(NEXSTAR) – Since the dawn of the digital age, internet users have developed shorthand ways to express themselves on instant messages and comments, with acronyms like TTYL, BRB, LOL, FYI, and OMG. Get ...

Once merely shorthand for laughter, ‘lol’ has become a new flashpoint in the online generation wars. Are you overly reliant on an emotional-support “lol” at the end of a text? Do you stop yourself ...

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Have you seen someone use "IJBOL" in a group chat or something and you're wondering what the ...

They’ve already been ridiculed for their side parts and skinny jeans, but for millennials, the Ls just keep coming. Their latest crime? Ending every sentence with ‘lol.’ This opinion on the ...