Lollerskates

Lollerskates is one of the first known variants of the Internet initialism LOL (laughing out loud).

Because of LOL's notoriety, Internet users began saying it as a monosyllabic word in itself, instead of pronouncing the letters individually ("El Oh El"), which many users found tedious in their accidental exclaimations of Internet slang in their every day lives.

Two phonetic roots of LOL are the basis of every one of its extensions.

LOL, pronounced /law-l/

LOL, pronounced /low-l/

From these two roots, many word extensions can be formed to express merriment.

Documented LOL extensions

Lolrus
Loltastic
Lolympics
Solid Lold
Heavy Lold
Lollerboarding
Lollerskates
Lolocaust
Lolasagna
Lolgasm
Lolright
Lol Stone
Loller-Powered
Lawl
Lollercoaster
Lollerpop
Lollerific
Lollerratic
Lollerwaffles
Steamloller

This term is also used in the Macromedia Flash game ROFLCOPTER, found at ROFLCOPTER.com (http://www.roflcopter.com).

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