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lol

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mongo.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mongo terms

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/, /lɒl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛlˌoʊˈɛl/, /lɑl/, /loʊl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

lol

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of LOL.

lol (plural lols)

1. Alternative letter-case form of LOL.

lol (third-person singular simple present lols, present participle loling or lolling, simple past and past participle loled or lol'd or lolled or lold)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, intransitive) Alternative form of LOL.

lol

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Neutralises the tone of a message; denotes that a message is light-hearted or casual.

   Are you really that bad lol?

lol

1. (archaic) Used in song as a nonsense syllable.
   • 19th c., D. K. Gavan, “Rocky Road to Dublin”:

     And all the way to Dublin, whack fol lol le rah!

• ice lol (etymologically unrelated)
• tol-lol (probably etymologically unrelated)

• LLO, OLL

From Dutch lol.

• IPA^(key): /lɔl/

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lol (uncountable)

1. fun

lol

1. alternative letter-case form of LOL

• IPA^(key): /lɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Uncertain. Found in publications from as early as 1560. Probably derived from the onomatopoeia lullen, originally meaning 'to snooze'. Compare English loll.

lol f (uncountable, diminutive lolletje n)

1. fun

   Synonyms: plezier, pret, vertier

   Wij hebben veel lol. ― We are having a lot of fun.

   Wat een lol! ― What a laugh!

   • 2012, Raymond Klompsma, Stefan Wobben, Zo kan het ook: websites ontwerp je voor mensen, Concept7, page 25:

     Dit zijn mensen die graag lol hebben in hun leven, die zich prettig willen voelen.

     These are people who like to have fun in their lives, who want to feel good.

Borrowed from English LOL. Pronounced identically to the noun lol at Etymology 1 above, also due to the semantic closeness.

lol

1. (text messaging, Internet slang) LOL ("laughing out loud", expression of mirth)

   Synonym: haha

   Hij heeft niet eens een fiets lol ― He doesn't even have a bicycle, LOL

• IPA^(key): /lɔl/

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lol

1. (Internet) LOL

   Synonym: mdr

• lolement
• loler
• lolesque

lol

1. sand
2. beach

lol

1. (Internet slang) LOL

From English rose, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”).

• IPA^(key): /lol/, /lɔl/

lol (nominative plural lols)

1. rose

• An International Language

Probably of expressive origin; compare English loll (“to lie in a lazy way”), Dutch lullen (“to loiter, hang around”).

• IPA^(key): /lɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

lol f (uncountable, not mutable)

1. frivolity, tomfoolery

• twt lol (“nonsense”)