lolz
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See also: LOLZ
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔːlz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒlz
Interjection
lolz
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, dated) Used to express laughter, often in a sarcastic fashion.
- 1999:"you mean "C"hina??? lolz!!!" — [1]
- 2000, lolz... I hear some little clicking sounds coming from my modem[2]:
- 2001, Any Cory fans lolz?[3]:
- 2003, lolz... Yeah, I've got a bunch of system-event waves of Jeri Ryan. (Seven of Nine)[4]:
Noun
lolz (uncountable)
- Alternative form of lulz.
- 2019 July 2, Gareth Ceidiog Hughes, “Why we shouldn’t tolerate ‘jokes’ that deride the Welsh language as gobbledygook”, in Nation.Cymru[6]:
- According to some, we should just accept our language being the subject of derision because you know; the lolz.
- 2023 July 20, John Crace, “With all his plans in tatters, Rishi eyes some reshuffle lolz”, in The Guardian[7]:
- Maybe he should just have some fun. While he could. Stuff the cabinet with a whole load of idiots. […] Just for the lolz.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Loaned directly from English lolz.
Interjection
lolz
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -z
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒlz
- Rhymes:English/ɒlz/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English interjections
- English internet slang
- English leet
- English dated terms
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English internet laughter slang
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian lemmas
- Italian interjections
- Italian internet slang