Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
AOL en · PROPN · etymology 1
Etymology
Initialism of its original name, America Online.
Meanings
An American web portal and former online service provider.
Other sites in the AOL network are also getting "updated experiences," according to Wilson, "including greater AOL attribution presence and consistency." 2009 December 10, Staci D. Kramer, “Welcome to the new AOL”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2015:
(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.) 2014, Brian S. McWilliams, Spam Kings, page 85:
From the propensity of AOL users for making unnecessary "me too" posts in Usenet discussions.
Meanings
(Internet, humorous) Me too, I agree.
>Now Black Velvet by Alannah Miles^([sic]) 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. 2003 July 8, CCA, “[I] Apropos of Barry White news...”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet):
From the propensity of AOL users for making unnecessary "me too" posts in Usenet discussions.
Meanings
(Internet, humorous, intransitive, rare) To plainly agree or support, such as by saying a simple phrase, namely me too, I agree, or posting a simple message expressing one’s agreement or support.
Me too. (Oh god, I AOLed. Kill me now) 2003 September 27, Beerman, “Spoilers: Megazine 211”, in alt.comics.2000ad (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026:
It's also an acronym which implies "I agree", referring to the AOLers' habit, when AOL first gave them access to usenet,^([sic]) of quoting whole, and lengthy posts, just to add the words 'me too' at the end. In other words, I agree totally with whatever I AOLed. 1999 September 14, Glenys Williams, “So, what was Mika doing in the woods?????????”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026:
The one I commented on in detail wasn't as good, I thought, as the one I AOLed about. Of the newer ones, I like the "hat" one best. It's still marked unread, in the hope that I can find something wrong in it. 2006 February 22, Peter J Ross, “Love Poem #5 //Rik”, in rec.arts.poems (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026:
Anyway, I thought biting my head off when I AOLed that I like your "slice o life" posts was a bit much, but hey, water under the bridge and all that. 2005 March 10, Mary Pegg, “Friendships UK”, in uk.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026:
If there were a alt.fan.esmi I'd be your persistent lurkah. I would support you in email for all eternity, for as long as you continue to express your thoughts with a grace and colouration which effortlessly turns insult and high dudgeon into overweaning false sanctimoniousness. […] Sockii (Maybe I should'a AOLed...) 2001 December 27, Sockii, “[I] Science and art of debate // was art”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026:
It was to this that I AOLed. I have no intent to suggest that I do not appreciate physical beauty, either in the oppostie^([sic]) gender or in fact in my own, which has given several girls of my acquaintance a nasty shock an^([sic]) caused some extreme allegations to be made regarding my personal sexual preferences (all right, I was at a boarding school at the time). 1998 November 3, Kheldar, “pterry likes Lara ?”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026: