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"BP - \"Is this the list with all the ivy haters?\"" <[log in to unmask]>
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The laughing acronym
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Lawrence Kestenbaum <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 15 Jan 2000 00:10:07 -0500
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Ken Follett wrote:

> In a message dated 1/7/00 3:15:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> > Derivation, please - Lurker On Line?
>
> I give, I give, LOL = Laughing Out Loud
> ROFLOL = Rolling On Floor Laughing Out Loud

Until a couple of years ago, the dominant form of this in my experience
was ROTFL (sometimes with an exclamation point), for Rolling On The Floor
Laughing.

The less common milder form was SIMCC: "Sitting In My Chair Chuckling".

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com

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