See About archive blog posts. ‘LOL’ was supposed to represent a big step for Miley Cyrus’ movie career as she attempts to mature beyond her saccharine sweet image as Disney’s Hannah Montana.

The guardians of the dictionary have cited the growing occurrence of LOL and OMG in emails, SMSes, social networking and even in verbal communication as a reason for inducing them in the OED.

The Oxford English Dictionary has announced the latest batch of words and phrases deemed worthy of etymological conservation. From the encyclopedia's just-released 2011 edition, you'll see cream ...

OMG, LOL and FYI are among the latest additions made to the Oxford English Dictionary in a new update. The online edition revealed that it had selected a "number of noteworthy initialisms" for ...

Cast your mind back to those long-ago days of Shake Weights and Slap Chop, "Jersey Shore" and Juicy sweatpants. Even though the 2000s ended just four years ago, it's time to get wistful again with ...

In the latest update, of the Oxford English Dictionary LOL (definition: laughing out loud), along with omg (definition: oh my goodness/god), Wag, muffin top and non-dom are officially words.

Supermarket giant Asda is now selling the new L.O.L Surprise OMG Dolls, which are tipped to be a bestseller this Christmas. There are four different LOL Surprise OMG Dolls in the collection ...

OMG, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has approved the additions of the two exclamatory online abbreviations found in this sentence, LOL. OMG, short for Oh My God or Oh My Gosh, and LOL ...