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When and how did "lol" come into use?

Although most people just distribute 'lol' with little concern over its background, I feel this must be addressed. Where, when and how did 'lol' come about?

lol

:smile:

Reply 1

sahil112

13

excellent question rep for u :smile:

Reply 2

led_zep_amh(121191)

Excellent question, I'd like to know, too!

Reply 3

Redpanda91

15

I suppose someone American just said something like "I'm so laughing out loud right now!!" and then it got abbreviated gradually... and Lol can also mean lots of love :smile:

So maybe someone got it wrong!

I invented it.

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Wiki? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL

Reply 7

hannahhi

15

Goodness knows. I'd say you'd be a long time trying to find out exactly when and where it started :p:

Reply 8

Rpatel...*

lol at the amount of times u sed lol

Reply 9

Carl Sagan

10

7. lol 206 up, 119 down love ithate it

Originally found in Sumerian Tax Logs to define overdue fees (Late on Lamp Oil, some experts believe), this phrase has evolved through time. Shakespeare shunned the abbreviation, finding it impossible to rhyme with. Thoreau punched Jim Bowie in a local tavern for carving it on the table with his special knife, but Lincoln ad-libbed it in the original Gettysburg address during an uncomfortable moment in the Monologue. It meant "Laughing On Line" during the internet craze of the late 20th century, but now has been reduced to a response to the dull person you are texting to out of politeness rather than the one you are actually engaged in a conversation with, if you can call it that.
Sumerian Tax Log: Entry-2 dribs of Lamp Oil, payment 2days past due- LOL (usually required lopping off of something).
Shakespeare's feeble attempt; Mehears the lady LOL, mehopes not at mine nether hole.
Lincoln:Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.(uncomfortable shifting in crowd of living-dead did not shift hopefully)LOL, I meant equal as in, ya know, separate but equal, ya know, LOL, wait till you see my new bathroom signs. (Crowd relaxes) Ok, did I mention there's a new dee-luxe horse and buggy in the lot for y'all who came out today?(big whoop from crowd).
Justin text:RU still there?
Kimberly:LOL
lauging on-lne internet gettysburg sumerian
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Reply 10

noggins

19

Probably not long after BRB, when people discovered they could laugh at their internet adventures and decided to create a code for that too. Around the late 90's, or 2000 it started.

Reply 11

Morbo

17

Lol is a native Dutch word (not an acronym) which, coincidentally, means "fun" - "lollig" means "funny".

I'm going to be using "lollig" from now on :rofl:

Reply 12

oo_Lucinda_oo

11

It's going to be some sort of game, or forum... maybe even an emoticon that was abbreviated as 'lol', which meant laughing out loud or something. A lot of things are abbreviated though, like 'stfu' or 'rofl', it isn't particularly suprising it came about.

Of course, 'lol' in Welsh means nonsense... which is fairly accurate :p:

Reply 13

<(".")>

10

My mum still thinks it means lots of love :s-smilie:

And I use lulz for anything properly 'lol' worthy.

Reply 14

grape:)

22

I don't know, but it's fine to use in texts and on computer... but don't you just hate those people who actually say it in real conversations?... GRRRR x