LOL

LOL (disambiguation)Laugh Out Loud (radio)Laugh Out Loud (TV series)

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Thepast tenseof lol is lolled. Theparticipleform is lolling.

lul: phonetic spelling of LOL. "LUL" is also commonly used in the gaming community, due to it being an emote from BetterTTV, an extension ofTwitch.tv.

lolz: Occasionally used in place of LOL.

lulzlaughter at someone who is the victimNew York TimesInternet trollinglulz[35]LulzSec

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL: For added emphasis, LOL can be appended with any number of additional iterations of "OL". In cases such as these, the abbreviation is not to be read literally (i.e., "Laughing out loud out loud out loud out loud"), but is meant to suggest several LOLs in a row.

trololololortrollololol: A portmanteau oftrolland LOL iterated. Indicates that the prank or joke was made by internet trolls, or the user thinks the prank or joke qualifies asinternet trolling. See alsoMr. Trololo.

lolwut(sometimes "lulwut"):lol+wut, used to indicate bemused laughter, or confusion.

lawl,lawlz, orlal: Pseudo-pronunciation of LOL. Saying "lawl" is sometimes meant in mockery of those who use the term LOL, and is not meant to express laughter.

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ASCII art memes roflcopter*G**g*[36][37]KekLMAOLMFAOlqtm[38]ROFLROFLMAOROFLMFAO[39]

roflcopter: A portmanteau of ROFL andhelicopter. A popularglitchin theMicrosoft Samtext-to-speech engine enables the voice to make a sound akin to the rotation of rotor blades when 'SOI' is entered, and the phrase 'My ROFLcopter goes soi soi soi..." is often associated with the term as a result.

PMSL: For "pissing myself laughing".

لول Russian лол Internet phone texting morse code [40][41]

Most of these variants are usually found in lowercase.

555: theThaivariation of LOL. "5" in Thai is pronounced "ha", three of them being "hahaha".

asg:Swedishabbreviation of the termasgarv, meaning intense laughter.

g Danishgriner[42]

ha3:Malaysianvariation of LOL.ha3means pronouncinghathree times, "hahaha".

jajajá Spanish /x/[43]Philippines /h/SMS language Jejemons [44][45]

kkkk: inSomaliandEthiopian languagesspoken in theHorn of Africa, iterations of the letter "k" are used as a variation of LOL.

mdr:Esperantoversion, from the initials of "multe da ridoj", which translates to "lot of laughs" in English.

French [46][47]

mkm: inAfghanistan"mkm" (being an abbreviation of the phrase "ma khanda mikonom"). This is aDariphrase that means "I am laughing".

ptdr:Frenchvariant frompété de rire- literally meaning "broken with laughter"

rs BrazilkPortuguesecacard[48]

wkwkwk: inIndonesian, "wkwkwk" is often used to express laughter.

חחח/ההה:Hebrewversion of LOL. The letterחis pronounced 'kh' andהis pronounced 'h'. Putting them together (usually three or more in a row) makes the word khakhakha or hahaha (since vowels in Hebrew are generally not written), which is in many languages regarded as the sound of laughter.

ههههه:Arabic scriptrepetition of the "هـ" character meaning "Hahahaha" or "Hehehehe". "هـ" is equivalent to the letter "H". The equivalents of the "a" or "e" short vowels areArabic diacriticsand are optional to write.

ㅋㅋㅋㅎㅎㅎKorean ㅋ Jamo ㅎ하하호호[49]

哈哈哈/呵呵呵: inChinese. Although大笑(da xiao; "big laugh") is used, a more widespread usage is "哈哈哈" (ha ha ha) or "呵呵呵" (he he) on internet forums. The phonetic rendering, "haha", is also common.

Japanese kanjikakko waraiwaraww[50]kusa

InDutch,lolis a word (not an acronym) which, coincidentally, means "fun" ("lollig" means "funny")

Welsh lol [51]