It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 6th.
Today's word is LOL, spelled L-O-L-L.
LOL is a verb.
It most often means to droop or hang loosely.
It can also mean to act or move in a relaxed or lazy manner.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Saver.
quoting Scott Clark.
Just across the highway at Año Nuevo State Park, elephant seals Loll lazily on the beach.
Despite appearances, Loll isn't an exaggerated version of the abbreviation LOL.
It isn't even related to laughing.
Instead, it's about hanging out both literally and figuratively, like another relaxing verb.
lull, meaning to cause, to rest, or sleep.
It probably originated as an imitation of the soft sounds people make when resting or trying to soothe someone else to sleep,
in addition to meaning to hang loosely, as in a dog with its tongue lolling out.
Lull shares a meaning with a number of L-verbs that are all about taking it easy,
including loaf, lounge, and laze.
With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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