are you really laughing when you say LOL?
By ronreyes
@ronreyes (4724)
Philippines
May 25, 2007 3:33am CST
LOL - Laugh Out Loud or Laughing Out Loud, is a very popular chat or internet lingo.
When you say LOL... are you really laughing?
In my case, LOL may mean differently depending on the situation...
I say...
LOL - when something is really funny.
LOL - when something is corny.
LOL - when something is nonsense. (it's like saying "Whatever!")
Heehee!
But most of the time I say LOL when I'm really laughing so hard that it came to the point where my tummy aches and all you can say is a three-letter word. HAHAHA! LOL!
:)
- Ron Reyes
www.ronreyes.co.nr
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215 responses
@angela2006 (1845)
• China
25 May 07
no,sometimes I am just smiling,haha!but I am sure that I am happy and pleased when I say lol.to tell the truth,being here is a funny thing.but sometimes my discussions receive no responses then I will feel bad.
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@muscare (3068)
• Australia
25 May 07
Well, that is a good question. Maybe I should put something like GOF (grin on face), because often, when I put lol, it is only a grin I have, not an all out laugh, although sometimes I do get a comment or reply that does make me laugh out loud!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
25 May 07
you say lol for all those things you mentioned but it is also to let people know that the words you are saying are not meant to be taking seriously like you are joking around as well.
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
25 May 07
hello, winterose, this is very much easier to understand. i love the way you have said about this and explained it.
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@sakthivel_999 (92)
• India
25 May 07
i never really use lol....it was never in the list of words which i use....but yes i think people use it too often without alot of sense....i find it in a lot of posts...more so often when i chat in yahoo messenger..
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
25 May 07
to be frank, when i write LOL i mean to say that something is real funny and i am kind of giggling or chuckling. i never laugh out loud in the real sense, i never ever do that. i am very silent and not very gregarious and i guess that is blame for it all.
have a nice day.
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@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
25 May 07
If it is really funny LOL. Cute or maybe more silly than really funny, ha ha. Super,super funny ROFL or LMAO
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
25 May 07
well, it seems we are worlds apart. i am content with you make me happy, you make smile, hehehe and hahaha. now, i know that for most of us around here, there are diffences being conveyed in the use of these expressions of being joyful, happy and laughing.
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@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
5 Jun 07
yes, i really mean it when i said LOL, im really laughing that loud Hahahaha...but you know i first thought the meaning of LOL is "Ulol" , in tagalog, do you get it. Of course you know it you are a filipino anyway..
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
25 May 07
Lol. Nah, I wasn't laughing. Or was I?
If you mean do I really laugh out loud, then the answer is usually know. But I do sort of smile inside. :P
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@fallenangelteegra (235)
• United States
25 May 07
Lol is normally used as a transition phrase in chat... now if someone is really laughing you can normally tell by the ROFL OR ROFLMFSAO
:d and yes i use them alot!!! I am too happy and laughable not too! I worked in chat for too many years not to notice the pattern that has come about! Wow how we have changed in chat over the years!
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@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
25 May 07
I hardly ever use LOL because I know most people aren't really laughing out loud when they use it.. Most of the time when I'm really laughing, i say hahaha.. or hehee, if it's not that funny... :P But this is a really good discussion cuz I see it used alot by people and sometimes I get confused whether they really are laughing or not.. thanks.. =P
@cocoanana (94)
• United States
25 May 07
I mostly use LOL if I think something is funny or even corny. I'm not always physically laughing when I enter it, though. Sometimes I'll use it just to be sarcastic, not really laughing at all.
It's interesting to see how people use it - good question!
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@xfallenxlostx (2074)
• United States
26 May 07
i do not always lough out loud when i type lol, but i am usually at least smiling. SOmetimes i AM actually laughing out loud and i will usually thell the person "that made me LOL" or something similar.
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@beccacoward (525)
•
31 May 07
I say LOL when something is funny, or when I have nothing to say in response to someone. Most of the time I say "haha" instead of LOL, as I tend to reserve LOL for people I don't find very interesting. x
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@cyclops_online2004 (779)
• India
26 May 07
I usually say LOL, when i am laughing. Otherwise i just say something else. because LOL to me means, Lots of Laughs. So, i just use it whenever i want to show the person that i am laughing. And sometimes i also use it when i want to change the topic in a discussion, as in Whatever sense.... :P
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
26 May 07
yea,i usually am laughing.
the emoticons are even better for that,but since we don't have any here,LOL works.
that could be a good thing though.i know people who use way too many of those in net conversation.
@toe_ster (770)
• United States
25 May 07
I do it all. I usually use LMAO whe it has me ROFL. My favorite which not many know I think is LQ2M. (laughing quietly to myself. Which is where somerthing can be a whatever, or so-so funny, funny but in stitches over it. I think it just depends on what comes to mind when typing back too when I throw in a haahaaa or hee hee .
