'Lol.'

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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.

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I probably should have expected most of these replies

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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.

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TeaNoSugar said:

A mate of mine adds lol to the end of almost every line of every text. I could excuse it if he was a teen but he's forty fking one. Should know better!

This annoys me even further, once or twice is bad enough, but this is ridiculous.

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TobyLaRohne said:

vx220 said:

TobyLaRohne said:

its all about LSHIDMYAMSFO!

Yeah, whatevs

Laughed
So
Hard
I
Dropped
My
Taco
And
My
Sombrero
Fell
Off

Never seen 'Taco' spelt with a 'Y' before.