However, most young netizens consider this emoji as "Laugh to tears" or simply "LOL", which means "Laugh out loud".

然而，大多数年轻网民认为这个表情符号是“笑到流泪”或只是“LOL”，意思是“大笑”。

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It can be likened to a rebus, which uses pictures and single letters, or numbers to represent whole words (e.g, "i <3 u" means “I love you”, b4 means before, lol means laugh out loud, etc. ).

这种短信文是由图片、字母或数字的组合来代表某个单词的，感觉像字谜一样。 比如："i <3 u"就代表“我爱你”（中间的<3像是一颗心的形状，代表“爱”），b4就是before（以前）这个单词的缩写形式，而lol则是laugh out loud（大声笑出来）这三个单词的缩写。

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The name stood for Lulz Security - in which "Lulz" is derived from the popular internet term "lol", meaning "laugh out loud".

BBC: UK Lulzsec hacker Ryan Ackroyd pleads guilty

The group is also known in longer form as Lulz Security - where "Lulz" is a play on words of the popular internet phrase "lol", meaning "laugh out loud".

BBC: 'Lulzsec hacker' latest to be arrested in US

Remember: Limitation of liability (LOL), your response should be Laugh Out Loud.

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