AOL

See also: aol and äol.

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

AOL

  1. Initialism of America Online.
    • 2009 December 10, Staci D. Kramer, “Welcome to the new AOL”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 October 2015:
      Other sites in the AOL network are also getting "updated experiences," according to Wilson, "including greater AOL attribution presence and consistency."
    • 2014, Brian S. McWilliams, Spam Kings, page 85:
      (Mad Pierre had showered her with his customary praise as well, exclaiming on IRC that she made him behave “like a testosteronal teenager in an AOL chat room”—a line that Shiksaa was quick to appropriate for use in her Usenet signature.)
  2. (computing) Initialism of aspect-oriented language.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the propensity of America Online users for making unnecessary "me too" posts in Usenet discussions.

Interjection

AOL

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) Me too, I agree.
    • 2003 July 8, CCA, “[I] Apropos of Barry White news...”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet):
      >Now Black Velvet by Alannah Miles[sic] has always sent shivers down my spine, something about her voice.
      AOL! I've heard that one being karaoke'd, by someone with a pretty good voice, but it really needs Alannah Miles's vocals to do it justice.

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