LOL facts for kids
A lolcat using "LOL"
LOL, or lol, is an initialism for laughing out loud, and a popular element of Internet slang, which can be used to indicate amusement, irony, or double meanings. It was first used almost exclusively on Usenet, but has since become widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication and even face-to-face communication. It is one of many initialisms for expressing bodily reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including initialisms for more emphatic expressions of laughter such as ROFL or ROTFL ("rolling on the floor laughing").
Images for kids
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The OMEGALUL emote
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An animated ASCII art image popularized in 2004 by memes using the word "roflcopter"
See also
In Spanish: LOL para niños
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