what do see LOL as standing for?

The Bollox

do you think it stands for Lots Of Laughing or Laugh Out Loud?

Shrimp

I see it as Laugh out loud, but when I use it i only mean it as if I was just grinning, or smerking.

ShreddedHumans

I see pain and death and suffering. Then again I am a bit messed up.

Tar.Aldarion

laughing out loud.

Jimi-Spandex

I don't think there's a choice in the matter, it means laugh out loud. That's what it's always meant.

ffs.

Shyster

hate to completely ruin your poll but OF COURSE it's Laugh Out Loud?! Unless you're my mother...then it means lots of eh...love and stuff...

DonkeyStyle \o/

LOL is a complement, meaning "Lord Of Leetness"... so if you're browsing the computer forums and you see someone has solved a really tricky problem, you can quote the person who solved the problem and post - "LOL <username>" as a mark of respect.

Hobbes

Lots of Love.. they aren't laughing at me, they are just saying they love me. *cries*

Da Bounca

I agree with shrimp.
Although it literally means laugh out loud, I have never witnessed someone actually laughing aloud while typing it. I think it is more of a grunt of amusement type of thing.
I think rofl is more of a lol thing literally.

That made sense in my head, but now that i read it i'm not too sure...

Mimikyu

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DonkeyStyle \o/

I've got a script setup where it detects when I've fallen off the chair...

Rhyme

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I see lol as a sort of a chortle... never use it though, i prefer "ha ha"

mp3guy

laugh out loud, i never use it though, it seems too american-teenage-anime-gamer-leet to me. A friend of mine used to think it ment lord oh lord, i don't know why, but back in 2001, he would say things like "omg, the twin towers were attacked, LOL!"

PurpleFistMixer

I tend to imagine someone chuckling quietly while their head lolls back on their neck, in a somewhat zombie-like fashion.
That or a twelve-year-old kid twittering nervously as they place that damn acronym at the end of EVERY SENTENCE THEY WRITE.

Ahem.

Malorkus

Jimi-Spandex wrote:

I don't think there's a choice in the matter, it means laugh out loud. That's what it's always meant.

ffs.

Exactly - it's not a matter of opinion, it's fact.

BizzyC

Laugh out loud, it's one of those things you pick up within your first 5 mins on a web-board.

Bard

Malorkus wrote:

Exactly - it's not a matter of opinion, it's fact.

Yeah! People aren't allowed interpret things differently at all! That's the law! Yeah!

azezil

lmaoplane

Malorkus

Bard wrote:

Yeah! People aren't allowed interpret things differently at all! That's the law! Yeah!

But Bardman, it's not up for interpretation - it stands for Laughing Out Loud. Simple as that - as can be seen from the poll results. The OP was just wrong.

Sparky

http://www.forumspile.com/LOL-Doggie.jpg

Its laughing out loud, not lots of laughing.


(Oh and i dont want what happened with the pics last night happening again, you know who you's are:))

Dinner

Sparky_S wrote:

http://www.forumspile.com/LOL-Doggie.jpg

Its laughing out loud, not lots of laughing.


(Oh and i dont want what happened with the pics last night happening again, you know who you's are:))

Awww, but I really did lol looking at that thread.

Sparky

yes if only [img]worked on AH [/img]

Silverfish

I know a guy who insisted it stood for 'lady on line'. Insisted. And no way could I convince him otherwise. N00b.

DonkeyStyle \o/

When I'm doing some work in the garden, LOL means "lots of leaves".
True story.

Daelus

I was told, years ago, that it stood for 'Lots of Laughter', so that's what I read it as, even though I know it's actually 'Laugh Out Loud'. Although I do agree, a lot of people seem to type it at the end of every sentence.

"My name is John, LOL!"
"I am 14 years old, LOL!"
"My hamster just died... LOL!"
"I have to go have dinner, LOL!"
:rolleyes:

pwd

"lots of love" surely...?
Wow things make a bit more sense now....

Sarky

I was always given to believe it stood for something along the lines of "Look at me, I have absolutely nothing worthwhile to contribute, so I'm just going to quote something funny someone else said and laugh at it! Look at me! Looook aaat MEEEEEEeeeeee..."

Bard

Malorkus wrote:

But Bardman, it's not up for interpretation

Everything is open to interpretation. Other people can take different meanings from things like acronyms all they like. That doesn't make them wrong (or right...)

Scraggs

i always thought it was lots o'laughter!!!

Sparky

length of langer

Mr.Nice Guy

Sparky_S wrote:

http://www.forumspile.com/LOL-Doggie.jpg

Its laughing out loud, not lots of laughing.


(Oh and i dont want what happened with the pics last night happening again, you know who you's are:))

LOL

pwd

Sarky wrote:

I was always given to believe it stood for something along the lines of "Look at me, I have absolutely nothing worthwhile to contribute, so I'm just going to quote something funny someone else said and laugh at it! Look at me! Looook aaat MEEEEEEeeeeee..."

lol

Malorkus

Bard wrote:

Everything is open to interpretation. Other people can take different meanings from things like acronyms all they like. That doesn't make them wrong (or right...)

It does make them wrong, since it actually stands for Laughing Out Loud. How can they be right if they clearly don't know the right answer? - that doesn't make sense.
Acroynms, by definition, stand for something - they're not just a casual reference of random letters open for interpretation. B.A. = Bachelor of Arts. If someone said "well, I interpreted B.A. as standing for 'Brown Ass', and Bard says I'm entitled to do that, so therefore you can't say I'm wrong"; does that make them right? Eh, no - because B.A. specifically stands for something else - what don't you understand about that concept? This isn't poetry - it's Black or White. You can't merely 'interpret' a clearly defined definition that 82/85 people on these forums seem to be able to grasp.

