to be irritated by people who misuse LOL

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It means "laugh out loud", people. Not anything else.

laughing out loud a lot

er... shouldn't that be lolal then?

All this stuff confuses the crap out of me - I read the message boards on the adoption uk websites, and the shorthand there is very much at odds with the shorthand here. For example - BF there means Birth Father, FF means Forever Family, AS is Adopted Son, BC is Birth Child etc. I tell you, if I forget where I am, I seriously misread some threads!!
I'm not a fan of lol much, but I'm a secondary school teacher, and the kids say it ALL the time! Gah!

Ages and ages ago when I first came across (AMerican) forums I though it was:

"Lord Oh Lord"

I've found those who use lol a lot usually also use babe and hun.

you'd hate me then! i say LOL out loud, it drives everyone bananas with me, myself included

Wait, so it doean't stand for Little Old Ladies?

mamavoo - wash your mouth out!! I will happily LOL but never, ever, babe or hun - urghhhh

LOL has just replaced ha ha ha

doesn't, obv

Made my unfunny joke even less funny,

I use it for 'Lots of Love' - so am obviously an irritating one!