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laugh-out-loud en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *klek- Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan Old English hliehhander. Old English hlæhhan Middle English laughen, laghen English laugh Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *hlūdê Proto-West Germanic *hlūdē Old English hlūde Middle English loude English loud English laugh-out-loud From laugh + out + loud.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) very funny; causing the listener to laugh aloud
   • Alas, time marches on. I am old enough to remember the laugh-out-loud fairy tales spun by “Baghdad Bob” during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. 2026 March 14, Douglas MacKinnon, “‘Baghdad Bob’ had nothing on CNN and the far-left media of today”, in The Hill:
   • "Readers are treated to a tilt-a-whirl of emotions and imagery, ranging from laugh-out-loud comedy, to the brooding tragedy typical of Brown's work." 2007, Jay Watson, Conversations with Larry Brown:

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