I don't know what your English teacher taught you, but acronyms have specific definitions. Hey, Bard - I interpret 'CIE' as meaning Clock In Egg - am I wrong? Not according to you...

Sarky

Bachelor of Arts Baracas?

Who knew?

Go on, pity the fool. It's fun.

Mr.Nice Guy

Sarky wrote:

Bachelor of Arts Baracas?

Who knew?

Go on, pity the fool. It's fun.

ROFL - Really Observant Funny Lampooning.

Sarky

OMFG- Orifice Makes Funny Goo.

:eek:

Pepe LeFrits

LooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL *g*

Sparky

your post blew my pc up

Sarky

It just blew my PC.

It's filing a harrassment lawsuit as we speak.

Sparky

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

LOL

Ah ha ha, yeah remember, yes you /me points you were in on it.

LOL

Sparky

Sarky wrote:

It just blew my PC.

It's filing a harrassment lawsuit as we speak.

LOL

Pepe LeFrits

Sarky wrote:

It just blew my PC.

It's filing a harrassment lawsuit as we speak.

Your PC should be thanking it then!

Mr.Nice Guy

Sparky_S wrote:

Ah ha ha, yeah remember, yes you /me points you were in on it.

LOL

lmao - lovely memories alright obviously

Bard

Malorkus wrote:

It does make them wrong, since it actually stands for Laughing Out Loud. How can they be right if they clearly don't know the right answer? - that doesn't make sense.

God.

Tempted as I am to call your intelligence into question with some witty yet scathingly insulting remark, I won't. Honest.

"LOL" isn't "officially" defined anywhere. There's nothing to say that if I interpret it as "Lovely Orange Lollipop", then I'm "wrong". I'm just different, that's all. Why can't you agree to disagree?

Acroynms, by definition, stand for something - they're not just a casual reference of random letters open for interpretation.

Actually, they can quite easily be both. Your own example, for example, is flawed.

B.A. = Bachelor of Arts. If someone said "well, I interpreted B.A. as standing for 'Brown Ass', and Bard says I'm entitled to do that, so therefore you can't say I'm wrong"; does that make them right? Eh, no - because B.A. specifically stands for something else

B.A., as someone also pointed out, can be taken to mean "Bad-ass" - as in "B.A. Baracus". There was a time when WWF stood for both "World Wrestling Federation" and "World Wildlife Fund". NRA stands for both the "National Rifle Association" in America and "No Rest Allowed" in fitness clubs. I could go on. I won't.

- what don't you understand about that concept? This isn't poetry - it's Black or White.

No need to call my intelligence into question here. There's nothing I "don't understand" about your "concept" - I just don't agree with it. That is allowed, you know

You can't merely 'interpret' a clearly defined definition that 82/85 people on these forums seem to be able to grasp.

Of course I can, it's called "disagreeing".

I don't know what your English teacher taught you, but acronyms have specific definitions.

My English teacher taught me that English is a very versatile language and many words and phrases (and yes, acronyms) can be interpreted by many people in many different ways. It's one of the things about the language that makes it so interesting, - and difficult to learn for a non-native speaker.

And he was right too.

Hey, Bard - I interpret 'CIE' as meaning Clock In Egg - am I wrong? Not according to you...

Correct. Thanks for playing

Concannon7

When I first got the internet I thought it meant lots of laughs. I dont know did someone tell me or did I just assume it. I know it actually stands for Laughing out Load but still everytime I see it and the odd time I use it I always read it as Lots of Laughs.

Flukey

It is definitely Laugh Out Loud.

Bard

Flukey wrote:

It is definitely Laugh Out Loud.

I'm definitely laughing out loud

murphaph

LOL #1 maybe?

JC 2K3

whenever I type "lol" i'm only laughing out loud about 2.3454% of the time, the other 96.8674% of the time it's just to fill in a gap in a conversation, the reason I do it the other 0.7872% of the time does not compute, maybe it's just a habit....

76.89423% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Malorkus

Bard wrote:

God.

Tempted as I am to call your intelligence into question with some witty yet scathingly insulting remark, I won't. Honest.

"LOL" isn't "officially" defined anywhere. There's nothing to say that if I interpret it as "Lovely Orange Lollipop", then I'm "wrong". I'm just different, that's all. Why can't you agree to disagree?



Actually, they can quite easily be both. Your own example, for example, is flawed.



B.A., as someone also pointed out, can be taken to mean "Bad-ass" - as in "B.A. Baracus". There was a time when WWF stood for both "World Wrestling Federation" and "World Wildlife Fund". NRA stands for both the "National Rifle Association" in America and "No Rest Allowed" in fitness clubs. I could go on. I won't.



No need to call my intelligence into question here. There's nothing I "don't understand" about your "concept" - I just don't agree with it. That is allowed, you know



Of course I can, it's called "disagreeing".



My English teacher taught me that English is a very versatile language and many words and phrases (and yes, acronyms) can be interpreted by many people in many different ways. It's one of the things about the language that makes it so interesting, - and difficult to learn for a non-native speaker.

And he was right too.



Correct. Thanks for playing

Good points. I agree to disagree.

CrazyTalk

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