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- suckanucka, on 08/08/2008, -15/+153lol!
- bokchoi, on 08/09/2008, -2/+83Are you ***** kidding me, digg?
- rebrad, on 08/08/2008, -5/+76I thought the most overused word was "2.0"
- MAGZine, on 08/09/2008, -3/+38Pro tip: 'LOL' means Laugh out Loud.
Pro tip 2: An abbreviation for "See you next time" is c u n t.
(Thanks, Gunther.) - Tophillious, on 08/09/2008, -3/+36I hate it when people write lol at the end of everything. for example: "my dog just died lol"
- inactive, on 08/08/2008, -4/+3310 lols in 11 comments. 90.9% probability of comments containing lol. thats pro
- Detry, on 08/09/2008, -2/+31haha
wat - xstarsprinklesx, on 08/09/2008, -1/+26Was this written 10 years ago?
- 2Deluxe, on 08/09/2008, -0/+24Next up from same author: CRAZY NEW WEBSITE '4CHAN!'
- wave789, on 08/09/2008, -1/+19I just ***** choked on a grape reading that lol
- inactive, on 08/09/2008, -4/+20Lulz...
- Noctal, on 08/09/2008, -2/+16I use lol, i must say. But it's because I'm laughing out loud or that I even find it funny. It's the textual version of a polite smile. To me, lol means, "I've read what you wrote me, I just don't have a response, but feel free to continue talking." If I didn't say 'lol' the person talking would perceive it as some sort of awkward silence...
- dkapuchino, on 08/09/2008, -0/+14LOL stands for laugh out loud? I think I've been using it wrong...
- inactive, on 08/09/2008, -0/+14I thought it would be "epic" that seems to be the new overused term, LOL is old, nothing new.
- houndeyex, on 08/09/2008, -1/+13...or "Beta". Gmail has been in Beta for like 7 years. Seriously? You guys don't want to take responsibility for your products that badly?
- nontoxyc, on 08/09/2008, -3/+15lol that they just noticed!
- toughluck2, on 08/09/2008, -0/+10See what he did is, leik, he used overused internetisms while complaining about "lol," and that was the adsense. I mean the joke. I mean, ***** *****, I'm going to Reddit.
- themastersb, on 08/09/2008, -0/+10LOL WUT
- crazyjake, on 08/09/2008, -3/+12the increase of the "LOL" has been linked to GLOBAL WARMING. we all need to save the polar bears by decreased our "LOL" footprint.
you know what... ***** the polar bears! LOL!! - s0merand0mdude, on 08/09/2008, -3/+11Pretty much n00bs are the only ones that overuse lol. The rest of us just use it occasionally, and always when we really laugh.
- Fergawa, on 08/09/2008, -0/+7This is easily the stupidest thing I've ever seen on digg, which is now a site that welcomes 4chan picture spam on its front page on a daily basis.
Also, I'd simply argue that lol doesn't mean "laugh out loud" anymore at all. The biggest barrier with text-based communication is a lack of nonverbal cues. "lol" is just a text substitute for body language that would convey a light-hearted attitude towards the conversation. It can be helpful if you choose to use it. Digg needs to get the elitist, prescriptivist stick out of its collective ass. - sab0tage, on 08/09/2008, -3/+10"Were"? Surely it should be "We're"...
Don't people proof read these days? - mmmmmmmchips, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6I could have SWORN it was going to be 'fail'.
- apcfreak, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6heh.
- ivand67, on 08/09/2008, -1/+7lol that's so true lol
- tenspeedogbb, on 08/09/2008, -3/+9lol @ self-appointed internet expert
- smoothmedia, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6How dare you use a corruption of LOL
- zadadka, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5I know individuals that end sentences in their email messages with "lol" as if it were a punctuation mark....very annoying.
Admittedly, not as annoying as typing with cap-lock left on, but a close second. - Frogee, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5COG!!!!! (Choking on Grapes)
- desigi, on 08/09/2008, -3/+7if it wasn't for lol people wouldn't ever comment.
- sirbeta, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4It's true though, 'lol' seems to have completely replaced the generic 'heh' you would say when you didn't really have anything to add to the conversation but wanted them to know you got the message. Why 'lol' is filling that role, I will never know.
- lolmax, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4God I ***** hate it when people do that lol
- borninda818, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3lol is the new period lol
- maskd, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Like is the most overused word irl, lol.
- BossKey, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3It's a legitimate acronym, like "radar."
- lurker123, on 08/09/2008, -0/+33v0lv3 or die! LAWLZ! ROFLCOPTER! LOLLERSKATES!
lol by saying lol so much it keeps the mood much more relaxed lol!
see how cheeryful i am? ^^ lol - tristan55555, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4Worst. Article. Ever.
- Ventolin, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Trolled.
- str1fe, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4lulz.
- Bologner, on 08/09/2008, -4/+7***** off and die.
lol. - Galaxylander, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Laughing quietly to myself.
- inactive, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3You know what's overused on the internet? These lame stories.
- adrenalmedulla9, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4WHY did this guy take so long to notice the overusage of 'lol' on the Internet? Even worse, WHY is this being dugg by a community I'm part of? Reddit, here I come :(
- Residents, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2No the most over used word is LIKE.
- kikadet, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Everybody was thinking this. In fact, everybody KNEW that this would be the first comment up. It was just a matter of who got to it first.
- foxhound009, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2-1 digg, sorry had to
- insinuate, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3lol wut?
- inactive, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2i already knew this its a pointless story lol
- aserer511, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Y'know this submission raises a broader lingual subject-is 'lol' a word? at the very least, does it deserve acceptance as a formal abbreviation based on the degree to which it is used and known. even many adults (granted under 40, but hey!) are familiar with the term, although hopefully NOT using it in emails. it's just like FUBAR, etc ect. ignoring fubar's less than pertinent origin as a military term
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