Editing LOL (section)

==Variations on the theme==
===Variants===
[[File:Omegalul emote.png|thumb|The '''OMEGALUL''' [[Twitch emote]] is a distorted image of [[TotalBiscuit]] originating {{Circa|2013}}.<ref name=":0" />]]
* '''[[wikt:lul|lul]]''': phonetic spelling of LOL. "LUL" is also commonly used in the gaming community, due to it being an emote on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], which depicts game critic [[TotalBiscuit]] laughing.
* '''[[wikt:lolz|lolz]]''': Occasionally used in place of LOL.
* '''[[wikt:lulz|lulz]]''': Often used to denote [[Schadenfreude|laughter at someone who is the victim]] of a prank, or a reason for performing an action. Its use originated with Internet trolls. According to a ''[[New York Times]]'' article about [[Internet trolling]], "''lulz'' means the joy of disrupting another's emotional equilibrium."<ref name=Schwartz2008/> Can be used as a noun{{snd}}e.g. "do it for the lulz.", shortened into "ftlulz" (to distinguish it from "ftl"{{snd}}"for the loss"). See also [[LulzSec]].
* '''LOLOLOL...''': For added emphasis, LOL can be appended with any number of additional iterations of "OL". In cases such as these, the abbreviation is not to be read literally (i.e., "Laughing out loud out loud out loud out loud"), but is meant to suggest several LOLs in a row.
* '''OMEGALUL''' and '''LULW''': variants of "LUL" used as a [[Twitch emote]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grayson |first1=Nathan |title=Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The 'Omegalul' Emote (But Were Afraid To Ask) |url=https://kotaku.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-the-omegalul-1839784840 |website=Kotaku |access-date=February 12, 2021 |date=November 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Çakır|first=Gökhan|date=March 5, 2021|title=Twitch slang and common terms explained|url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-slang-and-common-terms-explained|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=Dot Esports|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Abhimannu |date=2021-03-09 |title=What Does OMEGALUL Mean in Twitch Chat and Where Did It Originate? |url=https://afkgaming.com/esports/news/7053-what-does-omegalul-mean-in-twitch-chat-and-where-did-it-originate |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=AFK Gaming |language=en}}</ref>
* '''trolololol''' or '''trollololol''': A blend of [[Internet troll|troll]] and LOL iterated, likely meant to mimick [[Eduard Khil]]'s 1976 song [[Mr. Trololo]] song, which became an internet meme in 2010. Indicates that the prank or joke was made by internet trolls, or the user thinks the prank or joke qualifies as [[internet trolling]].
===Derivations===
[[File:Lolwut cat.jpg|thumb|A 2007 [[lolcat]] meme, featuring a humorous misspelling of "LOL, what?"]]
* (to) '''LOL''': Used as a verb ("to laugh out loud") and is meant to be conjugated in the appropriate tense. When the past tense is meant, it is written as "LOL(e)d" or "LOL'd".
* '''[[wikt:lolwut|lolwut]]''' (sometimes "lulwut"): [[wikt:lol|lol]] + [[wikt:wut|wut]], used to indicate bemused laughter, or confusion.
* '''lawl''', '''lawlz''', or '''lal''': Pseudo-pronunciation of LOL. Saying "lawl" is sometimes meant in mockery of those who use the term LOL and is not meant to express laughter.
