Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly does "lol" mean?

Question

Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly does "lol" mean?

Answer 1

LOL means Lot of Laugh...

when someone is in a chat and  wish that, the person with he is talkin,' know that  he is REALLY laughing, he write "lol".... I hope that I have been cleared...

Answer 2

LEARN or LANGUISH!! HAHAHAHA

Answer 3

laugh (or laughing) out loud

Answer 4

Thanks for asking, I did not know either.

Answer 5

its mostly laugh out loud, but it can also be lots of love

Answer 6

You can use it as Lady of Love

Answer 7

i always thought it was lots of love but its laugh out loud

Answer 8

I have to agree with everyone else.  It means "laugh out loud."

Good question.

Answer 9

laught out loud

Answer 10

Well it's what we all like to do, Laugh Out Load, that's what I know it to mean, but with all the thumbs down on here I'm staring to think it stands for Lot's Of Lunatics,lol

Answer 11

Laugh out Loud

Answer 12

I thought it meant Leg over Love! And to think i always thought i was being propositioned every time someone sent it to me,d**n!!!!!!

Answer 13

lions on loafers

Answer 14

Laughter over load.

Answer 15

Lovely Orange Lollipop

Answer 16

LOL it means Laugh out Loud!

Answer 17

laugh out loud lol

Answer 18

lots of luck

Answer 19

As far as I knew and used LOL, it meant laugh out loud, in the context of some answers I read, I would say it's meant as Lots of Love.

Answer 20

Laugh out Loud.

Answer 21

as i see its already been answered here is a few more

LMAO = laugh my *** Off

ROTFLMAO  = Rolling on the Floor Laughing My *** Off

Answer 22

it means "laughing out loud"

Answer 23

It means the man in the scuba mask is doing a bong hit

whhhhhhh

Ahhhh!

Laugh Out Loud!!!!!

Answer 24

laugh out loud Ha Ha Ha

Answer 25

its ok "lol" means "laugh out loud"