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===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]].
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