Editing LOL (section)

===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