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Lolz

//ˈlɔːlz// intj, noun

Definitions

Intj

1
Used to express laughter, often in a sarcastic fashion. Internet, Leet, dated
"1999:"you mean "C"hina??? lolz!!!" — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/talk.politics.tibet/msg/74bdbd4eb17f4b22"
2
Alternative form of LOL. Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative

Noun

1
Alternative form of lulz. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"Yoram Bauman, the world’s first and only stand-up economist, likes to inject some lolz into grim climate economics (kind of like Grist)."

Etymology

Etymology 1

A corruption of lol, probably a leet variation, treated as if it were a noun rather than an interjection and pluralized in a deliberately unconventional manner using the -z suffix.

Etymology 2

A corruption of lol, probably a leet variation, treated as if it were a noun rather than an interjection and pluralized in a deliberately unconventional manner using the -z suffix.

Etymology 3

LOL (Initialism of laughing out loud.) + -z (Eye dialect spelling variant of the plural suffix -s.)

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