"LOL" meaning in English

See LOL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/ [UK], /lɔːl/ [UK], /lɒl/ [UK], /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/ [Canada, US], /lɔl/ [Canada, US], /lɑl/ [Canada, US], /loʊl/ [Canada, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛl, -ɒl, -ɔːl Etymology: Acronyms. Laugh Out Loud abbreviation apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Wayne Pearson|in=the early-to-mid 1980s|nat=Canadian|nobycat=1|nocap=1|w=-}} coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s Head templates: {{en-interj}} LOL
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Laughing (or laugh) out loud. Tags: Internet Translations (expression of laughter): هَهَه (hahah) (Arabic), خُخُخ (ḵuḵuḵ) (Arabic), هَاهَا (hāhā) (Arabic), لُول (lūl) (Arabic), бгггггг (bgggggg) (Bulgarian), 233 [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 哈哈哈 (Chinese Mandarin), LOL (Danish), lol (Danish), lol (Dutch), LOL (Dutch), mdr (Esperanto), irw (Estonian), lol (Finnish), reps (Finnish), naur (Finnish), huutista (Finnish), mdr (French), lol (French), ptdr (French), cqcd [Canada] (French), ლოლ (lol) (Georgian), lol (lol) (Georgian), lol (German), λολ (lol) (Greek), לול (lol) (Hebrew), ההה (Hebrew), חחח (Hebrew), LOL (Hindi), lol (Hungarian), hfn (hangosan felnevet) (Hungarian), lol (Icelandic), híhí (Icelandic), wkwkwk (Indonesian), lol (Interlingua), GOA (Irish), lol (Italian), DWL (Jamaican Creole), w (Japanese), www (Japanese), ワラ (wara) (Japanese), (kusa) (Japanese), (笑) (alt: わらい, warai, しょう, shō, わら, wara) (Japanese), ㅋㅋ (kk) (Korean), (k) (Korean), ㅎㅎ (hh) (Korean), corrideō (Latin), ha ha (Latvian), cha cha cha (Lithuanian), dloh (Navajo), ayóo íítsʼaʼgo anáshdloh (Navajo), AIA (Navajo), dagó anáshdlohgo shitłʼaaʼ nʼdiiltsʼid (Navajo), lwkmd (Nigerian Pidgin), lol (Norwegian), خخخ (xexexe) (Persian), ههه (hahah) (Persian), mkm (english: Afghanistan) (Persian), lol (Polish), rs (Portuguese), kkk (Portuguese), lol (Romanian), лол (lol) (Russian), ржёт (ržot) (Russian), Ы (Y) (Russian), ржунимагу́ (ržunimagú) (Russian), испацту́ла (ispactúla) (Russian), пацтало́м (pactalóm) (note: most expressions are in "padonki" style, deliberately distorted spellings) (Russian), ))) (Russian), гы (gy) (Russian), гыыыы (gyyyy) (Russian), kkkk (Shona), kkkk (Somali), lol (Spanish), reva (Spanish), jajajá (Spanish), lol (Swedish), asg (asgarva) (Swedish), jejeje (Tagalog), 555 (alt: 555) (Thai), бгггггг (bhhhhhh) (Ukrainian), ліл (lil) (Ukrainian), vl (Vietnamese), vãi LOL (Vietnamese), VCL (Vietnamese), VKL (Vietnamese), hj hj (Vietnamese), hihihi (Vietnamese), kekeke (Vietnamese), kakaka (Vietnamese), kk (Vietnamese), ẹ̀rín kèékèé (Yoruba), ẹ̀rín kk (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-intj-CfkS2Aty Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 37 27 3 Disambiguation of 'expression of laughter': 77 9 12 1
  2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used) Tags: Internet Synonyms (lots of laughs): lols
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-intj-9KcYUKZ8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 37 27 3 Disambiguation of 'lots of laughs': 7 53 3 15 6 3 1 3 4 2 3
  3. (Internet slang, text messaging, by dilution) Indicates light-heartedness or amusement, or that the accompanying statement is not intended as serious. Tags: Internet Translations (denotes light-heartedness or unseriousness): lol (Czech), lol (Finnish), naur (Finnish), reps (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-intj-yEBb2PMg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 37 27 3 Disambiguation of 'denotes light-heartedness or unseriousness': 21 6 68 5
  4. (letter-writing, dated) Lots of love. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-intj-PmOIgesr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lawl, lel, lul, LOLS, lolsies (alt: light-heartedness), LOLsies, lolzies, lulz (alt: ?) Synonyms (laughing out loud): lol
Disambiguation of 'laughing out loud': 32 1 1 1 36 12 1 5 5 3 3

