{"id":5441,"date":"2017-02-20T23:23:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T05:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=5441"},"modified":"2023-06-14T00:18:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:18:17","slug":"lol-lmao-rofl-how-hard-are-u-laughing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/lol-lmao-rofl-how-hard-are-u-laughing\/","title":{"rendered":"lol, lmao &#038; rofl: 3 ways to measure funny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>lol<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>rofl<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>lmao<\/strong><\/em> are abbreviations usually used in written digital communication to express that something is funny.\u00a0this classic vid from the  is a matching exercise that\u00a0asks viewers to identify which abbreviation goes with each laugh.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"lol\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggaNVsyzQaI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>here are the answers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>lol<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<em><strong>l<\/strong>aughing <strong>o<\/strong>ut <strong>l<\/strong>oud<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>out loud<\/strong> <\/em>means it <em>can be heard<\/em>; the opposite of <em>silently<\/em> or <em>to yourself<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>lol<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>made news headlines last\u00a0week\u00a0in relation to the assassination of <strong>kim jong nam<\/strong>, the half brother of north korean leader <strong>kim jong un,\u00a0<\/strong>at kuala lumpur international airport in malaysia. a woman wearing an <em>lol<\/em> shirt, who may have believed\u00a0what she was doing\u00a0was a <em><strong>prank<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(joke) for television, participated in the murder\u00a0that involved spraying and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wipe-that-smile-or-makeup-off-your-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wiping<\/a>\u00a0poison in kim jong nam&#8217;s \u00a0face.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5448\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lol-assassination-288x300.jpeg\" alt=\"lol assassin\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lol-assassination-288x300.jpeg 288w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lol-assassination.jpeg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>murder by poison: lol, lmao or rofl?<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong>B<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>lmao<\/strong><\/em><\/span> \u00a0<em><strong>l<\/strong>aughing <strong>m<\/strong>y <strong>a<\/strong>ss <strong>o<\/strong>ff. <\/em><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>lmfao<\/strong><\/em>&#8211;<em><strong>l<\/strong>aughing <strong>m<\/strong>y <strong>f<\/strong>reaking (or\u00a0<strong>f<\/strong>ucking)\u00a0<strong>a<\/strong>ss <strong>o<\/strong>ff<\/em>\u00a0 is also common and indicates an even stronger laugh. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/ass-off-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>ass off<\/em><\/span> <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is used with other verbs and possessive pronouns as well to indicate doing something with intensity. \u00a0so much intensity that it makes your ass fall off.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lmfao-zebra.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5449\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lmfao-zebra.jpeg\" alt=\"lmfao\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><em>lmfao:\u00a0does zebra fashion make u laugh your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ass off<\/span>?<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong>C<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>rofl<\/strong><\/em><\/span> \u00a0<em><strong>r<\/strong>olling <strong>o<\/strong>n the <strong>f<\/strong>loor <strong>l<\/strong>aughing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5450\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stop-drop-and-roll-300x119.png\" alt=\"stop, drop &amp; roll to put out a fire on your person\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stop-drop-and-roll-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stop-drop-and-roll.png 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>stop, drop and roll\u00a0(on the <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/grinding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ground<\/a> or the floor) if u are on fire<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>there is nothing funny about catching on fire, but if it does happen, the process to remember to put out the fire is stop, <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/is-dont-be-evil-still-google-motto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>drop<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (get on the ground) and <em><strong>roll<\/strong><\/em> (move around on the ground or the floor if u are inside). \u00a0rofl is a popular emoji too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5458\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5458 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/rofl-emoji-1-291x300.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/rofl-emoji-1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/rofl-emoji-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">an rofl emoji<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>lmao and rofl both indicate\u00a0more intense laughter than merely lol.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>do u use these abbreviations regularly in your on-line communtication? \u00a0do u know any other typical abbreviations for communicating digitally? \u00a0share your knowledge under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lol, rofl and lmao are abbreviations usually used in written digital communication to express that something is funny.\u00a0this classic vid from the is a matching&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[163,3],"tags":[4421,126,827,8,9,4752,4753,4755,11,4751,10,873,2775,128,2159,1978,2160,3488],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/rofl-emoji-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5441"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13980,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions\/13980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}