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Chat and text abbreviation for "rolling on the floor laughing my ass off", a stronger version of LOL used to signal very intense amusement. It is considered mildly vulgar.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""He told the tiny dog joke again and the whole group chat was ROFLMAO.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary gives the expansion and calls the abbreviation mildly vulgar, with LOL as the milder equivalent and ROTFLMAO as a variant. It describes ROFLMAO as a blend of ROFL and LMAO. Wikipedia's internet slang article notes that users of networks such as Usenet created shorthand from 1979 but does not discuss this abbreviation, so no dated first use is documented here. It is an older chat abbreviation now used mostly for effect or nostalgia.

FIRST SEEN
Unknown (a blend of ROFL and LMAO; no dated first use is documented)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Late 1990s-2000s (chat and early forums)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:ROFLLMAO

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TREND STATUS
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
Unknown (a blend of ROFL and LMAO; no dated first use is documented)
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