Meanings
lolz1
- InternetLeetdatedUsed to express laughter, often in a sarcastic fashion.
1999:"you mean "C"hina??? lolz!!!" — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/talk.politics.tibet/msg/74bdbd4eb17f4b22
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of lulz.
According to some, we should just accept our language being the subject of derision because you know; the lolz.
2019 July 2, Gareth Ceidiog Hughes, “Why we shouldn’t tolerate ‘jokes’ that deride the Welsh language as gobbledygook”, in Nation.Cymru2 more examples
Yoram Bauman, the world’s first and only stand-up economist, likes to inject some lolz into grim climate economics (kind of like Grist).
2015 January 27, Randy Stewart, “But seriously, folks — this stand-up economist says Republicans will like his carbon tax”, in GristMaybe he should just have some fun. While he could. Stuff the cabinet with a whole load of idiots. […] Just for the lolz.
2023 July 20, John Crace, “With all his plans in tatters, Rishi eyes some reshuffle lolz”, in The Guardian
LOLZ2
- InternetLeetalternativeAlternative form of LOL.
Origin
lolz · interjection, noun
A corruption of lol, probably a leet variation, treated as if it were a noun rather than an interjection and pluralized in a deliberately unconventional manner using the -z suffix.
Full word history & related roots →LOLZ · interjection
LOL (Initialism of laughing out loud.) + -z (Eye dialect spelling variant of the plural suffix -s.)
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lolz
All rhymes →Cite this entry
lolz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lolz
“lolz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lolz. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lolz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lolz.
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