I have a love-hate relationship with the 'LOL' acronym. The ease of expressing how funny something is is a plus. This ease of expression I feel has caused a conundrum; are you really laughing-out-loud when you write 'LOL'??
I will be the first to admit that I have used the 'LOL' and not actually LOL'd. GUILTY!
I might have wrote 'LOL' but all I really did was a shake-my-head-give-a-little-grunt laugh. Or a nod-my-head-whilst-giving-a-quiet-chuckle laugh. Or the this-is-not-really-funny-but-I-feel-bad-for-the-person-who-thinks-this-is-funny-so-I-will-just-comment-LOL-but-I-am-really-not-LOLing laugh.
So what does it REALLY mean to LOL or LMAO or LMFAO or if you are a woman of a certain age like myself LOLSHIPMP*??
To me it means to have a deep guttural laugh that seems to come out of nowhere. One minute you're doing your thing and the next a sound comes out that is neither foreseen nor controlled.
A spit take. A deep rumble. A giddy twittering of angel wings fluttering in your diagram.
Real LOL moments are few and far between. I have had lots good chuckling moments and some great grunt laugh times and everything in between. But to truly LOL you must be able to forget anything and everything that is happening except that one thing that is making you feel so good.
The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins is the perfect LOL book. Honor's character makes you feel all the emotions and when those moments of pure and total humor come out in the story you have no other choice but to really and truly LOL. Kristan humor is real and smart, it is never forced upon you. It's the simple day-to-day moments in the story that make you truly feel like laughing out loud.
Check out all the books in The Blue Heron series.
Also Kristan Higgin's new book If You Only Knew is out now.
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*LOLSHIPMP: Laughing Out Loud So Hard I Peed My Pants
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