A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

LOL

Wed, 7 Feb '24
"hahahaha"
Mon, 29 Jan '24
[I'm cracking up as I type this!]
Tue, 19 Dec '23
"Hilarious!," in a text
Mon, 24 Jul '23
"That's hilarious!," in a text
Sun, 2 Jul '23
Online initialism rarely meant literally
Wed, 28 Jun '23
Reaction to a funny GIF
Fri, 26 May '23
[Cracking up]
Wed, 24 May '23
"Haha"
Fri, 28 Apr '23
Text that's often an exaggeration
Wed, 18 Jan '23
Letters of amusement
Tue, 27 Dec '22
Texter's chortle
Sat, 8 Oct '22
"Ha ha!"
Sun, 21 Aug '22
Twitter titter
Tue, 14 Jun '22
Not quite ROFL
Sun, 5 Jun '22
The joy of text?
Mon, 30 May '22
"Haha" alternative
Sun, 1 May '22
Has online?
Sat, 30 Apr '22
Amused reaction
Sun, 24 Apr '22
Text back and forth?
Tue, 19 Apr '22
Response to a funny text (that usually isn't literally true)
Sun, 23 Jan '22
:-) alternative
Sun, 14 Nov '21
Response to a texted joke
Mon, 8 Nov '21
"u r so funny!"
Sun, 31 Oct '21
Equivalent of the Face With Tears of Joy emoji
Tue, 15 Jun '21
Online chuckle
Fri, 19 Feb '21
Modern lead-in to speak
Sun, 7 Feb '21
"Ha-ha!"
Sun, 31 Jan '21
Crack up, in textspeak