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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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Joined August 2012

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    John Backus‏ @backus Sep 5

    lol = The classic lol Lol = The mobile lol lel = The internet chat box lol lul = The half-hearted / mock lol lolll = The "I actually found that funny" lol lol!!!!!!!!! = The mom/older relative lol lololol = The "I'm annoying you" lol LOL = The "I actually laughed" lol

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      2. Lawrence Kesteloot‏ @lkesteloot Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        For "I actually laughed" I use llol (literal lol), with obvious risks of inflation that "LOL" doesn't have.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 5
        Replying to @lkesteloot

        The main risk of using LOL is that people might confuse you with someone who doesn’t have any lol-nuance and just goes all caps every time like a brute

        0 replies 2 retweets 12 likes
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      2. things change‏ @AytanBenaderet Sep 6
        Replying to @backus @alegw

        Now do haha and hehe

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. mach nine‏ @alegw Sep 6
        Replying to @AytanBenaderet @backus

        Huehuehuehuepic.twitter.com/ByQIZNyxxc

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 6
        Replying to @alegw @AytanBenaderet

        This is how I hope people hear it when I send “hehehe” since I feel like “he he” sounds like a school yard girl thing

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. ryan_‏ @ryan_nayr_ Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        Lulz

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 5
        Replying to @ryan_nayr_

        The 4chan teen lol

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 5
        Replying to @RivalVoices

        If I included all the 4chan corruptions I’d run out of space

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      4. Pablo Guerra‏ @Renovatio_News Sep 7
        Replying to @RivalVoices @backus

        Is not a 4chan relative, it was born on WoW

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2.  ⚡Viking ⚡ 🐂 🐢 🍾 🚣‍♂️‏ @Bevernhims88 Sep 7
        Replying to @backus

        Kek = the wow-lol.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3.  ⚡️LTC PARTY ⚡️‏ @Ayedris101 Sep 7
        Replying to @Bevernhims88 @backus

        Would’ve been mortified if I didn’t see kek in this thread 😂

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Henry $hill  🎲‏ @ShillHenry Sep 7
        Replying to @Ayedris101 @Bevernhims88 @backus

        I was looking for it 😂

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5.  ⚡️LTC PARTY ⚡️‏ @Ayedris101 Sep 7
        Replying to @ShillHenry @Bevernhims88 @backus

        BUR

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      1. Crypto Dragon  🔥‏ @hodlDRGN Sep 6
        Replying to @backus @_Kevin_Pham

        "Lul" actually is the males private part in Dutch. 😁

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. bitcoinyogi‏ @bitcoinyogi Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        lol xxx = older relative/mum who thinks it means 'lots of love'

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      2. Дорогой Сашечка‏ @dear_sashechka Sep 7
        Replying to @backus

        Лiл

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      3. Evgen‏ @wannahonda Sep 7
        Replying to @dear_sashechka @backus

        It was mobile Лiл The canonical is лiл

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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