General: ALOL - the New LOL

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeDec 18th 2008
     

    LOL in it's literal translation means "Laughs Out Loud". Yet as a percentage, how many times when you've typed it in a conversation, have you actually been laughing in person? I would say it's a very small percentage. And in those cases, haven't you found yourself explaining to the person at the other end of the conversation you were actually LOLing, so for once you were telling the truth and that everyone was looking at you strangely in the office/gym/pub. I thought so.

    I've actually seen people say LOL as a response in a real, non-digital conversation. Crazy. So in reality LOL has become merely a lethargic way of suggesting that you find something amusing.

    Now, I often do find myself chuckling away like a mad man behind my desk and decided that ALOL was the best way of describing this - meaning Actually LOLed. So consider using this next time you find yourself chuckling away and need a quick way of describing your reaction.

    Of course, there is nothing stopping this from being abused and watered down to the point where you find someone bringing "ALOL" into everyday conversation, but this is the beauty of the ALOL word - you simply append another A. AALOL would mean Actually ALOLed. By 2015 I predict this would have become (A*22)LOL to compensate for this abuse. Would somebody please think of the children? :cry:

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      CommentAuthorKrazyIvan
    • CommentTimeDec 18th 2008
     

    ALOL. :P

    I find that my cousin and I use some gamining terms and apply them to real life conversations. Beanz/Lolly will know those terms. :P

    It works something like this in its most basic form: My cousin says he is going to do something absurd or vise versa. I tell him he better not or I'll mass him.

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      CommentAuthorLolly
    • CommentTimeDec 18th 2008
     

    These days I tend to use "hehe" or "heh" instead of lol. It probably means the same thing though. :erm:

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeDec 19th 2008
     

    "Nice one" usually means I actually laughed. ALOL is good. LIMH could also be used, meaning "Laughed in my head", often accompanied by a smile. The trouble with that one, no one would know what it means, unless I started using it and answering the inevitable questions.

    Overstatements do make the point, like PMSL, or ROFLMHO. I think LOL, well when I use it, shows mild amusement and not an actual Vociferous laugh (Although maybe not screaming with laughter!) :D

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeDec 19th 2008
     

    I think you're right. LOL is essentially "heh" nowadays. ALOL makes more sense than LIMH as it's fairly self explanatory and if you don't get it - you assume it's a typo.

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeDec 19th 2008
     

    LOL!

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      CommentAuthorLolly
    • CommentTimeDec 20th 2008
     

    DQALOL: didn't quite actually lol

    • CommentAuthorMike
    • CommentTimeJan 14th 2009
     

    CBBTALOL: Can't Be Bothered To Actually LOL.

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeJan 15th 2009 edited
     

    lol

    Christ - I'm not original!

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=alol

    2004! Same definition!

    • CommentAuthorGuest
    • CommentTimeFeb 26th 2009
     

    there are problems with some of these. where as LOL and LMAO (laughed my ass/arse off) can be pronounced and ROFL has ofthen been said Roffle, DQALOL (should be DQuALOL) CBBTALOL (should be CBALOL (to, the and be aren't included (else rofl would be rotfl (and that can't be pronounced (wow, that's a big bracket cascade (I'm just making it bigger for the sake of it now)))))) PMSL have never become official "LOL-terms" due to lack of pronounce-ability (probably not a real word but wtfc)

    to conclude, ALOL is valid, but LMHO, ROFLMHO and others arent. unless you can think of ways to pronounce them

    possible alternatives are PAOFL (powful) (pissed all over the floor laughing) for PMSL, LMAO (la-mayo)(as listed earlier) and ROFLMAO for LMHO and ROFLMHO and NALOL (nearly alol) for DQALOL

    another one that could be added, when I have my mind in the geeky mindset that I use when chatting to my e-friends I have been known to actually say "Lol" aloud when reading something funny, this has inspired the possibility for "LOLOL" (LOLed out loud)

    post by mezz09,
    account pending (I can't get on my email from college but you will see alot of posts from "mezz09" in the future)

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeFeb 26th 2009 edited
     

    LOLOL - Love it! But you raise valid points - popularity is certainly related to how easily typed/said/remembered something is.

    I would say a large reason Twitter kicked off, is how easily it can be used as a verb. Unlike Jaiku for example. The same can be said of Photoshop - it is now the term used for describing the manipulation of graphical images - even if you use GIMP to do it :)

    • CommentAuthormezz09
    • CommentTimeFeb 27th 2009
     

    actually, I've started saying "GIMP". mostly cus anyone who doesn't know it's an art programme and does know the other meaning gets freaked out.

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeFeb 28th 2009
     

    One can't help but snigger at the word GIMP.

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeFeb 28th 2009
     

    Gimp is a great word, it masks things! ;)

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