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  • Par contre j'ai toujours mal au ventre une demie-heure/une heure apres la prise. ce qui a fait 'rire' * jaune* mon pere ce matin.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

  • Catalan has mr, moltes rialles, for “lots of laughs”; French, mdr for mort de rire, “dying of laughter.”xv But in these and many other electronically alive languages including Korean, Russian, and Hindi, lol is often preferred by younger interlocutors.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Catalan has mr, moltes rialles, for “lots of laughs”; French, mdr for mort de rire, “dying of laughter.”xv But in these and many other electronically alive languages including Korean, Russian, and Hindi, lol is often preferred by younger interlocutors.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Pour cacher mon fou-rire, je pars faire chauffer du lait; j'apporte le beurre et des tartines de pain tout juste grillé.

    Tante Marie-Francoise 2009

  • Sa bonhomie en faisait un compagnon agréable, malgré le fond de mélancolie neurasthénique que palliait la gaieté de son rire.

    Lettres de ma Terrasse 2009

  • Pour cacher mon fou-rire, je pars faire chauffer du lait; j'apporte le beurre et des tartines de pain tout juste grillé.

    la routine - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • My companions, I think, were taken aback at my fou rire.

    Best of 2009: Laugh 2009

  • Sa bonhomie en faisait un compagnon agréable, malgré le fond de mélancolie neurasthénique que palliait la gaieté de son rire.

    Tante Marie-Francoise 2009

  • My companions, I think, were taken aback at my fou rire.

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • Et, 5 minutes plus tard, ils se tordaient de rire en se frappant les poings.

    Ducks, dragons, and dictionaries 2009

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