I have to ask: "What the heck is LOL?"

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Okay, I give. I'm sure it's a simple answer and I'll feel dumb for days, but I just have to know: What the heck does it mean - "LOL"?

Thanks.

-- Shadow (standing@thebrink.now), December 27, 1999

Answers

"Laugh out loud"

-- Can't Say (taking_no_chances@right_now.com), December 27, 1999.

for newcomers: BITR - bump in the road ROTFLMAO - rolling on the floor laughing my ass off CDC - century date change FWIW - for what it's worth TPTB - the powers that be also it's "martial law" NOT "marshall law"

-- there's more but that's (enought@for.now), December 27, 1999.

Shadow,

I know the feeling, for the longest time I couldn't figure out what all those parentheses were doing at the end of sentences! :-)

check this out

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), December 27, 1999.


Deciphering the jargon: troll, OT, TEOTWAWKI, etc.

Link

-- John (jh@NotReal.ca), December 27, 1999.


Thanks you all for the info! (John, that is an awesome jargon list!!)

I'm beginning to feel semi-literate!!

TTFN

-- Shadow (standing@thebrink.now), December 27, 1999.



And for years I thought it meant Love on Line.

-- grin (zigwood99@aol.com), December 27, 1999.

OYCDWIDAJMIUAYGA (Or You Could Do What I Do And Just Make It Up As You Go Along)...

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), December 27, 1999.

Shadow, For a long time I would wonder, "What the heck does 'Little Old Lady' have to do with anything?" 8^)

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), December 27, 1999.

As others said, usually means "Laughing Out Loud." But I have also seen it very occasionally as "Lots of Luck". Context determines.

-- A (A@AisA.com), December 28, 1999.

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