ROFL

ROFL

slang An initialism of "rolling on the floor laughing," used in text messages and online communications to indicate that one thinks that something is very funny or ridiculous. Often lower case. I just saw a monkey riding on the back of a pig! rofl

ROTFL

slang An initialism of "rolling on the floor laughing," used in text-based communication to indicate that something is very funny or ridiculous. Often lower case. More commonly seen as "ROFL." I just saw a monkey riding on the back of a pig! rotfl
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ROTFL

verb
See rolling on the floor laughing my ass off

RO(T)F(L)

interj. rolling on the floor laughing. (Used in electronic mail and computer forum or news group messages. Not pronounced aloud.) I was ROTFL when I read your note. That was too much.

ROFL

verb
See ROTFL
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • WTG
  • YMBJ
  • HBU
  • CTFO
  • ianal
  • IANAS
  • IANAD
  • FTS
  • DYK
  • DYJHIW
References in periodicals archive
Or indeed lol or rofl, meaning - I was later informed by my resident 16-year-old - "Laugh our loud" and "Roll on the floor laughing".
The lingo among youths has evolved from the "LOL" and "ROFL" (rolling on the floor laughing) of the previous generation, to acronyms and phrases such as "like a boss", "troll" or "facepalm".
Then there's the ROFL flick Fun Size, directed by Gossip Girl's Josh Schwartz.
The first thing I did on arriving home was locate my laptop and search for the meaning of ROFL.
A new study of social media has revealed that LOL, and spin-offs LMAO and ROFL etc are OVER.
According to NCBI ROFL report, researchers at London's Roehampton University hypothesized that a reduced ability to judge this symmetry brought on by the general visual impairment of alcohol might well account for the phenomenon that people seem more attractive when one is drunk.
In the movie, Nick serenades you with an adorable Adam Sandler-like song, "Introducing Me," with some ROFL lyrics.
Turns out, rather amusingly as she tells it, that even her son, who prides himself on being 'with the times' returned home from office just the other day with an anecdote that cracked his children up and literally had them ROFL.
that he Rolls On the Floor Laughing before sending ROFL in text/chat reply
ROFL 80 hard, milk shoots out of your nose, which sends your friends into another fit of hysterics.
It also explains the meaning of chatty and personal internet shortforms such as FWIW, MUSM, ROFL, JMHO and SOHF.
I've seen abbreviations in my dictionary, but I don't think ROFL (roll on the floor laughing) and LOL (laughing out loud) is something that is really catchy.
OAP INTERNET VIRGINS Thur Sky1 8pm NEW SERIES Whether it's a selfie or a tweet, a ROFL or a YOLO*, the phenomenon of the World Wide Web can leave some people feeling a bit perplexed.
Or is he so honest that he actually rolls on the floor and laughs before sending ROFL in text/chat reply?
P***ing myself laughing - a slightly ruder version of ROFL, or rolling on the floor laughing.