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« on: April 08, 2011, 07:13:31 PM »
The term "lol" used in electronic communication has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. See this.
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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2011, 06:58:57 PM »
In the Oxford Dictionary research, it was determined that the earliest recorded use of LOL as an initialism was for 'little old lady' in the 1960s

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