Noun

IPA: /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/ [UK], /lɔːl/ [UK], /lɒl/ [UK], /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/ [Canada, US], /lɔl/ [Canada, US], /lɑl/ [Canada, US], /loʊl/ [Canada, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: LOLs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl, -ɒl, -ɔːl Etymology: Acronyms. Laugh Out Loud abbreviation apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Wayne Pearson|in=the early-to-mid 1980s|nat=Canadian|nobycat=1|nocap=1|w=-}} coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s Head templates: {{en-noun}} LOL (plural LOLs)
  1. (US, Commonwealth, Ireland) Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, US
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-noun-pxxqM-rW Categories (other): American English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 5 4 0 28 6 12 12 8 8 8
  2. (informal, sometimes derogatory) Little old lady. Tags: derogatory, informal, sometimes
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-noun-QbnORv6g Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  3. 2001 May 13, Sheilendr Khipple, “Word for Word/Hospital Lingo; What's a Bed Plug? An L.O.L. in N.A.D.”, in New York Times:
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-noun-nJzcaziG
  4. 2001 May 13, Sheilendr Khipple, “Word for Word/Hospital Lingo; What's a Bed Plug? An L.O.L. in N.A.D.”, in New York Times:
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-noun-dlxwouiX
  5. 2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair, →ISBN, page 29:
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-noun-Jn5askOK
  6. 2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair, →ISBN, page 29:
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-noun-KCoNxr7Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lawl, lel, lul, LOLS, lolsies (alt: light-heartedness), LOLsies, lolzies, lulz (alt: ?) Synonyms (laughing out loud): lol
Disambiguation of 'laughing out loud': 32 1 1 1 36 12 1 5 5 3 3 Related terms: IPML, kek, lawl, LMAO, LOL in NAD, LOLWUT, LOLZ, lulz, ROFL, ROFLMAO, ROTFL, ROTFLMAO

Verb

IPA: /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/ [UK], /lɔːl/ [UK], /lɒl/ [UK], /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/ [Canada, US], /lɔl/ [Canada, US], /lɑl/ [Canada, US], /loʊl/ [Canada, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: LOLs [present, singular, third-person], LOLing [participle, present], LOLed [participle, past], LOLed [past], LOLd [participle, past], LOLd [past], LOL'd [participle, past], LOL'd [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl, -ɒl, -ɔːl Etymology: Acronyms. Laugh Out Loud abbreviation apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Wayne Pearson|in=the early-to-mid 1980s|nat=Canadian|nobycat=1|nocap=1|w=-}} coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=LOLd|past3=LOL'd}} LOL (third-person singular simple present LOLs, present participle LOLing, simple past and past participle LOLed or LOLd or LOL'd)
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) To laugh out loud. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-LOL-en-verb-Cv93gyI1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lawl, lel, lul, LOLS, lolsies (alt: light-heartedness), LOLsies, lolzies, lulz (alt: ?) Synonyms (laughing out loud): lol
Disambiguation of 'laughing out loud': 32 1 1 1 36 12 1 5 5 3 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for LOL meaning in English (28.6kB)

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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lol",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "ლოლ"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lol",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "híhí"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "w"
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        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "www"
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          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "wara",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "ワラ"
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          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kusa",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "草"
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          "alt": "わらい, warai, しょう, shō, わら, wara",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "(笑)"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kk",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
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          "roman": "hh",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "corrideō"
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        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "ha ha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "cha cha cha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "dloh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "ayóo íítsʼaʼgo anáshdloh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "AIA"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "dagó anáshdlohgo shitłʼaaʼ nʼdiiltsʼid"
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          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "pcm",
          "lang": "Nigerian Pidgin",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "lwkmd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "lol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xexexe",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "خخخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hahah",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "ههه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "english": "Afghanistan",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "mkm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "lol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "rs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "kkk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "lol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lol",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "лол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ržot",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "ржёт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Y",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "Ы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ržunimagú",
          "sense": "expression of laughter",
          "word": "ржунимагу́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 9 12 1",
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      "word": "ლოლ"
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      "word": "לול"
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "id",
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    {
      "code": "ia",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "code": "jam",
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "w"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "www"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wara",
      "sense": "expression of laughter",
      "word": "ワラ"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kusa",
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      "word": "草"
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    {
      "alt": "わらい, warai, しょう, shō, わら, wara",
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      "sense": "expression of laughter",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "kk",
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      "word": "ㅋㅋ"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "nv",
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      "code": "nv",
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      "word": "ayóo íítsʼaʼgo anáshdloh"
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      "code": "nv",
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      "word": "AIA"
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "expression of laughter",
      "word": "dagó anáshdlohgo shitłʼaaʼ nʼdiiltsʼid"
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      "code": "pcm",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "خخخ"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "ههه"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sn",
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      "code": "so",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "alt": "555",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "word": "бгггггг"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "vl"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "expression of laughter",
      "word": "vãi LOL"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "code": "vi",
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "kekeke"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "code": "vi",
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    {
      "code": "yo",
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      "word": "ẹ̀rín kèékèé"
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      "code": "yo",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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        "2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair, →ISBN, page 29:\nThen he started with his LOLs. The Little Old Ladies who needed help with daily chores.",
        "Then he started with his LOLs. The Little Old Ladies who needed help with daily chores."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair, →ISBN, page 29:\n"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛl.əʊˈɛl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔːl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛl.oʊˈɛl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/loʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "laughing out loud",
      "word": "lol"
    },
    {
      "word": "lawl"
    },
    {
      "word": "lel"
    },
    {
      "word": "lul"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lots of laughs",
      "word": "lols"
    },
    {
      "word": "LOLS"
    },
    {
      "alt": "light-heartedness",
      "word": "lolsies"
    },
    {
      "word": "LOLsies"
    },
    {
      "word": "lolzies"
    },
    {
      "alt": "?",
      "word": "lulz"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "LOL",
    "Loyal Orange Lodge"
  ],
  "word": "LOL"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": can be preceded by かっこ kakko when reading aloud vs. わらい, warai, しょう, shō, わら, wara",
  "path": [
    "LOL"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "LOL",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Thai: 555 (th) (555)",
  "path": [
    "LOL"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "LOL",
  "trace": ""
}

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