Talk:Lol (disambiguation)

LOL in dutch language

The word LOL Hails from the Netherlands where it simply means "having fun" or "fun".

Examples: "Dat is lollig" = That is funny
"wat hebben we een lol" = My, where having fun
"laten we lol gaan maken!" = lets have some fun!

It was taken over by lots of people since they have the tendency to copy slang an behavior of other people through the internet. See all abbreviations people use these days. After a while the English community forgot where they heard the word because it isn't explained after each copy so to say. After a while people starting thinking of the meaning of the word, knowing it had something to do with fun. Thus they came up with "Lots Of Laugh". It makes sense and has the same meaning, but lol, isn't an abbreviation.

When a Dutchman is amazed he will often shout out: "oh lol", In a way of saying: "funny!, I didn't know that!"
(Happens: Mostly after a head shot, discovering a glitch or finding your flashlight in game)

Dutch people joining the online community nowadays recognize the word, and easily start using it. When somebody tells them it means "Lots Of Laugh, they will take over the meaning of the community, like many words mean different things in different languages. if you'd ask a "Dutch Internet-virgin" so to say, they will answer it means fun. Especially in the elder generations it is unknown that it turned into the most famous internet word.

I hope this helps you update the page,

-Tristan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.74.83.54 (talk) 08:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lloret de Mar, Catalonia

I've removed Lloret de Mar, Catalonia since I can't see any correlation between the place and LOL. Even on the page itself, there is not mention of LOL being its acronym. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eptin (talk • contribs) 01:38, 27 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Requested page protection

Semi-protection of this page has been requested due to excessive and frequent vandalism. Vendetta 22:20, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to LOL (Internet slang)

I think this redirect would be benefitial; we would then break this page off into Lol (disambiguation). Please voice your thoughts on thia matter. If nobody comes to oppose it, I will do it myself shortly. (|-- UlTiMuS 20:14, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Annoying

I find it very annoying that people add thing such as lol may refer to Lots of Luck, Lots of Love or Lots of Laugh, because I could probably come up with a billion differrnt things it could stand for. But we want to know what it stands for in the interest of the masses.CFCF 14:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your point is valid, however, there is actual widespread use of LOL to mean "lots of luck" (this is ancient) and "lots of love" (especially in text messages). The purpose here is to report actual language use, not all the possible contents of an initialism, as you suggest; but LOL to mean "laughing out loud" is purely an internet phenomenon and not the full story. --192.122.219.48 23:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Taxes

Tax bill showed up with LOL appended to a couple of items. Turns out it stands for "Local Option Levies". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.117.248.226 (talk • contribs)

Land o' Lakes

If you search Google for "land o lakes" lol, you will find many examples of that usage. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 15:53, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I check these. Land O'Lakes (Inc.) and related non-Wikipedia pages never mention that is is also known as LOL. However, I have seen other "Land O'Lakes" (not the Wikipedia article) mentioned as LOL. Can you dig up a geographic Wikipedia link somewhere? This would be an appropriate link. +mt 05:11, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Release group / warez

Hello, I was guessing if there was any info out here about the LOL warez releasing group.. anyway I believe it should be quoted on this page, given their huge presence in the TV Series releases..--79.54.145.100 (talk) 19:20, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

once

What is the source for saying "once" used for 'lots of love'? Is there any source indicating that it is no longer so used? Kdammers (talk)