I've got a question for you ...

[chokkie]

Could ABers please enlighten me ... what does LOL mean? Sorry to be so thick ... chox

[ummmm]

What sarc mark?

[Quizmonster]

J, I'm perfectly well aware of what LOL "means", I just think it's a poor way of expressing the thought. Why not use the not-much-more-complicated ILOL = I laughed out loud. That is, the writer considered the thing amusing and imagines others will do likewise. Simples!