Lol vs Lolspeak - What's the difference?
lol | lolspeak |
(Internet slang, text messaging, intransitive)
(archaic) Used in song as a nonsense syllable.
English internet laughter slang
English terms with multiple etymologies
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(Internet slang, neologism) The speech of lolcats. Spelling variation of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.
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, year=2007
, author=David DeLaney
, group=rec.arts.sf.written
, title=Re: As Others See Us, in this case the DHS
*{{quote-book
, year=2009
, author=Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, Edward Loper
, title=Natural Language Processing with Python
, chapter=3
*{{quote-book
, year=2010
, author=Martin Grondin
, title=LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs
(Internet slang) Internet slang, often through initialisms such as those associated with the word lol.
As nouns the difference between lol and lolspeak
is that lol is Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch while lolspeak is the speech of lolcats. Spelling variation of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.As an interjection lol
is alternative form of LOL|lang=en.As a verb lol
is alternative form of LOL|lang=en.lol
English
Etymology 1
Verb
Etymology 2
Interjection
(en interjection)lolspeak
English
Alternative forms
*LOLspeakNoun
(-)citation, googleid=f9d8d397afdddbdc , passage=The standards are still being fract^H^H^H^H^Hwritten for the language, but the availability of Suitable Wordings from lolspeak verges on the frightening at times.}}
citation, isbn=0596516495 , page=127 , passage=Study the lolcat'' version of the book of Genesis, accessible as nltk.corpus.genesis.words('lolcat.txt'), and the r ules for converting text into ''lolspeak at
http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=How_to_speak_lolcat. Define regular rexpressions to convert English words into corresponding lolspeak words.}}
citation, isbn=1569757348 , passage=Now, in this first ever feline gospel, they retell 50 popular Bible stories in LOLspeak.}}