LOL

American  

[el-oh-el, lol] / ˈɛlˌoʊˈɛl, lɒl /

Or lol

interjection

1. laughing out loud; laugh out loud: used as a response to something funny or as a follow-up to something said only as a joke.

   You can see from the pics that my dog did not appreciate how we dressed him up for Halloween this year. LOL!

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verb (used without object)

LOLed, LOLing

1. to laugh: I can’t stop loling over this dumb video!

   I literally LOLed when I got your text.

   I can’t stop loling over this dumb video!

LOL British  

abbreviation

1. laughing out loud

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Etymology

Origin of LOL

First recorded in 1985–90; from its use in digital communications

Example Sentences

Recently, for instance, the company developed a creative AI tool called LinkedIn on LinkedIn, or LOL, to help produce and track marketing campaigns that the company runs on its own platform, Jensen said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The court heard Mrs Spragg replied: "Yes we can go through their bins. LOL."

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Coming up, I worked at a club in Times Square called LOL that no longer exists, thank God.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

On the subject of the presidency itself, and the burdensome toll its responsibilities take on statesmen like her father, our position is: LOL.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2025

Hope it’s that you gave my story to G. M. Pennington’s agent and they want to publish it LOL, he texted back.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner