What exactly does lol mean?

Question

people put lol at the end of a sentence,and whats its backgroud?

Answer 1

It means "laugh out loud" so to let you know something you said, or they said is funny to them.

Answer 2

it means "laugh out loud"

   OR

"lots of love"

it could mean eiither. so yeh. . but usually it means the first

Answer 3

it means laugh out loud

Answer 4

L=laugh

O=out

L=loud

basicly just to say....hmmm your laughing

Answer 5

lol stands for laugh out loud.

l= laugh

o= out

l= loud

All of these words (omg=oh my god, brb= be right back, etc) come from msn, where people just wanted to shorten words, or in the case of "lol", wanted to express emotions, or wanted the other person to know that whatever he/she said was funny.

Answer 6

it means laugh out loud but most of the time people say it...they arent :) or it could mean lots of love but no-one uses it for that

Answer 7

It means laugh out loud and it lets people know something is funny or you are sharing a joke.

Answer 8

laugh out loud or lots of love

Answer 9

It sometimes can mean Lots-of-Luck, but I prefer it to mean Laugh-out-Loud.

Have a nice day!

Answer 10

laughing out loud. just means its really funny.

Answer 11

lol means laugh out loud.

they are suggesting that whatever they have just said or whatever you have said is funny, they're laughing to themselves (-:

Answer 12

Laugh Out Loud.

or haha.

or lmao.

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Answer 13

Laugh Out Loud as in something was very funny

Answer 14

laugh out loud.=)

lol =D

Answer 15

Laugh out loud

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_lol_...

Answer 16

laugh out loud :)

Answer 17

i guess you're going to need to know what lmao and rotflmao means next right?

it means laughing my *** off...and...

rolling on the floor laughing my *** off

Answer 18

it stands for laugh out loud, it's an expression used while instant messaging. it's used to show the something said previously was funny.  

Answer 19

you should use urban dictionary

it means laugh out loud

Answer 20

it means laugh out loud.

other similar abbreviations include...

rofl - rolling on the floor laughing

lmao - laughing my as* off

pmsl - pi**ing myself laughing

roflmfao - rolling on the floor laughing my f***ing as* off.

Answer 21

well when america online came out people started using abreviations instead of writing everything out lol or "laught out loud" is probally the most common of them all. im not exactally sure who came up with it but probally some preppy girl who was trying to be cool.

Answer 22

laughing out loud