Every day, thousands of words of foreign origin fly to us, in cold, but very sweet and benevolent Russia, some of which are firmly grounded. Of course, it’s ridiculous to look at how people manage with English phrases, given that the mother tongue offers a translation of almost any utterance.
However, there are some rather interesting exceptions. It's no secret that the Internet has penetrated everywhere, and now only a lazy or happy person does not know what a social network is. So, there, in fact, all kinds of acronyms live, one of which I wanted to talk in more detail about. When I first saw a strange word in a friend's message , I did not understand what lol means. Maybe a typo? Not.
So, lol is laughing of loud, which translates as “laugh out loud and out loud”, other variations are possible. Of course, in Russian there is not one short word to express delight. We don’t know how, we need to describe brightly and colorfully, and lol is such a way to express admiration for the interlocutor of his joke, praise the opponent’s sense of humor and, most importantly, to be understood! Now young people are actively addicted to abbreviations - it saves time.
However, despite the belief that every second of our compatriots knows what lol means, and gradually forgets native words, I hoped that not everything was so bad. And I got lucky. It turned out that after a survey of one well-known site the following statistics were obtained: out of 11,718 words contained in 2185 messages, lol was used only 76 times, which is a percentage of 0.6 of the total. Pleases.
But what is “lol” not only Americans know. For example, in Holland, using this word, they mean fun. And in Welsh it translates as rubbish, nonsense, rubbish.
In addition, there is even a pair of films of the same name. The first is from France, telling the story of teenagers who live a full life, as it is now called, solve their problems, have fun and do not think about the future. What does lol mean in this context? Name. Yes, that’s how friends turn to the main character, who turns out to be deceived by her young man, but her nickname does not allow her to be sad for a long time (Lol - “Rzhunimaga”).
America, after 4 years, also decided to catch up and shot a picture with the same name, which in the Russian box office was remembered not as an abbreviation, but as a beautiful and integral title - “Summer. Classmates. Love".
The plots are almost identical - no vivid scenes and unpredictable turns. However, the last film is distinguished by the presence of a wonderful actress in the role of Lola's mother - Demi Moore. The girl herself was played by the famous young singer Miley Cyrus.
Among other things, what does lol mean for computer game lovers? Are you one? Then you already know in advance what is at stake. Yes, of course, about the League of legends, which launched in 2009 and captured the vast expanses of the Internet.
The editor of Warcraft 3 introduced many interesting ideas into this game, however, the developers themselves are unlikely to want to limit themselves to his proposals, especially since they have already gone ahead. As an amateur told me to play industry novelties, only in Lol there are unique new heroes with remarkable abilities. I have never played games, considering live communication the best companion for life, but still, what is “lol” in this context, we also figured out.
Perhaps there are other definitions of this abbreviation, but we will focus on the most popular. So what does lol mean? Firstly, an emoticon expressing a genuinely positive attitude to what is happening, approval. Secondly, the name of the films that can be watched by fans of uncomplicated paintings, and thirdly, the game, which conquered half the world in 3 years.
This is how the Internet comrade defines “lol” now, and soon, perhaps, new explanations will appear for the reduction that is not quite understandable at first glance.