Slack, email, text messages, DMs—it doesn’t matter the medium, my millennial self never shies away from the addition of a casual “lol.” No, I’m not laughing out loud, but rather inserting it as more ...

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Phrases like A/S/L and TTYL may have bit the dust post-chatroom era. But there’s one term from the early days of the Internet that continues on as a major part of our lexicon: LOL. It’s an acronym, a ...

The League of Legends World Championships are iconic. Few esports tournaments can match the longevity, let alone the prestige, of Riot Games’ masterpiece. 2025 marks the 15th year of the historic ...

There are very few things that can hype you up for the next series at Worlds more than an epic anthem. Now, the question is, which of all anthems to date was the best? Well, we will be looking at that ...

The ever-increasing popularity of text messaging, e-mail, and social media ushered in some sweeping changes to patterns in human communication. Among them was an upswing in use of abbreviations for ...

So, yes. (Forgive me, Mr. Emerson.) But stop looking at the picture. Look, instead, at the caption Kim appended to her Insta: When you’re like I have nothing to wear LOL. Look, in particular, at that ...

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the first known usage of LOL for "laughing out loud" (the "lots of love" interpretation, incidentally, is quite a bit older). The linguist Ben Zimmer notes ...

Is it time to say RIP to LOL? A Facebook study, external suggests that people are choosing to use "haha" and emojis over "LOL" to express laughter. The research claims more than half (51.4%) opt for ...