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[.ęνo.]

Ok, I've recently discovered (thanks to kobe) a new acronym that is better than lol if you aren't actually laughing. I think all lol over-users (including me) should use mas instead of lol if you aren't actually laughing. It makes you less of a liar (I mean, come on, who's actually laughing when they post lol?) and gives lol more of a meaning. Who else with me?

If you are, put a link in your sig titled "LOL", it will eventually get around.

PS. Please don't turn this into lol vs. lat V2.
PPS. I'm not saying don't ever use lol again, I'm just saying use mas if you aren't laughing but are amused.

[Jeff Sparx]

Lol

I didn't laugh.

[Simon]

I regularly attend mass, because the Lord tells me to.

[TheRisingShadow]

I agree, I say lol a lot but I'm never actually laughing. I've laughed at something funny on here once or twice...

I'll start using that. MAS.

[.shake]

What does it stand for?

Could it be Monkeys Ate Shit

[RIOT!]

Yeah what does it stands for?

[Simon]

Nice to see the members have mastered that Acronym feature...

[Dday141]

Just hover your cursor over the word. It says 'Mildly Amused Smirk' and no I will not use mas or lat. I will continue using lol thank you very much.

[TragikRhymes]

Idk its a good realistic idea "lol", but I think ima stick wit lol :confused:

[Derrik Stone]

Yea, I had to google it when kobe first used it. More often than not, it's more realistic to your actual reaction.

[.ęνo.]

.shake, on Dec 21 2009, 02:59 AM, said:

What does it stand for?

RIOT!, on Dec 21 2009, 07:50 AM, said:

Yeah what does it stands for?

n00bs





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Hover your cursor over words with dotted underlines, it reveals something.

Dday141, on Dec 21 2009, 08:15 AM, said:

Just hover your cursor over the word. It says 'Mildly Amused Smirk' and no I will not use mas or lat. I will continue using lol thank you very much.

You don't overuse it anyway.

[koberulz]

RIOT!, on Dec 21 2009, 05:50 AM, said:

Yeah what does it stands for?

That's not even a sentence, dude.

[DTM]

No! Do not bring in anything new, Need I remind you of lat and how it took over at one point? The only difference is that mas is more fitting while lat was the same as lol so it didn't make much sense to replace it.

[koberulz]

How can you compare the two, then? Nobody's trying to replace 'lol', simply point out that people generally aren't actually laughing when they say 'lol' and therefore 'mas' is more appropriate. Nobody's going to stop you using 'lol' if you're actually laughing, but it's rather meaningless if it's used all the time.

[DTM]

koberulz, on Dec 21 2009, 01:12 AM, said:

but it's rather meaningless if it's used all the time.

Something overused on the internet? Impossible.

[Corporal Hicks]

@ this thread it is a mas situation, But I feel obliged to say lol instead as I have been accustomed to saying it for a while.

[King¦Mickey]

lqtm

[D-Ten]

mas? lol

[Tommy]

DMML < Mouse over for topic responce.

[koberulz]

CM Tornado, on Dec 21 2009, 10:41 PM, said:

responce.

What?

[1967 Spidey]

LAT

[DTM]

Jacques Portsman, on Dec 21 2009, 07:58 AM, said:

lqtm

WTHDTM

Hmm...acronym has no relation to my name it just worked out like that.

[Jeff Sparx]

IFAS

Edited by D.I.C.E., 21 December 2009 - 03:55 PM.

[DLT]

On the contrary, very few people take "LOL" literally these days to mean physically laughing out loud, and instead just use it to indicate general amusement, where capitalization usually indicated greater levels of such. Indeed, "LOL" did mean "Laughing Out Loud" when it first came into use, but has since evolved to mean something less literal as people's meaning and understanding changes, which tends to happen with language.
Even if you do use the argument that "it means laughing out loud, so if you use it when you're not actually laughing out loud, you're lying", though, thats still not entirely accurate.
The acronym "LOL" also meant "Lots Of Love" at one point, whether at the same time or before "Laughing Out Loud" I can't say, but its usage died out as the latter became more popular. But, if you are to argue that a word has a set definition and its meaning cannot change as people's intended meaning changes, then anytime that anyone uses "LOL" they are technically telling you "lots of love" as well as "laughing out loud", and so unless either can be proven to have come first, its meaning becomes totally unclear.

Unfortunately, since in your world of words with one meaning, I'm afraid your new word MAS is unclear as well, as you could be refering to a number of different places, phrases and things:
http://www.acronymfinder.com/MAS.html
You'll have to select a new acronym.

/rests his case.

[Jeff Sparx]

Demon Lord Tyrus, on Dec 21 2009, 05:58 PM, said:

On the contrary, very few people take "LOL" literally these days to mean physically laughing out loud, and instead just use it to indicate general amusement, where capitalization usually indicated greater levels of such. Indeed, "LOL" did mean "Laughing Out Loud" when it first came into use, but has since evolved to mean something less literal as people's meaning and understanding changes, which tends to happen with language.
Even if you do use the argument that "it means laughing out loud, so if you use it when you're not actually laughing out loud, you're lying", though, thats still not entirely accurate.
The acronym "LOL" also meant "Lots Of Love" at one point, whether at the same time or before "Laughing Out Loud" I can't say, but its usage died out as the latter became more popular. But, if you are to argue that a word has a set definition and its meaning cannot change as people's intended meaning changes, then anytime that anyone uses "LOL" they are technically telling you "lots of love" as well as "laughing out loud", and so unless either can be proven to have come first, its meaning becomes totally unclear.

Unfortunately, since in your world of words with one meaning, I'm afraid your new word MAS is unclear as well, as you could be refering to a number of different places, phrases and things:
http://www.acronymfinder.com/MAS.html
You'll have to select a new acronym.

/rests his case.

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