* '''Lel''' or '''LEL''' is a "playful or ironic" variation of LOL.<ref>{{Dictionary.com|lel|accessdate=2022-04-24}}</ref> It is sometimes thought to be an initialism, standing for "laughing extremely loud" or "laughing extra loud", but this has been disputed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garber |first=Megan |date=2014-07-17 |title='LEL,' 'Nyahahaha,' 'U Wat Brah': The Creative Ways We Laugh Online |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/lel-nyahahaha-o-boy-the-creative-ways-we-laugh-online/374531/ |work=The Atlantic |access-date=2022-04-22}}</ref>
* '''[[lolcat]]''', an [[image macro]] of a cat

===Related===
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* '''*G*''' or '''*g*''': For "grins".<ref name="g">{{cite web|url=http://www.internetslang.com/*G*.asp|title=What does *G* mean?|publisher=Internet Slang|access-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref> Like "lulz" it is used in the initialism "J4G" ("just for grins").<ref name="j4g">{{cite web|url=http://www.acronymfinder.com/Slang/J4G.html|title=What does J4G stand for?|publisher=Acronym finder|access-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref>
* '''kek''': A term for laughter that originated in online games, possibly either ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' or ''[[StarCraft]]'', the latter in which Korean players would type "[[LOL#Commonly used equivalents in other languages|kekeke]]" as [[onomatopoeia]] for laughter.<ref name="Polygon">{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/14/16310330/destiny-2-armor-white-nationalist-kek-symbol-explanation|title=Bungie explains how Destiny 2 armor resembling hate symbol made it into the game|first=Samit|last=Sarkar|date=September 14, 2017|access-date=August 4, 2018|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]}}</ref> It later became associated with [[alt-right]] politics,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/in-charlottesville-gop-candidate-for-governor-corey-stewart-allies-with/article_211e1dbc-c324-5664-94d1-186aa24bb5d0.html |title=In Charlottesville, GOP candidate for governor Corey Stewart allies with alt-right-inspired blogger who wants to protect 'glorious Western civilization' |first=Graham |last=Moomaw |newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]] |date=February 16, 2017}}</ref> [[Pepe the Frog#Kek|in the form of a parody religion]] surrounding the character [[Pepe the Frog]] by analogy with the frog-headed ancient Egyptian god [[Kek (mythology)|Kek]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/how-an-ancient-egyptian-god-spurred-the-rise-of-trump-72598 |title=How an ancient Egyptian god spurred the rise of Trump |date=March 7, 2017 |website=The Conversation |access-date=July 18, 2017}}</ref>
* '''[[wikt:LMAO|LMAO]]''': For "laughing my arse/ass off".<ref name=NetlingoLMAO/> Variants: [[:wikt:LMBO|LMBO]] ("Laughing my butt off"),<ref>{{Cite web| title = LMBO| year = 2012| work = Online Slang Dictionary| url = http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/lmbo| access-date = February 5, 2022}}</ref> [[:wikt:LMFAO|LMFAO]] ("Laughing my fucking ass off").
* '''lqtm''': For "Laughing quietly to myself".<ref name="lqtm">{{cite web|url=http://www.internetslang.com/LQTM.asp|title=What does LQTM mean?|publisher=Internet Slang|access-date=April 12, 2011}}</ref>
* '''[[wikt:ROFL|ROFL]]''': For "rolling on the floor laughing". It is often combined with LMAO for added emphasis as '''[[wikt:ROFLMAO|ROFLMAO]]''' ("Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off") or '''ROFLMFAO''' (Rolling on the floor laughing my fucking ass off).<ref name="lmao">{{cite web|url=http://www.netlingo.com/word/lmao.php|title=LMAO|publisher=NetLingo|access-date=April 12, 2011}}</ref>
* '''[[wikt:roflcopter|roflcopter]]''': A [[portmanteau]] of ROFL and helicopter. A popular [[glitch]] in the [[Microsoft Sam]] text-to-speech engine enables the voice to make a sound akin to the rotation of rotor blades when 'SOI' or 'SOY' is entered, and the phrase 'My ROFLcopter goes soi soi soi..." is often associated with the term as a result.
* '''[[wikt:PMSL|PMSL]]''': For "pissing myself laughing".
