What Does This Mean?
"Laughing out loud" — the single most universal piece of internet chatspeak, marking amusement in text with an acronym so common it barely registers as an abbreviation anymore.
EXPLAINER
Behind The Meme · original source ↗
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"lol that's actually a great point."
LORE & ORIGIN
Traceable to early Usenet and chatroom culture before spreading into instant messaging and eventually every text-based medium in existence.
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
MENTIONS OVER TIME
23 observed mentions from 23 distinct authors · XBRAINROT RADAR
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TOP PLATFORMS
Based on 23 Radar observations
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