Why is the word "LOL" so overused nowadays?

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Moren on 05 June 2010

darthdevidem01 said:

morenoingrato said:

what do LMAO, LULZ and ROLF mean?

LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off

LULZ dunno

ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing

lol so I guess lulz is just a lol tweak lol

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lol

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darthdevidem01 on 05 June 2010

morenoingrato said:

darthdevidem01 said:

morenoingrato said:

what do LMAO, LULZ and ROLF mean?

LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off

LULZ dunno

ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing

lol so I guess lulz is just a lol tweak lol

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lol

I don't know what lulz is, its just weird. Some people sue lolz too!

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lestatdark said:

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Slimebeast said:

lestatdark said:

You know that an internet expression is over-used when you hear someone in RL using it in a whole different language:

Me: Claudia, deixaste cair o rato do teu pc (Translation: Claudia, you dropped your PC's mouse)
Her: LOL, a serio? (Translation: LOL, really?)

-_-

True story?

Yup, my GF uses LOL a lot of time, without any form of context at all since it doesn't fit anywhere near a phrase said in portuguese.

It sounds even stupider in Hebrew =/

I believe you >_< There are some things that shouldn't ever be used outside their natural language.

That's nothing. Did you ever hear somebody say "pwning noobs"?

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Slimebeast said:

lestatdark said:

You know that an internet expression is over-used when you hear someone in RL using it in a whole different language:

Me: Claudia, deixaste cair o rato do teu pc (Translation: Claudia, you dropped your PC's mouse)
Her: LOL, a serio? (Translation: LOL, really?)

-_-

True story?

lol

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lestatdark on 05 June 2010

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Slimebeast said:

lestatdark said:

You know that an internet expression is over-used when you hear someone in RL using it in a whole different language:

Me: Claudia, deixaste cair o rato do teu pc (Translation: Claudia, you dropped your PC's mouse)
Her: LOL, a serio? (Translation: LOL, really?)

-_-

True story?

Yup, my GF uses LOL a lot of time, without any form of context at all since it doesn't fit anywhere near a phrase said in portuguese.

It sounds even stupider in Hebrew =/

I believe you >_< There are some things that shouldn't ever be used outside their natural language.

That's nothing. Did you ever hear somebody say "pwning noobs"?

Never :-O In what context would someone even say that in another language? >_<

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Xen on 05 June 2010

lestatdark said:

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Slimebeast said:

lestatdark said:

You know that an internet expression is over-used when you hear someone in RL using it in a whole different language:

Me: Claudia, deixaste cair o rato do teu pc (Translation: Claudia, you dropped your PC's mouse)
Her: LOL, a serio? (Translation: LOL, really?)

-_-

True story?

Yup, my GF uses LOL a lot of time, without any form of context at all since it doesn't fit anywhere near a phrase said in portuguese.

It sounds even stupider in Hebrew =/

I believe you >_< There are some things that shouldn't ever be used outside their natural language.

That's nothing. Did you ever hear somebody say "pwning noobs"?

Never :| In what context would someone even say that in another language? >_<

In the "I play too much Halo" context, of course.

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lestatdark on 05 June 2010

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Slimebeast said:

lestatdark said:

You know that an internet expression is over-used when you hear someone in RL using it in a whole different language:

Me: Claudia, deixaste cair o rato do teu pc (Translation: Claudia, you dropped your PC's mouse)
Her: LOL, a serio? (Translation: LOL, really?)

-_-

True story?

Yup, my GF uses LOL a lot of time, without any form of context at all since it doesn't fit anywhere near a phrase said in portuguese.

It sounds even stupider in Hebrew =/

I believe you >_< There are some things that shouldn't ever be used outside their natural language.

That's nothing. Did you ever hear somebody say "pwning noobs"?

Never :| In what context would someone even say that in another language? >_<

In the "I play too much Halo" context, of course.

Even then...I imagine it sounds so stupid >_<

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Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Xen said:

lestatdark said:

Slimebeast said:

lestatdark said:

You know that an internet expression is over-used when you hear someone in RL using it in a whole different language:

Me: Claudia, deixaste cair o rato do teu pc (Translation: Claudia, you dropped your PC's mouse)
Her: LOL, a serio? (Translation: LOL, really?)

-_-

True story?

Yup, my GF uses LOL a lot of time, without any form of context at all since it doesn't fit anywhere near a phrase said in portuguese.

It sounds even stupider in Hebrew =/

I believe you >_< There are some things that shouldn't ever be used outside their natural language.

That's nothing. Did you ever hear somebody say "pwning noobs"?

Never :| In what context would someone even say that in another language? >_<

In the "I play too much Halo" context, of course.

Yeah but in Hebrew.. how?!

"Ani ochel mechonim pwning noobs."