* '''[[wikt:IJBOL|IJBOL]]''': For "I just burst out laughing".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Shirley |date=2023-08-08 |title=What Is IJBOL? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/style/ijbol-lol-lmao.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Gaining popularity among [[Gen Z]], initially popularized within the [[K-pop fandom]]. Not derived from [[Korean language|Korean]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-14 |title=What does ijbol mean? {{!}} Mashable |website=[[Mashable]] |url=https://mashable.com/article/ijbol-explained |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814051632/https://mashable.com/article/ijbol-explained |url-status=dead |archive-date=2023-08-14 |access-date=2024-08-05 }}</ref>
* '''XD''', sometimes stylized as '''xD''', '''xd''', or '''Xd''', is an [[emoticon]] commonly used to symbolize extreme laughter or happiness.

=== Commonly used equivalents in other languages ===

[[File:Oscar 2.ogg|thumb|right|The continuous radio Morse message "hi hi hi ..." by the first private satellites called OSCAR, beginning with [[OSCAR 1]] in 1961 (recording from [[OSCAR 2]], 1962)]]

Pre-dating the Internet and [[Text messaging|phone texting]] by a century, the way to express laughter in [[morse code]] is "hi hi".<ref name="u370">{{cite web | last=Collister | first=Lauren B. | title=LOL in the age of the telegraph | website=The Conversation | date=20 May 2024 | url=https://theconversation.com/lol-in-the-age-of-the-telegraph-42578 | access-date=29 September 2024}}</ref> The sound of this in morse ('di-di-di-dit di-dit, di-di-di-dit di-dit') is thought to represent chuckling.<ref name=Dinkins2010a/><ref name=Dinkins2010b/>

* [[wikt:555|555]]: the [[Thai language|Thai]] variation of LOL. "5" in Thai is pronounced "ha", three of them being "hahaha" ({{Lang|th|ห้า ห้า ห้า}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=TSL Chiang Mai- Thai as a Second Language School |url=https://tslchiangmai.com/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=tslchiangmai.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[wikt:asg|asg]]: [[Swedish language|Swedish]] abbreviation of the term {{lang|sv|asgarv}}, meaning intense laughter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asgarv {{!}} SAOL {{!}} svenska.se |url=https://svenska.se/saol/?sok=Asgarv&pz=4 |access-date=2024-08-05 |language=sv-SE}}</ref>
* [[wikt:g|g]]: [[Danish language|Danish]] abbreviation of the word ''griner'', which means "laughing" in Danish.<ref name=Elkan2009/>
* [[Wikt:jajajá|jajajá]]: in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the letter "j" is pronounced [[Voiceless velar fricative|/x/]].<ref name="jaja">{{cite web |title=¡ja, ja, ja! |url=http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/%C2%A1ja,%20ja,%20ja! |access-date=April 9, 2011 |publisher=[[SpanishDict]]}}</ref>
* jejeje: in the [[Philippines]] is used to represent "hehehe". "j" in Filipino languages is pronounced as [[/h/]], derived from the Spanish [[Voiceless velar fricative|/x/]]. Its origins can be traced to [[SMS language]]. It is widely used in a Filipino youth subculture known as [[Jejemon]]s.<ref name="PDI">{{cite news|date=April 24, 2010 |first=Harvey |last=Marcoleta |title=Jejemons: The new 'jologs' |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/2bu/2bu/view/20100424-266068/gtJejemons-The-new-jologs |access-date=April 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427084817/http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/2bu/2bu/view/20100424-266068/gtJejemons-The-new-jologs |archive-date=April 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="CNET">{{cite web |date=April 26, 2010 |title=Jejemon in the Philippines |first=Joseph |last=Nacino |url=http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/the-virtual-eye/post.htm?id=63018444&scid=hm_bl |work=[[CNET]] Asia |access-date=April 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828171747/http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/jejemon-in-the-philippines-62116449.htm |archive-date=August 28, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[wikt:mdr#Esperanto|mdr]]: [[Esperanto]] version, from the initials of {{lang|eo|multe da ridoj}}, which translates to "lot of laughs" in English.
