Gen Z has cancelled the fan favorite acronym LOL. Instead, the slang savvy generation has coined a more complicated term in lieu of "laugh out loud": IJBOL, or, for the uninitiated, "I just burst ...

Ellie Jocson, a 25-year-old bank analyst in Manila, uses IJBOL instead of LOL, because she said it more accurately reflected what happened “behind the screen” while scrolling through social media.

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 the right way.

But many mistake "LOL" for "lots of love", leading to some unintended "LOLs", such as the infamous tale of the mother who wrote: "Your grandmother has just passed away. LOL." ...