LOL Full Form Name: LOL Meaning
Full Form of LOL :
Laugh out Loud
LOL Full Form is Laugh out Loud. LOL is a very common acronym
used as a slang to indicate laughter. It is widely used in internet chatting
rooms. When you use the term LOL while chatting, the person in the opposite
side understands that you are indeed laughing loudly. Other expressions of
laughter include LOLZ, ROFL, etc. LOL and LOLZ are the same and ROFL indicates
Rolling on the Floor Laughing.
These expressions have become a
very natural part of conversations in all sorts of media communications and at
times even in one-to-one conversations. These expressions are highlighted more
with the emoticons and various expressions offered as a part of the
applications in all devices. The huge lists of acronyms are also growing each
month and users circulate these throughout the net. There are controversies
where some authors are against the usage of such slangs as these are taking
away the language skills and formal communications skills.
LOL – Lord of Light (science
fiction)
It is a novel by the American
Author Roger Zelazny on science fiction/fantasy, which won the Hugo Award for
Best Novel in 1968. It was also nominated for ‘Nebula Award’, which is the same
category. In 1967, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction published two
chapters from Lord of Light as novelettes (short novel). The novel was intended
to be a fictional fantasy on science with a certain degree of ambiguity.
The plot is about a planet, which
taken over by few remnants of Earth or ‘vanished Urath’. The colonists and crew
from the spaceship ‘Star of India’, find themselves on a very strange planet,
which is surrounded by indigenous hostile races. They had the choice to either
perish or carve out a place for themselves. To survive, they use chemical
treatments, electronics, and biofeedback to mutate their minds in order to
boost their self-images and physical strength. They also develop certain
technology to transfer the soul of an individual into a new boy through
electronic means. The novel encompasses huge spans of time.
Some of the major characters of
the story/plot include; Sam – who is one of the main and original colonist
belonging to the ‘First’ group; Yama – the God of death who is initially Sam’s
enemy but later his chief ally; Kall – The Goddess of destruction, also called
as Durga; Tak – a demigod to the world of ape; Kubera – Yama’s friend; Ratri –
Goddess of Night and Kubera’s friend. Minor characters include Jan Olvegg;
Rild; Trimurti; Ganesha; Agni; Mara; Nirriti; etc.
LOL – Locks of Love
It is a non-profit, public
organization in Canada and United States, which provides hairpieces to the
financially disadvantaged kids under the age of 21, who suffer from hair loss
due to any kind of medical or physical conditions. Locks of Love serves
children with such unique need through donating used hair and creates
high-quality cranial prosthesis or hair prosthetics.
The kids who are benefited
through LOL had a kind of medical condition which is called ‘alopecia areata’,
which does not have any obvious cause neither it has any cure yet. The hair
prosthesis process has been helping many children regain their confidence and
self-esteem to face their little worlds with peers. The organization has
certain donation guidelines to be met in order to donate hair. There are even
few salons that carry Locks of Love decal at their doors and windows and form a
part of the national chain.
The NGO does not manufacture any
type of hair care products or hair or replacement system. It is strictly based
on a charity that seeks help of donors and other means. As long as the hair
donated follows the guidelines, anyone can come forward to donate. Dreadlocks
are not accepted.
Legend of Legaia (video game)
It was in 1998, Contrail created
the game of Legend of Legaia, which was succeeded by a sequel video game in
2001. Contrail was the Japanese video game developer for Sony Computer
Entertainment. The plot of the game goes like this:
The entire game takes place in
‘Legaia’ world, which is populated by objects known as ‘Seru’ and humans. The
objects join human to make them extra powerful. Both Seru and humans coexist
until Seru turns into a monster due to the effects of a mist that covers the
world. Seru attacks the humans, which is when the game begins. Vahn – the quiet
hero; Gala – a warrior monk; and Noa – a feral child; revive 10 Genesis Tress,
through Legaia and attempt to destroy the mist that surrounds the world. The
heroes join together as ‘Ra-Seru’, which makes them as powerful as the Seru but
unaffected by the mist. The game ends when the heroes discover the origin of
the mist generation and vanquish the same.
The entire game is action-driven,
involving the player to become a part of the heroes. The actual gameplay is
turn-based. With each turn, the character must input the command and select the
appropriate target and confirm the same. Instead of using the ‘Fight’ command
to start the attack, the player chooses the location of every attack. “Left’
and ‘Right’ would strike the respective arms and ‘Low’ and ‘High’ commands
would strike the heights respectively. The number of strikes is influenced by
various factors like weapon and level of the game. The Serus and Ra-Serus
possess certain basic affinities that influence the effectiveness in various situations
of spells.
LOL – Lady of the Lake
It is the formal or official name
of the mythological characters that played an integral part in the Arthurian
Legend. Different writers have given different names to the Arthurian character
such as; Vivien; Viviane; Nivian; Ninlanne; Evienne; Ninlanne, and more.
The Tradition: It was the
foster-mother of Lancelot who raised him under her lake. She is known for her
famous magical sword Excalibur present to King Arthur. Kings advisor Merlin had
fallen in love with her and taught her the secrets of his mystical powers. The
lady eventually became his scribe and lover. However, after she overgrew in
power than Merlin, she imprisoned him in a dungeon and stepped into his role.
She eventually reclaimed her sword after the Battle of Camlann and hurled back
into the misty waters.
