFL
• ROTFL
• ROFLMAO
• ROTFLMAO

§References

• [1] UK house of commons discussing a Loyal Orange Lodge.