The true origin or "lol" Do you think it's laughing out loud ? lots of laughs ?

@shogunly (1397)
Libya
February 1, 2007 8:04am CST
I think it simply is a symbol for a smile in "leet" , the 2 l's being the apices of the smile (corners of a smiling mouth) and the o representing the lower curve of a smiling mouth . #What do you think ?
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suedarr
@suedarr (2382)
• Canada
1 Feb 07
The following link provides a detailed explanation of how LOL came about and where it first appeared on the net when it was still pretty much BBS. http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~crwth/LOL.html LOL as far as I know has always meant Laugh Out Loud. Cheers!
shogunly
@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
1 Feb 07
thanks I will check it out . but do you agree the letters in small case make the outline of a smile ??
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suedarr
@suedarr (2382)
• Canada
1 Feb 07
They do look like a smile.
shogunly
@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
3 Feb 07
Thank you sue , you made me smile a little .
vega83
@vega83 (6340)
• Bahrain
5 Feb 07
the people who use it tell me they mean it as 'laughing out loud' whatever it may be, i prefer the ha ha, to the 'lol' i don't know why, for some reason, i find it annoying, and i'm not easily annoyed.
shogunly
@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
5 Feb 07
Me too . I remember chatting with my brother (abroad for 5 years now) , he would write lol and brb . I thought "brb" was a burp , I couldn't get "lol" at all . I would ask him "Whats that you keep typing ? Is it some symbol ?" and he would just type "lol" again and again . That caused a psychological complex in me triggered by lol . lol!
cassidy22
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
3 Feb 07
LOL has always stood for laugh out loud, and it's very different from l33t sp3ak. and :) is the universal smiley.
shogunly
@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
3 Feb 07
I thought lol and brb and btw were examples of l33t , I read about it somewhere , I guess I forgot !