However, the modern authors who
choose to write Arthurian fiction seem to adapt the legendary character in a
different angle by using more than two bearers to the title. There are
different versions of LOL in the form of television series, films, novels, comics,
games, stage musicals, etc. The origin was probably pagan and the character
somehow slightly resembles the sea nymph Thetis, which is a part of Greek
mythology. Several locations of Great Britain including Llyn Ogwen; Llyn
Llydaw; Dozmary Pool; Loch Arthur; etc. are associated with the abode of the
Lady of Lake.
LOL – Land O’ Lakes
It is an agricultural cooperative
(member-owned), which is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with its prime focus
on dairy industry. Land O’ Lakes, Inc. has over 3600 direct members who are
producers, 10,000 employees who take care of process and distribution; and 1000
cooperative members. The products are distributed to over 300,000 agricultural
producers, as it handles about 12 billion pounds of milk each year.
LOL takes the third place in the
National Cooperative Bank Co-op list of hundreds of cooperatives and mutual. It
is one of the biggest producers of cheese and butter in the United States. The
cooperative was established in 1921 by a group of representatives from around
320 cooperative creameries. The main objective was to improve the quality of
dairy products and market them better to increase the overall profitability of
the dairy industry.
The core business includes animal
feed, dairy food, products of crop/seed protection, layers/eggs, Business
Development Services, etc. Some of the product names in the market include;
Land O Lakes, Alpine Lace, Land O’ Lakes Food Service, Kozy Shack, Purina
Animal Nutrition LLC, WinField, etc. A subsidiary of the co-op is based in Hudson,
Wisconsin, and is the main arm of transportation, which has its own fleet of
about 200 tanker trucks and additional 600 trucks on the contract.
LOL – Land of Legends
It is an open-air museum, which
happens to be the center for HARC or Historical-Archaeological Research and
Communication. Earlier known as ‘Lejre Experimental Center, the Land of
Legends, which spreads across 106 acres of land in Lejre Municipality, west of
Roskilde, is known for its uniqueness and stunningly beautiful museum in the open
air. It is a place where historic lovers would explore ancient houses, gardens,
and landscapes with interesting workshops with men and women from Stone Age
performing crafts.
It was an ethnologist named
Hans-Ole Hansen, who founded LOL in 1964, which consists of reconstructions of
Iron Age village as well as sacrificial bog (200 BC – 200 AD), a Stone Age
campsite, Viking marketplace, and several of those grave monuments and
farmstead of the 18th century. Archaeologists from around the globe
periodically visit the place to conduct experiments that deal with a wide
variety of artifacts and subjects. Every summer several families converge at
the Land of Legends to spend one week in the farm cottages, Iron Age village,
and the campsite of Stone Age. They enjoy dressing up in the ancient costumes
and try to use older techniques to spend the holiday week.
LOL – Lands of Lore
It is a video game series
(role-play) by Westwood Studios, which was published by Virgin Interactive.
Lands of Lore or LOL follows Dungeon Master Tradition. However, it launched a
story line, which was linear scenario based rather than feats and characters.
There were many versions of games and Lands of Lore produced by Westwood
Studios. The popular of them include The Throne of Chaos in 1993; Guardians of
Destiny in 1997; and Lands of Lore III in 1999. LOL was a result of the efforts
of Westwood in making their own RPG that does not have any D & D
restrictions.
The basic story of the games is
based on a fantasy realm called ‘The Lands’ and the main realm is Gladstone,
where the good and the civilized races are based. The history of the place is
segmented into six different periods:
1. ‘The Unknown
Beginning’ – this was when the lands are created
2. ‘The Golden
Age’ – The ancients lived without wars
3. ‘The War of
Heretics’ – The Dark Army was formed and the ancients perished and became a
myth. After this, a group called predatory Ruloi formed in Claw Mountains. They
accumulated much ancient magic
4. ‘The Dark
Times’ – Typical period of darkness when little states with different races
appeared
5. ‘The Racial
Wars’ – Wars between races when few of the races perished. Only 4 were left and
they were the Huline, Humans, Thomgog, and Dracoids. They dominated the Lands
6. ‘Rise of the
Dark Army’ – The current period
The latest version moved to an
action based battle in the 3D world.
LOL – Land of Leather
It was a retail furniture store
with its base in Northfleet Kent, United Kingdom, and Ireland. Land of Leather
had a great fall during the housing market collapse in the United Kingdom,
which cut its demand. The company was founded in 1997 and re-founded in July
2005. It was hugely floated in the LSE or London Stock Exchange with due
support from an investment bank. In 2009, it issued a profit warning with a
plan to raise 15 million pounds through a share issue.
Subsequently, in January 2009,
Land of Leather announced their entry into administration with Nick Edwards and
Lee Manning as joint administrators. The organization was totally debt-free but
was not able to have additional funds. Later towards the end of January 2009,
the company announced the closure of 33 stores it owned with the remaining 76
stores to continue.
The ‘Linkwise’ sofas of the
company were manufactured in China and these had ‘mould-inhibiting’ DMF
chemical in the form of sachets. This caused a huge issue of ‘toxic sofa’, as
more than 300 customers suffered from rashes on the use of the ‘Linkwise’
sofas. Since it was a legal issue, the Zurich Financial Services with whom the
company had the insurance policy, refused to pay claiming that the company has
breached policy and terms. This issue brought down the reputation of the
company.