- The term can be used interchangeably with ROFL, or ‘Roll On the Floor Laughing.’ Usually used in type and in rarer occasions, speech, to acknowledge the hilarity of a situation.
FOFL
acronym verb
to engage in merriment including laughter but not necessarily including falling on the floor. An acronym of ‘fall on the floor laughing.’
Etymology : an acronym for ‘fall on the floor laughing,’ which is parallel to ROFL, or ‘roll on the floor laughing.’
Source : “Look at this email address…fofl@rice.edu. That’s like ROFL, but it’s FOFL. Hahahahaha now I’m FOFLing!” (Karen Jong, Fondren Library, 11-20-11)
Last modified: 5 December 2011