Etymograph

English

LOL

Acronym of laugh(ing) out loud, apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989.

first attested Acronym of laugh(ing) out loud, apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

Acronym of laugh(ing) out loud, apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989.

Today it means

intj Laughing (or laugh) out loud.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / LOL