A Silly Question.
By easyzheng
@easyzheng (666)
China
May 10, 2007 10:55pm CST
I feel ashamed to ask such a silly question, but all these days I come across this term here and there and I just can't figure out the meaning of it. So I decided to put my puzzling here regardless of how silly the question might be: What does LOL mean?
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4 responses
@Hart57 (359)
• United States
11 May 07
No need to be ashamed; no question is too silly or too stupid. It's cyber short-hand for "Laughing out Loud." Prior to the Internet, some used it to signify "Lots of Love."
People use it in cyberspace to indicate a lighthearted or funny comment, or when they are jesting. Thanks for a great topic!
@easyzheng (666)
• China
11 May 07
Thank you all for your timely explanation. I'm quite ignorant about cyber language. I think that's also a part that I can learn here in mylot. Your replys are very helpful.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
12 May 07
Don't feel ashamed to ask this question. I asked the same question years ago when I first seen it online. LOL, means, laugh out loud. We type these letters when something is funny to us or when we say something funny to someone else online. I have used it so much that sometimes I even say it when I am talking to someone face to face without even thinking about what I have just said. You didn't ask a silly question. I hope I answered you well enough though.
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@easyzheng (666)
• China
13 May 07
Yeah, YOu've made things clear to me. Thank you for doing all this for me.
@zengguoxing (773)
• China
11 May 07
Yes,yes,yes.I'm very confused recently by such a word.Nealy everybody here says such a word.I really don't what does it mean.But i don't think this is a silly queation.Hehe.
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