What in the world does LOL mean?

I remember a net friend told me LOL means lots of laughter. I think no matter what it has a good meaning. Just like seeing the symbol of ":)".

i think its better if it remains as "laughing out loud". ^__^ almost everybody use it just like that. i dont think anyone will mistake it for something else. if ever i want to change it, i'll make it as "L----- of li lian jie". the first L would stand for my nickname and li lian jie is my idol's, jet li's mandarin name. LOL oops! i mean it as laughing out loud. ^__^

I think lol stands for "Laugh Out Loud". Well thats just me lol. I always hear it that way, and thats what I always asume. LOL OMG.

I've only thought of LOL as laughing out loud. That's the way I always see it used. Now you have me thinking. I'll have to watch to make sure that is the only context it is used in.

LOL: What to type when there's nothing to say. That and the fact that it's an acronym for 'Laugh Out Loud'. I have a tendency however to type LNL: Laugh Not Loud. I find it more realistic as I am not a loud laugher and it seems more appropriate depending on how much of a smartass I feel like being. Nadine.

Laugh out Loud or Lots of Laughing. However, I can understand confusion with acronyms. (I deal with way too many both on and offline). LOL could also stand for Lots of Love, Looking OnLine, Link or List, Like or Love. But then again, that was back in the day and up to a few years back.

Luagh out loud...but I used to think it was land o' lakes...like the butter and cheese products,lol.Serves me right for having worked in a grocery store.

also means love you lots

I always use the LOL. I think That I use it at least once in every discussion I reply too. For mean it means laugh out loud. I never heard from someone that it could mean something else. It,s the first time today I read someone who has another description for that

it does mean laughing out loud and has for a long time !

In general, I think most internet users understand that in emails and chat rooms and sites like this people use LOL for "laugh out loud". I have a few friends who have just recently got into using facebook and they asked me why people dropped LOL into the middle of sentences because as far as they were aware it meant "lots of love" - it really made me chuckle as it reminded me of another incident. A few years back a colleague at work said she used to chat online and added lots of random people from chatrooms to her msn and yahoo messengers. When they used to say LOL she assumed they were being affectionate, so she always replied with a (K) or (L) which is a kiss or heart in MSN and/or the heart emote in yahoo - she didn't want to offend them by not responding to their LOL (remember she thought they were sending her love but she didn't want to send love so sent kiss or heart symbols). I roared with laughter when she told me this story as she said that she lost quite a few friends due to this as they thought she was trying to come onto them - both male and female - why did none of them think to ask her why she kept using the wrong emotes in responses to their LOLs?! I like Lade of Leisure, I wish I was one LOL!

hahahaha¡¡¡ i don´t have a idea...but i like your meaning..lady of leasure...

lol..lol..lol...lol..i mean we define it as lots of laughter...never thought some people think its laugh out loud..or 'we'(me and my pals) come under some..lol;-)...i like this lol a lot...and i use a blink[;-)] with most of my lols...he..he

It definitely means "laugh out loud" for most of the internet community. There may be a few people who use it to mean something else, but they would be a minority, so it wouldn't matter much to the rest of us. I've never seen anyone use it to mean anything else.

laugh out loud, definitely!! pleas don't tell me that all my LOLs were misundestood, snif... LOL!!!

I was told that it meant "laugh outloud" and I use it in that way in emails and when chatting. I suppose it could very well be used to mean "lots of love" or "lady of leisure," but that could be a serious problem when emailing or chatting or even blogging, as you mentioned. I think everyone should stick to one abbreviation for one meaning. I'm sticking with LOL meaning "laugh outloud." :)

LOL Laugh Out Loud. However I prefer to use ROFLMBO Rolling on Floor Lauughing my butt off. When the internet first came out I didn't Understand what any of these meant. and I was so naive I couldn't figure it out without someone telling me. lol roflmbo