A tilted glass jar containing a golden question mark, resting on plum velvet.

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Alex Dunphy

Could you L a little less OL?

— Modern Family · 2009

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker splits the abbreviation LOL into its parts to ask for quieter laughter: a little less out loud. The request makes its point through the familiar shorthand.

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