* [[wikt:mdr#French|mdr]]: [[French language|French]] version, from the initials of "mort de rire" which roughly translated means "died of laughter", although many French people also use LOL instead as it is the most widely used on the internet.<ref name="mort">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Mort+de+Rire|title=MDR |dictionary=The Free Dictionary|access-date=April 9, 2011}}</ref><ref name="mort2">{{cite web|url=http://en.bab.la/dictionary/french-english/mdr-mort-de-rire|title=French-English translation for "mdr (mort de rire)"|publisher=babLa|access-date=April 9, 2011}}</ref>
* [[wikt:mkm|mkm]]: in [[Afghanistan]] "mkm" (being an abbreviation of the phrase "ma khanda mikonom"). This is a [[Dari (Eastern Persian)|Dari]] phrase that means "I am laughing".
* [[wikt:ptdr#French|ptdr]]: [[French language|French]] variant from {{lang|fr|pété de rire}}{{snd}}literally meaning "broken with laughter"
* [[wikt:rs#Portuguese|rs]]: in [[Brazil]] "rs" (being an abbreviation of "risos", the plural of "laugh") is often used in text based communications in situations where in English LOL would be used, repeating it ("rsrsrsrsrs") is often done to express longer laughter or laughing harder. Also popular is "kkk" (which can also be repeated indefinitely), due to the pronunciation of the letter ''k'' in [[Brazilian Portuguese]] sounding similar to the ''ca'' in ''card'', and therefore representing the laugh "cacacacaca" (also similar to the Hebrew version below).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.semantica-portuguese.com/learning-to-laugh-and-smile-online-1006/ |title=Learning to laugh and smile online... Brazilian Portuguese, by Semantica |date=June 9, 2010 |website=Brazilian Portuguese, by Semantica |language=en-US |access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref>
* [[wikt:חחח|חחח]]/[[wikt:ההה|ההה]]: [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] version of LOL. The letter [[ח]] is pronounced [/x/ /x/] and [[ה]] is pronounced [/h/ /h/]. Putting them together (usually three or more in a row) makes the word khakhakha or hahaha (since vowels in Hebrew are generally not written), which is in many languages regarded as the sound of laughter.
* {{lang|ko|ㅋㅋㅋ}} ("kkk" or "kekeke")<ref name="Polygon"/> and {{lang|ko|ㅎㅎㅎ}} ("hhh") are usually used to indicate laughter in [[Korean language|Korean]]. '[[wikt:ㅋ|ㅋ]]', is a Korean [[Hangul consonant and vowel tables|Jamo]] consonant representing a "k" sound, and '{{lang|ko|[[wikt:ㅎ|ㅎ]]}}' represents an "h" sound. Both "{{lang|ko|ㅋㅋㅋ}}" and "{{lang|ko|ㅎㅎㅎ}}" represent laughter which is not very loud. However, if a vowel symbol is written, louder laughter is implied: {{lang|ko|하하}} "haha" {{lang|ko|호호}}, "hoho."<ref name="korea">{{cite web|url=http://www.westudykorean.com/slang3.php|title=Slang 속어|publisher=We Study Korean|access-date=April 9, 2011}}</ref>
* ({{lang|ja|笑}}): in [[Japanese language|Japanese]], the [[kanji]] for laugh, is used in the same way as lol. It can be read as {{lang|ja|kakko warai}} (literally "parentheses laugh") or just {{transliteration|ja|wara}}. [[wikt:w#Japanese|w]] is also used as an abbreviation, and it is common for multiple ''w'' to be chained together.<ref name="tokyo">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-insider.net/?p=4756|title=LOL=wwwwww|publisher=Tokyo-Insider|access-date=April 9, 2011}}</ref> The resulting shape formed from multiple ''wwwww'' leads to the usage of {{lang|ja|草}} ( [[草]] meaning grass, read as {{transliteration|ja|kusa}}), due to its resemblance to the shape of grass.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Alan |date=2021-02-04 |title=10 Useful Japanese Internet Slang Terms You Should Know |url=https://unseen-japan.com/10-useful-japanese-internet-slang-terms-you-should-know/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Unseen Japan |language=en-US}}</ref>