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ROFL en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɒfl̩/
  • (US) audio
  • /ɑɹˌoʊˌɛfˈɛl/

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of roll on the floor, laughing; to experience great amusement at something.
    alt of laughing
    • My REFs may be ROFLing⁷ while I’m definitely not. My RLFs will know the minute they see me or talk to me on the phone that I need cheering up. 2008, Rhiannon Bury, quoting Callie, “Remotely Embodied Friendships in Female Fan Communities”, in Samantha Holland, editor, Remote Relationships in a Small World, Peter Lang, →ISBN, section 3 (Making Contact), pages 195 and 197:
    • IF YOU PLAYED Boiling Point and didn’t find yourself outwardly ROFLing at the absurd number of bugs the game was drowning in, then maybe you saw the potential Deep Shadows’ free-roaming Columbian RPG had hidden in its floating-puma infested jungles. 2007 October, Steve Hogarty, “White Gold”, in PC Zone, number 185, page 30:
    • It ends innocently – “Friends ROFLed and everybody at the party cheered at us. It was a cool night!” – but taken out of context with some of the questions above, it’s no surprise that parents are spooked. 2014 February 19, Stuart Dredge, “Talking Angela app: here's what she's really saying to your kids”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2014:
    • I’d be ROFLing if it weren’t so sad, so pathetic. 2015, “Julie Patch”, in Michael Martone, Bryan Furuness, editors, Winesburg, Indiana: A Fork River Anthology, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 23:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ROFLs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ROFLing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ROTFL alternative lexicographic
ROFLed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ROFLed Tense=Past lexicographic

ROFL en · X

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɒfl̩/
  • (US) audio
  • /ɑɹˌoʊˌɛfˈɛl/

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of rolling on the floor, laughing; used to indicate great amusement.
    alt of laughing
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism, rare) Initialism of ran out for lunch.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ROTFL alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

roflcopter · roflstomp

Relateds

ROTFLSHIWMP · ROFLMAO · ROTFLMAO · LOL · ROTFLBTC · ROTFLGO · LMAO · ROFLOL · ROTFLACGU · ROTFLAHMS · ROTFLOL

Synonyms

roll in the aisles