Wednesday, July 14, 2010

LOL LOST

LOL LOST its meaning. Now if you laugh from something someone wrote to you, you have to respond with "I literally just laughed out loud." So what happened to LOL? It's been marginalized, falling between "haha" and the seemingly endless "hahahahhahahaha." It's amazing how we've taken our spoken language and made so many different iterations of the written word to best replicate it. Let's not forget about the capitalized "HAHAHAHAHAHAH." That one means that you are smiling really big, but not "literally laughing out loud." I can't wait to see what happens when people try to communicate sadness the same way. That should be "wah wah."

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