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Lol (disambiguation)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ226677
Source-derived summary

LOL is an abbreviation for "laughing out loud" in Internet slang, and once "lots of love" in letter writing.

Lol, lol, LoL, or LOL may also refer to:

Film and television

LOL (2006 film), a film by Joe Swanberg

LOL (Laughing Out Loud), a 2008 French comedy movie starring Christa Theret and Sophie Marceau

LOL (2012 film), an American remake of the 2008 French film starring Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore

"LOL" (Californication), an episode of Californication

LOL (format), an international reality television format competition of comedians from each country based on a 2016 original Japanese series

LOL: Last One Laughing Naija, Nigerian TV series

LOL: Last One Laughing Philippines, Philippine TV series

LOL: Last One Laughing UK, British TV series

LOL (web series) (2009)

Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins, a character in This Is England

Lunch Out Loud, a Philippine noontime variety show broadcast on TV5

Lol:-), a Canadian dialogue-less comedy series

Business

Laugh Out Loud Productions (LOL!), a comedy company founded by Kevin Hart

Liberating Ourselves Locally, a hackerspace/makerspace in Oakland, California

Games

LOL (video game), a 2007 game for the Nintendo DS

L.O.L.: Lack of Love, a 2000 game for the Sega Dreamcast

LoL, or League of Legends, a 2009 multiplayer online video game

Music

Groups

Lol (Japanese group), a performance group

Lords of Lyrics (L.O.L.), a Los Angeles–based hip-hop group formed in 1992

Albums

LOL (Blog 27 album) (2005)

LOL (Basshunter album) (2006)

LOL (GFriend album) (2016)

Songs

"LOL!" (Meisa Kuroki song) (2010)

"LOL", by Mabel from About Last Night... (2022)

"LOL", by Sinai Rose, appeared in Kidz Bop 16 (2009)

"LOL (Laugh-Out-Loud)", by NCT 127 from 2 Baddies (2022)

People with the given name

Lol Mahamat Choua (1939–2019), a Chadian politician and president

Lol Coxhill (1932–2012), an English saxophonist

Lol Crawley (born 1974), an English cinematographer

Lol Creme (born 1947), an English musician, member of 10cc and Godley & Creme

Lol Morgan (born 1931), a former professional footballer and manager

Lol Tolhurst (born 1959), a former member of rock band The Cure

Lol Solman (1863–1931), a Canadian businessman

Places in South Sudan

Lol State

Lol River

Other uses

Loyal Orange Lodge, a Protestant fraternal organisation

LOL, lymph-obligatory load, a medical acronym

.lol, an Internet top-level domain

LOL, IATA code and FAA LID for Derby Field, Nevada, United States

lol, ISO 639-2 and -3 codes for the Mongo language, spoken by several of the Mongo peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

LOL, short for lysergol.

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