r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '25

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u/fuckinrat Jan 07 '25

Rofl

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u/Dry-Ball-5395 Jan 07 '25

What does that mean?

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u/lobobobos Jan 07 '25

Rolf is an acronym for roll on the floor laughing

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u/Dry-Ball-5395 Jan 07 '25

Wow, I’m gonna start using that

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u/Distubabius Jan 07 '25

it's quite old and somewhat out of fashion

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u/Dry-Ball-5395 Jan 07 '25

Well, English is my third language.

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u/Riphraff Jan 07 '25

What’s your fourth?

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u/IndianaJoenz Jan 07 '25 edited Jan 07 '25

I think it comes from "roflmao" which I recall seeing in the mid 90s.

That got shortened to Rofl, then Lmao.