LOL

See also: lol, Lol, LoL, and -lol

LOL - English

Alternative forms

(laughing out loud) lol, lawl, lel, lul
(lots of laughs) lols, LOLS
(light-heartedness) lolsies, LOLsies, lolzies
(?) lulz

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/, /lɒl/, /lɔːl/
(US, Canada) IPA: /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/, /lɔl/, /lɑl/, /loʊl/

Interjection

LOL

(Internet slang, text messaging) Laughing (or laugh) out loud.
(Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used)
(Internet slang, text messaging, by dilution) Indicates light-heartedness or amusement, or that the accompanying statement is not intended as serious.
(letter-writing, dated) Lots of love.

Usage notes

Typically, lowercase "lol" is used for the diluted sense of the word (to indicate light-heartedness), while uppercase "LOL" is used more literally.

Especially the lowercase lol is sometimes reduplicated, in such a manner as "lololol", "lolololol", etc. for further emphasis on the laughter.

Translations

Arabic: هَهَه‎ (hahah), خُخُخ‎ (ḵuḵuḵ), هَاهَا‎ (hāhā), لُول‎ (lūl)
Bulgarian: бгггггг (bgggggg)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 233 (zh) (chiefly mainland China), 哈哈哈
Danish: LOL (da), lol
Dutch: lol (nl), LOL (nl)
Esperanto: mdr
Estonian: irw
Finnish: lol (fi), reps (fi), naur, huutista
French: mdr (fr), lol (fr), ptdr (fr), cqcd (Canada)
Georgian: ლოლ (lol), lol (lol)
German: lol (de)
Greek: λολ (el) (lol)
Hebrew: לול‎ (he) (lol), ההה‎, חחח‎ (he)
Hindi: LOL
Hungarian: lol, hfn (hangosan felnevet)
Icelandic: lol, híhí
Indonesian: wkwkwk (id)
Interlingua: lol
Irish: GOA
Italian: lol
Jamaican Creole: DWL
Japanese: w (ja), www, ワラ (wara), （笑） (ja) (わらい, warai, しょう, shō, わら, wara, かっこわらい, kakkowarai, かっこしょう, kakkoshō, かっこわら, kakkowara), 草 (ja) (kusa)
Korean: ㅋㅋ (ko) (kk), ㅋ (ko) (k), ㅎㅎ (hh)
Latin: corrideō
Latvian: ha ha
Lithuanian: cha cha cha
Navajo: dloh, ayóo íítsʼaʼgo anáshdloh, AIA, dagó anáshdlohgo shitłʼaaʼ nʼdiiltsʼid
Nigerian Pidgin: lwkmd
Norwegian: lol
Persian: خخخ‎ (xexexe), ههه‎ (hahah), mkm (Afghanistan)
Polish: lol (pl)
Portuguese: rs (pt), kkk (pt)
Romanian: lol
Russian: лол (ru) (lol), ржёт (ru) (ržot) , Ы (ru) (Y), ржунимагу́ (ru) (ržunimagú) , испацту́ла (ispactúla) , пацтало́м (pactalóm) (most expressions are in "padonki" style, deliberately distorted spellings), ))), гы (gy), гыыыы (gyyyy)
Shona: kkkk
Somali: kkkk
Spanish: lol, reva, jajajá
Swedish: lol (sv), asg (sv) (asgarva (sv))
Tagalog: jejeje
Thai: 555 (th) (555)
Ukrainian: бгггггг (bhhhhhh), ліл (lil)
Vietnamese: vl, vãi LOL, VCL, VKL, hj hj, hihihi, kekeke, kakaka, kk
Yoruba: ẹ̀rín kèékèé, ẹ̀rín kk

Czech: lol
Finnish: lol (fi), naur, reps (fi)

Verb

LOL (third-person singular simple present LOLs, present participle LOLing, simple past and past participle LOLed or LOLd or LOL'd)

(Internet slang, text messaging) To laugh out loud.

Noun

LOL (plural LOLs)

(US, British commonwealth, Ireland) Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch.
(informal, sometimes derogatory) Little old lady.

Anagrams

LLO, OLL

LOL - Danish

Interjection

LOL

(Internet slang, text messaging) LOL (expression of laughter)

Alternative forms

lol
lål (rare)

LOL - Portuguese

Interjection

LOL

(Internet slang, text messaging) LOL

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see LOL.