(imposed by an arbitrary power)

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Professor and Wife dispute what ‘LOL’ stands for (after Wife used it on Facebook).

 

In March 2009, for Wife, this was obvious: “‘LOL’ stands for ‘Lots of Love’.” Professor was quite sure that it stood for “Laugh out Loud” and that some might mis-understand her post. So Daughter-in-Law was asked for instruction.

 

She responded, via e-mail

 

What does "lol" or "l.o.l." mean?

    [response:]Laugh

    Out

    Loud

    Rolling

    On the

    Floor

    Laughing

    Laughing

    My

    A**

    Off

    Those are the 3 most common ways to say you think something is drop dead funny

 

 

 

(with apology to Peirce, G.H. Mead, and other pragmatist semioticians)