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[martinuzz]

Uhmmm..
I am wondering already since I joined the forum..

What does 'lol' stand for?

I assume it is 'laughing out loud' from context it is mostly used in.
I used it myself once or twice, in that assumption.

But sometimes people seem to use it when they're not amused.
So I really want to know what it stands for. And I hope I didn't insult anybody when using 'lol', if it has another meaning.

I've been on this forum for quite some time. But before that, I never looked at forums.
And, during the forum move, I chatted over IRC for the first time in my life.

So excuse me for being a bit of a 4um-tlk-n00b.
(That's probably why I'm liking this forum so much, almost no abbreviations / webtalk)

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

Right then.
Lol is indeed a general way of expressing mild amusement, although it is sometimes used to mock someone who is unable to type in english and uses AOL speak.

[Raz]

It indeed means "laugh(ing) out loud".

Other internet abbreviations (that express amusement) you might've heard of are:

lmao - laughing my ass off
rofl   - rolling on the floor laughing

[martinuzz]

Thanks.
Funny thing is, in Dutch, the word 'lol' means 'fun'

Uhhmmm.  AOL?

'Abbreviation of Language'?

[Raz]

Heh, I'm Dutch too and though it's coincidentally applicable in the same situations, it means something different.

Forgive me my offtopicness, but where do you live?

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

AOL is an American internet provider, I think, and there's something to do with a chat service being populated by babbling children unable to spell the simplest of words.
Or something.

[martinuzz]

@Raz: Eindhoven de gekste!

[Raz]

Oh, then we're not too far apart. Maastricht for me.

[Jamuk]

My favorite abbreviation was coined by The Daily Show.

LQTM
Laughing Quietly To Myself

[Asehujiko]

Kerkrade ftw! the closest thing in this aquifier ridden country that resembles a fortress. We have fuel. Lots of it.

[Raz]

Cool, I hadn't expected this at all!

[Dame de la Licorne]

AOL is an American internet provider, and one of the big instant messaging services is AIM (AOL Instant Messenger).  AIM is populated by a lot of high school and college students who type in the typical webtalk shorthand, hence why a lot of people tend to poke fun at them.   

[Puzzlemaker]

AOL stands for American OnLine.

Since we are asking, I keep seeing something like, (sp?) around.  What does that mean!?

[Abyss]

(sp?) means "Spelling?" You add it to words which you think you may have spelled incorrectly.

[martinuzz]

sp? Don't know. EDIT: ok now I do

Hehe.. Two people from Limburg already.. How about a DF digging day in the caves of Valkenburg?
Dress up like dwarves, take picks / shovels, walk on our knees and see if we are allowed in..

EDIT: We need 4 more dwarves, then we can embark