"LMAO" meaning in All languages combined

See LMAO on Wiktionary

Phrase [English]

IPA: /ɛlˌɛmˌeɪˈoʊ/, /ləˈmaʊ/, /l̩ˈmaʊ/, /ˈɛlˌmaʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-LMAO.wav
Rhymes: -əʊ, -aʊ Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} LMAO
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, mildly vulgar) Initialism of laughing my ass/arse off; used to indicate great amusement, usually exaggerated. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, mildly, vulgar Alternative form of: laughing my ass/arse off (extra: used to indicate great amusement, usually exaggerated)
    Sense id: en-LMAO-en-phrase-gU-JkWHK Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Related terms: ayy lmao, LMDO, LMFAO, LMNO, LMVO, LOAO, LOL, ROFL, roflcopter, ROFLMAO, ROFLOL, ROTFLACGU, ROTFLAHMS, ROTFLBTC, ROTFLGO, ROTFLMAO, ROTFLOL, ROTFLSHIWMP

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɛlˌɛmˌeɪˈoʊ/, /ləˈmaʊ/, /l̩ˈmaʊ/, /ˈɛlˌmaʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-LMAO.wav Forms: LMAOs [present, singular, third-person], LMAOing [participle, present], LMAOed [participle, past], LMAOed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊ, -aʊ Head templates: {{en-verb}} LMAO (third-person singular simple present LMAOs, present participle LMAOing, simple past and past participle LMAOed)
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, mildly vulgar) To laugh one's ass off. Tags: Internet, mildly, vulgar
    Sense id: en-LMAO-en-verb-i~w0QjnH

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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