Saying "lol" out loud in real life

JC 2K3 · 20-03-2008 09:05PM

rubadub wrote: »

Do they say LOL phonetically, like the beginning of lolly. Or do they/you say the letters L.O.L. one by one.

Phonetically.

nobodythere · 20-03-2008 09:20PM

"for the win" i say a lot.

"lol" i say sometimes but only jokingly.

I say it as loll not L-O-L

TequilaMockingBird · 20-03-2008 09:56PM

JC 2K3 wrote: »

My friend started doing this like 2 years ago and at the time the rest of my friends and I thought it was a bit cringeworthy and stupid. However, in recent times I've started to say it in real life, and tbh, I think it fills a gap in our vocabulary. I mean, how else do you acknowledge that something's funny if you don't actually feel like laughing at it? Or if something absolutely shocking happens and everyone goes quiet, it's the perfect word to break the silence in a humourous manner.

Opinions?

Do you say "tubhh" aswell? Lol.

useful_contacts · 20-03-2008 09:59PM

JC 2K3 wrote: »

My friend started doing this like 2 years ago and at the time the rest of my friends and I thought it was a bit cringeworthy and stupid. However, in recent times I've started to say it in real life, and tbh, I think it fills a gap in our vocabulary. I mean, how else do you acknowledge that something's funny if you don't actually feel like laughing at it? Or if something absolutely shocking happens and everyone goes quiet, it's the perfect word to break the silence in a humourous manner.

Opinions?

Oh ya i do this all the time, and i say "Yore ma" as well- confuses the hell outta people ha

Oh and i say "jesus lol" as well(from the humour forum, only my sister gets it) funny to see peoples faces when we burst into tears laughn in the middle of a shop

Bros123 · 20-03-2008 10:21PM

I find "FTW" or "For The Win" a cringe worthy expression.

xOxSinéadxOx · 20-03-2008 10:25PM

i said lol out loud by mistake once and i was mortified! :eek:

Killaqueen!!! · 20-03-2008 10:27PM

Anyone who says lol out loud in public deserves a punch in the mouth.

'lol'...now I've heard everything...

Killaqueen!!! · 20-03-2008 10:29PM

Bros123 wrote: »

I find "FTW" or "For The Win" a cringe worthy expression.

That's what FTW means? I was wondering what the fuck everyone was talking about. Now I understand.

...actually I don't. What the hell does 'For the Win' mean?!!!

Bubs101 · 20-03-2008 10:42PM

It's perfectly acceptable when making fun of people who you would assume do it

IanCurtis · 20-03-2008 10:43PM

I hate all those internet expressions.

Really brings it back to the sole domain of geeks and nerds, where it shouldn't be and isn't anymore. :mad:

A simple 'haha' is as good as any 'lol'.

As for "pmsl", now that's just disgusting

I do like the smiley faces though.

AlmightyCushion · 20-03-2008 10:47PM

IanCurtis wrote: »

As for "pmsl", now that's just disgusting

Not as disgusting as lpmsl

literally pissing myself laughing

TequilaMockingBird · 20-03-2008 10:52PM

ROFPMSL = maybe a small chuckle.

misslt · 20-03-2008 11:08PM

I've found myself saying F'T'Win - all jumbled together like that. It gets me a fair few strange looks. I don't say 'lol' or anything, but I do say TBH alllllll the fecking time and none of my mates know what I'm on about!

Bros123 · 20-03-2008 11:53PM

misslt wrote: »

I've found myself saying F'T'Win - all jumbled together like that. It gets me a fair few strange looks. I don't say 'lol' or anything, but I do say TBH alllllll the fecking time and none of my mates know what I'm on about!

Aren't your friends lucky:rolleyes:

21-03-2008 12:02AM

I've used it online but never in real life. I think a smirk or giggle covers it because it's not something I take literally - that is, I never laugh out loud.

rubadub · 21-03-2008 12:16AM

useful_contacts wrote: »

Oh ya i do this all the time, and i say "Yore ma" as well- confuses the hell outta people ha

"yore ma" jokes are as old as... YORE MA!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_mother

Historic usage

Although this may appear to be a recent phenomenon, one can find variants in classical literature. William Shakespeare used such a device in Act I Scene 1 of Timon of Athens:

Painter: "Y'are a dog."
Apemantus: "Thy mother's of my generation. What's she, if I be a dog?"

Also in Act IV, Scene II of Titus Andronicus, Aaron taunts his lover's sons:

Demetrius: "Villain, what hast thou done?"
Aaron: "That which thou canst not undo."
Chiron: "Thou hast undone our mother."
Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy mother."

Lola123 · 21-03-2008 01:55AM

rubadub wrote: »

"yore ma" jokes are as old as... YORE MA!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_mother

Yore ma jokes will never get old.
I for one use them all the time.... too the great amusement of................myself.

I don't find that "lol" rolls off the tongue too easy in real life. I find that a simple "haha" usually does the trick.

Piste · 21-03-2008 02:07AM

"Oft'ner upon her knees than on her feet, Died every day she liv'd."

In Macbeth, said of Malcom's wife.

Dorrty

JavaBear · 21-03-2008 02:17AM

I say lol infront of certain friends and people who will get it really. I'd never say it infront of people who I would think wouldn't get "it". If something is funny, I'll laugh (natural reaction obviously).

I type it all the time on the internet, lol. "haha" through text comes across as sarcastic or something imo so lol fills that gap perfectly.

Eoin · 21-03-2008 02:23AM

I don't think I could ever talk to someone again who said lol in real life; it's pretty sad. I don't mind people saying "to be honest" when talking, but using "tbh" online I find really pointless - it generally adds nothing to the sentence. Thankfully people don't seem to roll their eyes as often as they use that twatty emoticon.

JavaBear · 21-03-2008 02:37AM

:rolleyes:

Awesome-O · 21-03-2008 02:51AM

i do love the odd yo moma joke, if it's funny i will actually laugh though, if not..don't, why would you say lol...just laugh out loud!!
it's as bad as fyi, was in NY a few years back & a guy said that to my friend & i, we thought it was hilarious, he explained what it meant to us, we were like, we know what it means just can't believe some said it in real life!!

IanCurtis · 21-03-2008 02:53AM

JavaBear wrote: »

:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

Yessssssssssssssssssss

Piste · 21-03-2008 03:06AM

I used to say "yer ma" quite a bit in real life, but it's so overdone that it just annoys me now.

tolosenc · 21-03-2008 03:26AM

@OP:

Have you not noticed that certain "demographic", if you will, who use acronyms such as OMG in most sentences?

Saying "lol" out loud in real life

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