It is becoming increasingly difficult for parents to understand their children due to the emergence of a special computer slang, although they themselves once spoke in an incomprehensible language for hippies and informals for adults. Now many dictionaries are being created that introduce us to new phrases and expressions, greatly facilitating many lives, and, hopefully, expanding our horizons.
The combination of letters "lol" is often heard in colloquial speech of youth and is found in Internet chat rooms. Let's talk today about what lol means. Where did this word come from?
Meaning of the word lol
This combination of letters is an abbreviation of the whole phrase in English and means "a lot of laughs" (lot of / out laugh). Thus, Internet users show their emotions during correspondence, instead of emoticons and other characters that can also be used to draw a smile or laugh: :-), :-D, ;-)), and so on.
Naturally, Russian-speaking Internet users do not always write “lol”, but use their own domestic letters and it looks something like this: LOL (very funny), lol (funny) and such a mutation as “ololo”, which means lol, but already as a mockery, irony and sarcasm.
All this is nothing but the jargon of the Internet, a special language that is not always understood by an adult, especially if you use the entire computer vocabulary created by the founders of the site Upyachka.ru and ordinary citizens of our vast country. You can look at all the masterpieces of Russian Internet jargon in the original dictionary of Upyachka "Onotolitsa".
More on what lol means
Knowing the tongue-tied language of the English language, it is not surprising when a given word reveals several more meanings that, perhaps, will come in handy one day. According to the slang dictionaries, lol has a diverse meaning, but not far from the original, that is, ridicule.
- A simple person, worthless, mediocre, inept, stupid, which means lol in some circles of our society.
- Laughing at someone or soundless laughing.
- A person who does not understand something, stupid also means lol, which very much resembles the word "sucker", but not so offensively, especially when you do not know what meaning they betrayed this meaning, because they also say "lol" about the fervent, cheerful person, the soul of the company .
- And, of course, do not forget about expressing emotions through the word lol, which means laughter, fervent laughter to the stomach.
After a long search for the meaning of the word "lol", we can come to this conclusion: finally a word has appeared that in itself has so many meanings that it is unclear whether or not to be offended by it. In my opinion, all the traditions of the Russian language are observed: the word has several meanings, sometimes completely opposite. Let's say parsley and green dollar. Now we can openly say that a person acted stupidly, but without offending him and not calling him dumb, but only pronouncing "lol".
One could fantasize on the topic that such words can bring peace to the whole world, but good and justice are contained not so much in words as in heartfelt deeds. Therefore, let there be more laughter in your lives, and if you want to express your emotions thanks to computer slang, then I will laugh together with the swamis: ololo, comrades, and lol!