'Lol.'

[ConorE]

Can someone explain to me the use of 'lol' at the end of one's own sentence? Is it meant as a demand to 'laugh out loud,' or someone simply pretending to laugh at their own half hearted attempt at a joke?

Please enlighten me.

[TLandCruiser]

I dunno lol

[Impasse]

This makes me lol, lollers. It's not worthy of a rofl and especially not a roflcopter, but a lol is a lol. Lol.

[Pebbles167]

I use it to show that I meant what I said in a lighthearted way, since text gives no audible or visual cues that would otherwise make it obvious.

Ie:

"Stop being such a grumpy and embrace the hip new language, lol"

[TVR1]

Loooooolz.

[ConorE]

I probably should have expected most of these replies

[chr15b]

yep, lol.

[StuntmanMike]

LOLton towers.

[vx220]

TVR1 said:

Loooooolz.

When people write this, I get what they're trying to do, it just doesn't work!

Laugh out out out out out loudz?

...and you can't say "megalolz" anymore (not that I ever did)

[RichB]

I know I'm getting on a bit now, lol, but what's a lolfcoctor?

[Jon321]

RichB said:

I know I'm getting on a bit now, lol, but what's a lolfcoctor?

Isn't it roflcopter?

[Watchman]

[snoopy25]

Watchman said:

Dam it! i was just about to post a roflcopter! looool

[Brigand]

It's used to infer humour in text rather than literally meaning Laugh Out Loud these days.

"You're a fking idiot" and "You're a fking idiot, lol" represent an offensive insult and a ribbing you give your mate for mucking something up.

It's the same as smilies / emoticons, they are a way of inferring an emotion into what you're saying.

[Zwolf]

>awaits roflbrothel pic<

[Spanna]

When people type lol they actually mean they blew out slightly more air than usual from their nose.

[ConorE]

Brigand said:

It's used to infer humour in text rather than literally meaning Laugh Out Loud these days.

"You're a fking idiot" and "You're a fking idiot, lol" represent an offensive insult and a ribbing you give your mate for mucking something up.

It's the same as smilies / emoticons, they are a way of inferring an emotion into what you're saying.

Thanks for the serious reply. This hasn't turned out quite as I thought.

[rossw46]

I lol'd hard at the OP.

[Impasse]

ConorE said:

This hasn't turned out quite as I thought.

It's The Lounge. Most of us are only here for the lolz.


(As requested...)

[Zwolf]

Lol.