lol

Originally meant to abbreviate the phrase "laugh out loud" when something was funny, now it just basically abbreviate "i have nothing left to say, but i dont want to think im going to ignore you, so heres a small 3 letter word to remind you im not ignoring you".

Guy 1: so me and Joe were at the zoo the other day and we saw a rhino give birth. pretty amazing.
Guy 2: lol

Guy 1: My fish just died.
Guy 2: lol