LOL! The acronym that made the internet turns 25 - here's how we got here. The abbreviation for 'laugh out loud' was first cited in 1989 and is still going strong.

Gen Z has cancelled the fan favorite acronym LOL. Instead, the slang savvy generation has coined a more complicated term in lieu of "laugh out loud": IJBOL, or, for the uninitiated, "I just burst ...

"LOL"-ers had the highest median age of anyone in the group, which included Facebook users ages 13 to 70. But it's not just your age or your gender that's connected to your online laughter of choice.

This new acronym is replacing LOL and ROFL on social media. Share full article Gen Z-ers are increasingly using IJBOL (pronounced “eej-bowl”), which stands for “I just burst out laughing.” ...