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LOL, or lol, is an initialism for laughing out loud, [1] [2] ... Matt Haig describes the various initialisms of Internet slang as convenient, ...
Internet slang (also called Internet shorthand, cyber-slang, netspeak, digispeak or chatspeak) is a non-standard or unofficial form of language used by people on the Internet to communicate to one another. [1] A popular example of Internet slang is "lol" meaning "laugh out loud".
This summer, the acronym LOL has gone out of style amongst Gen-Z-ers and has been replaced in popularity by IJBOL, which stands for “I just burst out laughing”.
Slang used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z; generally those born between the late 1990s and late 2000s in the Western world) differs from slang of earlier generations; [1] [2] ease of communication via Internet social media has facilitated its rapid proliferation, creating "an unprecedented variety of linguistic variation". [2] [3] [4]
LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language inspired by lolspeak, the language expressed in examples of the lolcat Internet meme. [1] The language was created in 2007 by Adam Lindsay, a researcher at the Computing Department of Lancaster University.
LOL is an initialism for 'laugh(ing) out loud' in Internet slang, and once 'lots of love' in letter writing. LOL, LoL, or Lol may also refer to: Film and television
The LOLCat Bible Translation Project was a wiki-based website set up in July 2007 by Martin Grondin, where editors aim to parody the entire Bible in "LOLspeak", the slang popularized by the LOLcat Internet phenomenon. [1] The project relies on contributors to adapt passages.
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...