Another oddity of the English language I’ve seen lately: people will often put a lowercase “lol” at the end of sentences that may not even be remotely funny. For example:
i was going down the street and i saw a person lol
My theory? “lol” is the new emoticon. Instead of the :), :(, or even XD, it’s hipper and cooler to use “lol”… even though its meaning has been totally eliminated through its overuse.
Could be worse, I suppose.
Posted in Just Plain Odd
jk May 15, 2008, 3:45 am
I dislike “lol.” If you are laughing, please write “Ha ha” or better yet, “hee!”
Steve A May 15, 2008, 1:27 pm
LOL’s a heckuva lot faster to write than “Snort Laugh!”
Ciao,