laugh out loud
Express amusement vocally
Laugh out loud means to laugh audibly rather than just smiling or being amused silently.
The phrase gained currency as the source of the internet abbreviation LOL, which people began saying aloud ironically.
Now often used for emphasis: That joke made me laugh out loud.
The full phrase signals genuine, audible laughter rather than the polite amusement LOL has come to represent.
- ROFLOnline mirth acronym
- hahaWritten laugh sound
- tears of joyCrying from positive emotion
- guffawBoisterous burst of mirth
- spit takeSpraying drink from shock
giggle · LMAO · pee your pants · bust a gut · joy · LOL · amusement · mirth · crack up · chuckle · funny bone · in stitches · comedy · comic relief · hilarity · meme · cackle · humor
- laughtergiggling, chuckling, snickering, giggles, chortling
laugh out loudstraight face
Neutral, emotionless expression
smirk · stone-faced · poker face · expressionless · deadpan
laugh out loudwail
Prolonged mournful cry
weep openly · burst into tears · bawl · sob · moan
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