Why We’ve Stopped LOL-ing

Why We've Stopped LOL-ing

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by Emma Spedding |
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Kids today aren't LOL-ing any more, instead they are 'hehe-ing' and 'haha-ing.' According to a new Facebook survey which looks into how we laugh online, the acronym for laugh out loud is dying out with less than 1.9% still using LOL.

The survey shows that 15% of Facebook posts include laughter. The most popular online chuckle is 'haha,' used by 51.4% of users, followed by laughing emojis with 33.7% and 'hehe' with 13.1%.

LOL wasn't just big on MSN Messenger - in 2011 it was added into the Oxford English Dictionary. The entry reads: “Informal. Laughing out loud, laugh out loud (used chiefly in electronic communication to draw attention to a joke of amusing statement, or to express amusement.”

So when did we stop LOL-ing? Perhaps it was when David Cameron used LOL to sign off his text messages, thinking it stood for 'lots of love.' Insert cry laughter emoji.

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