Everybody is now aware of what LOL stands for, but its pretty annoying to see such abbreviation used in wrong statements....so i decided to write on it and bore people for some knowledge...

SO TELL ME, WHAT IS LOL?
-LOL, an acronym for laughing out loud or laugh out loud, is a common element of Internet slang. It was used historically on Usenet but is now widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication, and even face-to-face communication. It is one of many initialisms for expressing bodily reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including initialisms for more emphatic expressions of laughter such as LMAO ("laugh(ing) my ass off"), and ROTFL or ROFL ("roll(ing) on the floor laughing"). Other unrelated expansions include the now mostly historical "lots of luck" or "lots of love" used in letter-writing. The list of acronyms "grows by the month" and they are collected along with emoticons and smileys into folk dictionaries that are circulated informally amongst users of Usenet, IRC, and other forms of (textual) computer-mediated communication. These initialisms are controversial, and several authors recommend against their use, either in general or in specific contexts such as business communications.
LOL was first documented in the Oxford English Dictionary in March 2011.

FUNFACTS-Usenet is a world-wide recognised system that keeps track of internet trends all around the world and updates the literal world with such

PREDICTIONS OF SUCH SLANG POPULARITY, IS IT BAD?(OFCOARSE IT IS YOU DUMBASS, SEE IT FOR YOURSELF IN THE NEXT PARA)

The Lost Art of Writing, are critical of the terms, predicting reduced chances of employment for students who use such slang, stating that, "Unfortunately for these students, their bosses will not be 'lol' when they read a report that lacks proper punctuation and grammar, has numerous misspellings, various made-up words, and silly acronyms." Fondiller and Nerone[14] in their style manual assert that "professional or business communication should never be careless or poorly constructed" whether one is writing an electronic mail message or an article for publication, and warn against the use of smileys and these abbreviations, stating that they are "no more than e-mail slang and have no place in business communication".


FUNFACTS-"Lost art of writing" was a book and aknowledgement achieved by few masterminds...the contents of that book is "how the slang is ruining our command over language)
SOME MORE BLABBER(Dont worry this is the end almost)

Likewise states that these initialisms "save keystrokes for the sender but [...] might make comprehension of the message more difficult for the receiver" and that "[s]lang may hold different meanings and lead to misunderstandings especially in international settings"; It is advised that the slang should always be used only when you are sure that the person reading it understands and not misinterpret. So maybe after reading this blog i should expect few to understand, few to follow and many to avoid...hahahaha

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