Going With the Flow

9 August 2009 5 Comments

1963 through 2008, me to my mom:

Very funny mom

2009 through ?, my son to me:

Very LOLish mom

In case you are not familiar with the term “LOL” (besides asking “where have you been?”), here is the definition from the Urban Dictionary:

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It’s original definition was “Laughing out loud” (also written occasionally as “Lots of Laughs”), used as a brief acronym to denote great amusement in chat conversations.

Now, it is overused to the point where nobody laughs out loud when they say it. In fact, they probably don’t even give a shit about what you just wrote. More accurately, the acronym “lol” should be redefined as “Lack of laughter.”

Depending on the chatter, its definition may vary. The list of its meanings includes, but is not limited to:

”I have nothing worthwhile to contribute to this conversation.”
“I’m too lazy to read what you just wrote so I’m typing something useless in hopes that you’ll think I’m still paying attention.”
“Your statement lacks even the vaguest trace of humor but I’ll pretend I’m amused.”
”This is a pointless acronym I’m sticking in my sentence just because it’s become so engraved into my mind that when chatting, I MUST use the meaningless sentence-filler ‘lol.’”

It’s my 9 year old son’s newest “phrase”. It took me about 15 minutes to translate to my parents what “Very LOLish” means. I’m still not sure they “get it”.

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August 10 2009 at 11:26 AM Eileen said:

I like to add LOL when I write a sarcastic comment. Or, I worry that the blogger will think that I really meant my snarky remark. I just get kinda sad when they just remark on my first 2 sentences of my post. I try to keep them short!!!
.-= Eileen´s last blog ..Life Goes On =-.

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August 10 2009 at 2:14 PM Melissa said:

I’m a frequent offender of LOL and have used it for all those points lol… see? I’m trying to get away from it and use hahah but that’s just as lame. Time for something new.

I hate when people are speaking and say LOL. That irks me.
.-= Melissa´s last blog ..I Return To Brag and To Pass on the Brag =-.

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August 10 2009 at 2:27 PM KathyB! said:

LOL is under my skin of late… I think there’s an over-abundance of #2 running loose in the blogosphere!
.-= KathyB!´s last blog ..Hannah say what? =-.

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August 10 2009 at 2:57 PM beth said:

i am happy to say that i never use “lol.” i go with much cooler “haha.” thanks for following my blog! i’m loving yours.
.-= beth´s last blog ..and reality comes crashing back… =-.

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