IJBOL

/eej-bol/

Verb

Acronym that stands for “I Just Burst Out Laughing”

ORIGIN

Goodbye LOL. Hello IJBOL.

The slang term LOL, which means “Laughing Out Loud,” became popular in the 1990s during the early days of internet chat rooms and instant messaging. It was used to quickly show amusement in text conversations and soon became one of the most recognizable internet abbreviations worldwide.

Meet its Gen Z counterpart, IJBOL. 

The term, which stands for “I Just Burst Out Laughing”, became popular on social media platforms, especially among younger users, as a way to express that something is so funny it caused an immediate and genuine laugh. 

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Some believed IJBOL arose in 2021 when avid followers of a K-pop community started using the term on X (formerly Twitter) as they posted videos of their idols.

EXAMPLES

“That viral TikTok video was so funny, it literally made me IJBOL.”

“IJBOL, that joke was hilarious. It never fails to make me laugh.”