This is no laughing matter. Gen Z has canceled the fan-favorite acronym LOL. Instead, the slang-savvy generation has coined a more complicated term in lieu of laugh out loud: IJBOL. For the uninit ...

So long, LOL. There's a new slang term taking the internet by storm. Find out IJBOL's meaning—and how to use the term like you know what you're doing. If you struggle to keep up with online ...

A Korean word? A new boy band? This new acronym is replacing LOL and ROFL on social media. By Shirley Wang First there was LOL (“laugh out loud”), an acronym that first appeared in the 1980s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists. But where did the term originate? And is it really a ...

The idea of “LOL: Last One Laughing”, a reality-TV show, is straightforward: “You laugh, you lose.” All this is unusual. Streamers frequently have big, global hits with dramas; comedies ...