LOL, LMAO, ROFL and hehehe

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   rmcrayneposted 14 years ago

   Is there really this much laughing going on out there responding to forum threads?  I have a good sense of humor and smile a lot when reading posts, but seldom do I actually LOL, much less would I be ROFL or LMAO. 
   
   Are you folks really doing all this laughing, or rather smiling, nodding approval and agreement?  Seems to me sometimes people use these virtual laughs to hedge, or to let someone know they speak in jest, since we do not have the benefits of language pragmatics in writing. 
   
   And is hehehe like tee hee hee?  Or heh heh heh, almost like Fat Albert hay hay hay?  The latter of which would be a little creepy.

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      frogdroppingposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Re-read this bit again - gol
      
      edit - I dunno. The whole thing's making me teeheehee now too. ralwus has set me off

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         ralwusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Hey! What did I do now? hehe

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         rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Don't make me have to separate you two. 

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      cosetteposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      
      
      this is so funny
      
      'k, here's what i do...
      
      when something makes me burst out laughing, i type:
      
      BWAHAHAH!
      
      when somemakes me laugh out loud, i go: omg haha!!!
      
      when something makes me chuckle, i go: haha or hee hee
      
      when something makes me smile i put a smiley face:

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      mandybeau1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah you could keep on adding and adding, it becomes like Cockney slang. Words are used like" I'm off down  the Frog and Toad,(to anyone else "down the Road" then they get further simplified to What only Londoners (East of Course) understand, Say down the Frog.
      I found it really mental, that the hardest one for me to work out was BTW, and it was really so easy. Hard if you stare at something long enough it becomes a Mish.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I don't mind the LOLs and ROFLMAOs, but I must admit the hehehe's are setting my teeth on edge.  Some people seem to use them in every sentence, even serious ones, and it IS starting to sound creepy to me.

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         wordscribe41posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Glad it's not just me, hehehe.

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            rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Make that 3 of us! (Notice I'm not laughing.)

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            cosetteposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            hehehe i totally agree hehehe
            
            

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               emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               

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   ralwusposted 14 years ago

   Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry, and you're probably watching Fox or CNN.

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   frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

   Funny you should bring this up rm. I genuinely emitted a GOL - giggle out loud - when reading your post.
   
   As for lolling and lmaoing etc - I think it's more likely a sign of expressing emotion. At least it's better that seeing lots of WTF's and STFU's - which I think is the more likely emotional response on the forum of late

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   waynetposted 14 years ago

   lolrolfamoityotgoldonpoo...ya get me!??

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      rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Nope, IDGI.  Maybe the ADD, can't be bothered to decode.

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         waynetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         er no me too! LOL!!

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         elisabethkcmoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         

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   elisabethkcmoposted 14 years ago

   perhaps we should make up some new  ones
   
   TJMF  that's just mildly funny
   
   IDGI   I don't get it
   
   
   NCJS    not clever, just stupid
   
   OKTF    OK, that's funny

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      rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You're my new hero[ine]!

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         elisabethkcmoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         wow, thanks rm,
         as a matter of fact, I feel a new topic for a hub coming on....
         taking suggestions!   

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            rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            It crossed my mind to do a hub on it, but I decided I probably couldn't muster but a couple hundred words.  Go for it girl!

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   Dolores Monetposted 14 years ago

   TJMF - LOL, sorry, I like plain old 'hahaha' or, but not really, 'hardy har har har.'

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   rednckwmnposted 14 years ago

   i write ha ha ha, when i laugh, cuz it sounds better then the noise i really make. i have found, times i did not add lol, people took me seriously, when i was joking.

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      frogdroppingposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I love the sound of laughter. I bet you sound just fine! I emit big mouth frog type laughter - Julia Roberts style. Can't help it and I don't pay attention if someone doesn't like my laughing. Laughter rocks Red
      
      Edit - forgot the lol and ....
      
      
      It was the back end of your post, about CNN and Fox. Tickled me

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         rednckwmnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         laughter truly is the best medicine, if theres no bottle of liqour handy.     i dont really know how to describe my laugh, but my nervous giggle sounds like a guinea pig....

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      rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hey girl, you're good with me.  I even appreciate a good snort! 
      
      Yeah, I use the smiley, because I'm smiling, but figured some were using some variation of laugh to indicate they are joking.

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   thranaxposted 14 years ago

   People have actually said LOL or Lawl or Rofl instead of laughing in real life. Makes me wonder if they laugh when nothing is said and just think to type it when there not laughing. Lol.
   
   ~thranax~

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      ralwusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      they don't know what real laughter is then, do they?

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   Jane@CMposted 14 years ago

   LOL - when I'm laughing
   ROFL - when I'm laughing really hard
   ROFLMAO - when my laughter has grown to snorts and spits on the keyboard
   
   I guess I could use <snort>

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      rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      OK, so you actually are laughing.  Fair enough.

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    elliot.dunnposted 14 years ago

    i rarely actually laugh but when i do its very clear.  this forum is a limited medium and a lot of people are eager to twist your words so using haha's and lol's and 's go along way to smoothing things over.  but i'm definitely going to start using TJMF - haha lol ROFL!

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    Gemsongposted 14 years ago

    giggle
    
    snicker
    
    snirk
    
    
    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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       rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       RBS (Really Big Smile)

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    Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

    I can't make myself use "tee hee" or the other one (forget what it is now) people use for a mild laugh.  It just reminds me of reading books for young girls when I was a kid, and little girls would do, "tee hee". 
    
    There have been lots of times I'm just out-and-out laughing (all by myself) because of something someone says (or a string of people say), and the LOL or is very real.  At other times (corny a thing as this is to say; it's worse than "tee hee"), I'm more wanting to show that I'm "laughing in my heart" and/or hoping to help someone else know I'm trying to be funny.   I never use ROFL or LMAO because I never do either.  On the other hand, there have been a few long threads that have gotten so funny or ridiculous I think there should be a TIGPOFL (think I'm going to pass out from laughing).  There have been a few that just struck me funny because of the mix of people putting in their remarks.    (I'm not really smiling now, BTW, but I'm trying to send others the smile).

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    atomswifeyposted 14 years ago

    how would you write it if you really got the giggles but it was late at night and you didn't want to wake anyone up, so you close your mouth and press your lips together really tight, but it starts to slip out and then you just cannot take it anymore because your laughing on the inside has caused you to snort really loud and spew some spit (I know its gross, just go with it), onto the computer screen and keyboard?
    
    How would you abbreviate that???
    would it be something like...
    Lol/on-the-in/liptite/lol.slip/nose/ow/pig-snrt/spit-spat-spu@cpu!LOL
    ?

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       rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Well that's a tough one.  Maybe abbreviate further.  Like how you would spell the zerbert sound.  Spppppt?

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       rednckwmnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       happens to me all the time. i write HA HA HAAAHHHHAAA

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    \Brenda Scullyposted 14 years ago

    I DON'T REALLY LAUGH OUT LOUD...... BUT I DO SMILE A LOT
    
                 

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    Green Lotusposted 14 years ago

    Can you tell this new hubber how to actually add a smiley face to a hub? I smile a lot, but not enough to evoke eye rolls. (those are cute animations too!

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       rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       When you open the reply box, to the bottom right, in blue, it says "Formatting Tips".  It shows the variations of the faces, also italics, bold etc.  Smile is colon: then close parenthesis).

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    Gemsongposted 14 years ago

    Heh.

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    Sarra Garrettposted 14 years ago

    I have often LMAO reading these, however not ROF.

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