"lolz" meaning in English

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          "text": "1999:\"you mean \"C\"hina??? lolz!!!\" — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/talk.politics.tibet/msg/74bdbd4eb17f4b22"
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          "ref": "2000, lolz... I hear some little clicking sounds coming from my modem:",
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          "ref": "2001, Any Cory fans lolz?:",
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          "ref": "2003, lolz... Yeah, I've got a bunch of system-event waves of Jeri Ryan. (Seven of Nine):",
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        "(Internet slang, leetspeak) Used to express laughter, often in a sarcastic fashion."
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          "ref": "2019 July 2, Gareth Ceidiog Hughes, “Why we shouldn’t tolerate ‘jokes’ that deride the Welsh language as gobbledygook”, in Nation.Cymru:",
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          "ref": "2023 July 20, John Crace, “With all his plans in tatters, Rishi eyes some reshuffle lolz”, in The Guardian:",
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          "ref": "2001, Any Cory fans lolz?:",
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          "ref": "2003, lolz... Yeah, I've got a bunch of system-event waves of Jeri Ryan. (Seven of Nine):",
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          "ref": "2015 January 27, Randy Stewart, “But seriously, folks — this stand-up economist says Republicans will like his carbon tax”, in Grist:",
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          "ref": "2023 July 20, John Crace, “With all his plans in tatters, Rishi eyes some reshuffle lolz”, in The Guardian:",
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