lolz

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🗓️ 10 October 2017

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

You might know the slang expression ‘LOL’, but do you know about ‘lolz’?

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak.
0:09.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello and welcome'm Neil.
0:15.0	Neil you look different.
0:17.0	And Neil you look different.
0:20.0	I just can't tell what it is.
0:22.0	Ah, you mean my hair, my pink hair?
0:25.0	Yes, why on earth did you do that?
0:28.0	You know me, Faye Faye, I did it for the lols.
0:31.0	Right.
0:32.0	Well, it is pretty funny. Thanks. It's my birthday today and I thought I'd do
0:38.0	something fun. If you do something for the loles, it means you do it for fun.
0:43.0	And as Neil is demonstrating, it's often something a bit silly or crazy.
0:49.0	Oh, and happy birthday, by the way.
0:51.0	Younger every year.
0:52.0	Now, Loles is a close relation of another slang term
0:55.6	Lull. Lull stands for laughing out loud. We use it when texting or on social media after a joke or something funny.
1:04.8	For example, Neil, your hair looks amazing, Lole.
1:08.7	Why is that a joke?
1:10.2	My hair really does look great. Anyway, lols can be used in the same way.
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