The term 'lol', not to be confused with the Elvish expression for 'flowers', is a quaint little artifact from the early days of Earth's digital communication. It stands, rather unsteadily, for 'laugh out loud', a concept as alien to Vogons as subtlety. Modern linguists, who've all but given up on unpacking the Voynich manuscript, agree that 'lol' is the prime example of a linguistic economization, a way to express amusement without actually having to emit any joyful noises whatsoever.
Should you stumble across a 'lol' in the wild during your intergalactic sojourns, it is best appreciated in its native habitat: behind a screen, accompanied by an eyeroll, and with a complete indifference to the gravity of traditional language.
'lol' can be found proliferating in the dark corners of outdated internet forums, the vestigial signatures of teenage texts, and occasionally fossilized in the archives of ancient meme databases.
One must take great care to avoid overusing 'lol', as it can lead to a catastrophic decline in perceived sincerity, an affliction particularly common among the Zaphodian teens, who cannot tell the difference between a serious diplomatic treaty and an invitation to play Cosmic Dodgeball.
A little-known fun fact about 'lol' is that it was once entered into a galactic poetry contest. It came last, having been profoundly misunderstood by the judges to be an extremely concise poem about existential despair.
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