Actually, what I heard (and should have written) was not something like "lolling" but "L-O-L-ing." I apologize for the lack of clarity in my post.

So there are two competing versions that people have heard--"lol" and "L-O-L" with grammatically needed affixes? I wonder which competing version will eventually dominate.

Dianne

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From: John Dews-Alexander <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, August 16, 2010 3:28 pm
Subject: Re: Something I just had to share
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> Thanks for sharing, Dianne! I've discovered that actually saying "lol"
> (rhymes with "ball") is an effective shorthand in many circles (all
> youngish) for "What you just said was very funny, perhaps not enough 
> to make
> me truly laugh but I do recognize the humor and am acknowledging it." 
> That's
> my interpretation anyway based on hearing it in context.
> 
> Leave it to marketing departments to mine such usage! McDonald's has long
> been a fun example for classroom explorations of marketing language.
> 
> I'm looking forward to looking up the example of "LOL-ing"!
> 
> John
> 
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Dianne E Loyet <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> 
> > I just heard this on a McDonald's radio commercial and had to share:
> >
> > "I'm NOT LOL-ing."
> >
> > I'm lovin' it.
> >
> > Dianne
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