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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!

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of LOL

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

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