Etymology

lulz

L1U1L1Z10

Today it means: Fun; amusement; humor; especially schadenfreude; LOL. Full definition →

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The story

Alteration of lol using the suffix -z, a deliberately nonstandard variant of the plural marker -s.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.