Wtf Does This Mean??

Not to butt in with a weird post but wtf do these mean? I know lol, lmao, lmfao, and the rofl, but failing to figure out wtf lul lawls lulz etc.. are they really a short form of something, or is it an I am cool poo poo so I pretend I can't spell the common lol acronym? Just wondering if I am talking to idiots who are trying to start/continue some new weird seriously retard fail fad, or am I the idiot for not knowing what it means? So before /sighing and wondering if not being able to spell is the new mmo "in thing" I need to be sure I am not the idiot for just not knowing. I know it isn't recent but I still can't figure out wtf it is beyond "I am too cool to say the commonly accepted and recoginized lol and I saw someone do this and even though I don't know wtf I am saying I look mmo superfly doing it lulzz" XD please forgive my over doing it too much pain medication :(

our weird and still growing even more weird culture has meanwhile accepted the short form for "laughing out loud" (lol) as a common word!
that is sad.
now since it is a word it becomes more and more common to write it the way you say it.
like "going to" has become "gonna"
"lol" becomes "lul" or "lawl"
thats sad and a proof that our whole culture is going down...

hope i could help you

To my understanding, they're just different ways of saying "lol"

lolz is just "lol" with a z? haha
lulz/lewls is sort of imitating the way people go "looooooooooool"

The "commonly accepted and recognized lol" must just be too common. XD

XD It's even worse when Americans can't use proper English, too.... Most other languages don't have a problem with grammar or spelling usage simply because their own languages don't have as much room for error. But as for English... the whole your/you're, they're/their/there, accept/except, affect/effect, definitely/definately (<--NOT A WORD) just gets us quite confused at times.

And gonna, wanna, should of (<-- SHOULD HAVE) are pretty much abbreviations, I suppose....

In Bahasa Indonesia (first language that comes to mind in terms of abbreviating things >_<), they sometimes abbreviate common words like "yang" = yg or words stated twice in a row "anak-anak" = anak2 as indicated. But afaik (as far as I know), there isn't much room for error in terms of grammar or spelling. All consonant and vowel sounds are exactly the same. There's no confusion between C or G being a hard or soft sound, nor any confusion between "affect/effect" etc, etc.

Man either your HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE or living in the woods or hell maybe just need attention. Either way this link will fuel your fire even more.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Marigrim youre totally right, all those retards using those overall stupid forms of already linguistic very poor abbreviations. But I just read that dictionary and thats so funny, wtf some people think up in their freetime, like:

"1 - lulzasaurus
the ever so elusive Lulzasaurus is a rare dinosaur that does it for the lulz. If or when caught the lulzasaurus spouts the phrase i did it for the lulz

the man{always bringin' ya down}: Lulzasaurus, why did you change all those wikipedia entries?
Lulzasaurus: I did it for the lulz!

Person 1: yo, I love Lulzasaurus!"

lmao.

this topic is lulz.

all we that are thinking about the "lul-and-similar" user as retards are maybe just to old to act and talk like "them" and what´s the most important thing, to understand that kind of... speech...

but do we really want to be 10~ year old kids again?!

We just want to say more than we have room for sometimes...or i'll even admit that i'm lazy and just type in lolz

lulz is a corruption of lol, which stands for laugh at loud

http://lulzcorruption.ytmnd.com/

Here is a good example of what "wut" means.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0SLFvf2zvo

I used to have a friend on AIM who replaced all his G's with Q's as they look somewhat similar (g => q)... I can understand how replacing "you" with "u" is shorthand, as is "your/you're" with "ur" (which may have added to the confusion between homonyms), but going as far as replacing a letter where you could have just as easily typed another.... o_<;

<.< i always thought of lalz as being laugh a$$ loud. >< far as the other stuff, its just "sound" slang.

Hmm I thought this all came from american rap/gangsta types lol they're always modifying words arn't they?

its 4chan speak basically..

Well, a LOT of "leetspeak" comes from 4chan, but I don't think "lulz" is directly from 4chan, is it?

urbandictionary.com ftw! it will most likely have everything in there...

XD this topic wasn't for attention, but I really wanted to know before feeling like this -> I was making sure I wasn't wrong and it really was ffxi lingo for I am mmo superfly. From the replies here it seems to be just that.

As for you, from viewing your posts here and there If I am a retard living in the woods then from your text reflection you must be a acne scarred sub adult who has to express his negitive unhappiness on an mmo forum, due to the fact that if you tried that in real life you would be unable to handle the retribution from anything beyong the kittens you torture in your bathroom :)

Anye Bart Leethe and Tav - thank you for posting to my threads as always :D.

I will admit the request for info might have been slightly on the weird side but I knew SOMEONE out here would know. So it is MMO superfly gene's thanks all ^^;



Not accepted as a word it has been accepted as an understood acronym. Short for "laugh out loud"

The lul lewl lawl lulz, question was are these a true acronym or no. These I am requesting if they are acronyms what is it they mean.

no they are just ppl modifying the lol to their own personal taste...maybe they just wanted to be different? as for now they are not different anymore...

or maybe they wanted to set a trend? which in a small group of individuals they may have.

regardless of which reason it is, 90% of us still stick with the same old lol

lol is to lulz like Savannah is to Hawt
simple

Yay, 1st post.

I only started seeing "Lawl" in use about a month ago. Since then, I've found myself starting to use it when laughing out loud to something laughably cheesy. Some times, I'll "tehe" if I giggle. All other times, "lol" suffices. It depends on the laugh I'm having out loud. ;)

IMO, spelling "lol" differently is no different than people having different laughs in RL. People are unique and if they desire to express their individuality through game chat, then more power to them.

I've picked up Lawls from listening to PFA,
Lulz from 4chan

Most likely the best reply in the entire post. BUT the problem is it isn't just "I'm a little different" for many.. it lies in the fact that many of them really are trying to be MMO superfly.. which can and will grate even the most level headed persons nerves. I suppose it all boils down to reason because when some peoplpe use it I don't get the ice in the veins feeling.. and for some reason when the text pops up on the screen from some others I feel like the Doctor Hyde in me is about to invent a way to slap people through the internet. XD everyone has pet peevs, that just so happens to be mine it seem D:

Thank you all for your answers - but it has been determined by popular opinion that no matter if people have a "right" to be different the acronym(s) they are using are indeed NOT acronym(s) for anything at all beyond (no matter the reason) wanting to sound/be different. They have their rights to use it and I have mine to want to want to do what a previous poster to this topic does @ 3am in his bathroom when his grandma is asleep when I hear them use it XD

Thanks again! ~Mari

Yeah, otherwise we'd be casting R3 on your older thread ;D XDDDDD

....On a completely unrelated note, I have accidentally said "ROFL" (as in "rawful!") irl before <_< >_>

*runs*

marigrim:

if it makes you feel any better i didn't know what "orz" was for the longest time.
although i think it makes more sense than lul, lawl, or my personal favorite roflcoppterbbq. nice topic though. it was definitely a good read.

Dont even get me started on wot, wat, wut, whut...

HAhahhaa, well it seems it has been revived, whether we like it or not XD hehehe. \o/


Same here, I had to Wikipedia it. XD Actually, I find myself saying "orz" when I'm exhausted or exasperated.... It's become more of an expression rather than me actually kneeling down and banging my head on the floor. XD

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