Lol

Lol

1. A diminutive of the female given name Laura.
   • 2005, Susan Geason, All Fall Down, ReadHowYouWant, published 2008, →ISBN, page 81:

     Laura listened, dumbfounded, as Christabel recounted her close shave inside the house. “Tell me you’re making this up,” she begged. / “It’s all true, Lol,” said Christabel.

   • 2006, Valerie Wood, “1843⁠” (chapter 16), in Nobody’s Child, Corgi Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 182:

     ‘Gentleman for you, Aunt Lol,’ she called out. / Lol came to the door, wiping her hands on her apron.

   • 2012, Mary Hoffman, “Family Loyalty”, in Stravaganza: City of Swords, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 90:

     ‘Oh, Mum,’ said Laura, her pale face tinged with pink. / ‘It’s OK, Lol,’ said Isabel.

   • 2012, Norman Couse, Two Moons of Earth Beyond Voreda, Rothersthorpe: Paragon Publishing, →ISBN, page 14:

     “This is my friend Max, and my name is Laura, Lol to my friends,” answers Lol.

   • 2017, Dianne Maguire, Things We Cannot See, HarperImpulse, →ISBN:

     He gently pushed Laura’s hand away. ‘Don’t, Lol,’ he said softly before turning to Tara with a hopeful expression.

   • 2020, Pauline Kirk, Waters of Time, Stairwell Books, →ISBN, page 202:

     ‘Josie was calling. ‘Sounds like I’ll be in bother next,’ Lol said and laughed. ‘It’s the first time I’ve known our Josie jealous.’ / Laura appeared on the verandah the following day, after school.

2. A diminutive of the male given names Laurence or Lawrence.

Lol

1. (historical) A state of Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.

• LLO, OLL