HOW TO PRONOUNCE
LOL
/ɛl.oʊˈɛl/
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What does LOL mean?
interjection
- Alternative form of LOL.
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of LOL.
verb
- Alternative form of LOL.
More meanings (14)
particle
- Neutralises the tone of a message; denotes that a message is light-hearted or casual.
interjection
- Laughing (or laugh) out loud.
- Lots of laughs. (occasionally used)
- (figuratively) Indicates light-heartedness or amusement, or that the accompanying statement is not intended as serious; sometimes extends to irony or sardonicism, in the same way that spoken humor sometimes does. Often now a discourse marker independent of laughter.
- (archaic) Used in song as a nonsense syllable.
- (dated) Lots of love.
verb
- To laugh out loud.
noun
- Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch.
- An instance of the interjection "LOL".
- (derogatory, informal) Little old lady.
proper noun
- Initialism of League of Legends.
- A diminutive of the female given name Laura.
- A diminutive of the male given names Laurence and Lawrence.
- (historical) A state of Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɛl.oʊˈɛl/
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For any disappointment we are sorry unaffectedly, But yesterday that nobleman expired quite unexpectedly— Tol the riddle lol!