Tag: LOL

Future linguists will have a field day with this one. The Oxford English Dictionary (the "definitive record of the English language," in case you were keeping track) just released its latest update, and "OMG," "LOL" and even "<3" made the cut. These Internet acronyms were included due to their cultural relevance today, but it turns out most have origins pre-dating those pesky tween texters. ...

Share Over the weekend, Facebook investigated spam that was plaguing users via Facebook chat. According to CNET News, a victim received a friend's Facebook chat message, which read, "LOL is this you?" and contained a link. Upon clicking the link, the user was sent to a 404-error page, which compromised his or her account, and then used it to spam other Facebook friends. This outbreak is similar ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/12/30/lols-that-time-forgot/'; Share Once upon a time, in a darker age, the world did not know Maru (who is now a hero to all of us here at Switched). We were unfamiliar with 'David After Dentist,' and how awkward some family photos were. But no longer are Net jokes and viral videos the exclusive domain of in-the-know college kids and über-nerds. ...

Gather around, all you Internet wanderers, for a little story of a cat and a cheezburger. Once upon a time, a young entrepreneur took a fat gray cat and put, in a sans serif font like Arial or Impact, the words "I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER." Thus, a meme was born. But, as Mental Floss points out, the world of laughter and cats has been closely intertwined since the turn of the century. The gray cat, ...

While the rest of you are heading off with your families for a pleasant, pre-fall long weekend, serious game geeks are in Seattle at the Penny Arcade Expo, a video game convention for the die-hard. Premiering today, Ubisoft showed its new ad for 'Splinter Cell: Conviction,' featuring the tough guy protagonist Sam Fisher getting played off by none other than that electronic maestro himself (or ...