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Internet slang

LOL, or lol, is an acronym for "laughing out loud", and a popular element of Internet slang, which can be used to indicate amusement. It was first used almost exclusively on Usenet, but has since become widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication and even face-to-face communication. It is one of many acronyms for expressing bodily reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including acronyms for more emphatic expressions of laughter such as LMAO and ROFL or ROTFL. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: LOLA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Molecular Structure, Electronic Properties, Reactivity (ELF, LOL, and Fukui), and NCI-RDG Studies of the Binary Mixture of Water and Essential Oil of Phlomis bruguieriInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: JiwbiLolThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Localized-orbital locator (LOL) profiles of chemical bondingCited 469 times
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  6. Go sideways: Internet slangA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Symbol ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mongo.

Interjection Alternative form of LOL.

Noun Alternative letter-case form of LOL.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Analysis
  3. Variations on the theme

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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