AOL
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
AOL
- Initialism of America Online.
- 2014, Brian S. McWilliams, Spam Kings, page 85:
- (Mad Pierre had showered her with his customary praise as well, exclaiming on IRC that she made him behave “like a testosteronal teenager in an AOL chat room”—a line that Shiksaa was quick to appropriate for use in her Usenet signature.)
- (computing) Initialism of aspect-oriented language.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the propensity of America Online users for making unnecessary "me too" posts in Usenet discussions.
Interjection
AOL
- (Internet slang, humorous) me too, I agree
- 2003 July 8, CCA, “ Apropos of Barry White news...”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet):
- >Now Black Velvet by Alannah Miles has always sent shivers down my spine, something about her voice.
AOL! I've heard that one being karaoke'd, by someone with a pretty good voice, but it really needs Alannah Miles's vocals to do it justice.