IJBOL
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
According to Know Your Meme, the earliest use of the term was in a conversation between Twitter users @RockStarHustle and @CUNTRY posted July 23, 2009. The term was added to Urban Dictionary later that year.[1][2] The term was popularized in 2021 in the K-pop community, and in 2023 it was reported that it was replacing LOL and LMAO among young people on social media.[3] However, the term is not derived from Korean.[4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
IJBOL
- (Internet slang) Acronym of I just burst out laughing.
- 2021 August 23, @i30clip, Twitter[3], archived from the original on 2023-08-19:
- not he can't go to any award shows or industry parties ijbol😭
- 2022 April 18, @civiIswar, Twitter[4], archived from the original on 2022-04-20:
- DOES THOR HAVE A CRUSH ON PETER QUILL IJBOL #ThorLoveAndThunder
- 2022 July 11, @NATEMARAJJ, Twitter[5], archived from the original on 2023-08-19:
- They using Nicki lyrics to shade us you can't make this up LMAOO IJBOL
- 2022 December 22, @jjalt5, Twitter[6], archived from the original on 2023-08-19:
- The bunnies that jisoo gifted to her bodyguards ijbol jfkdkdkd
References[edit]
- ^ “IJBOL”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007
- ^ “IJBOL”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shirley Wang (2023 August 8) “IJBOL Is In. LOL Is Out.”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-18:
- This new acronym is replacing LOL and ROFL on social media. […] Though it may sound like a Korean word or the name of a new boy band, IJBOL (pronounced "eej-bowl") actually stands for "I just burst out laughing." […] Though the acronym IJBOL was entered into Urban Dictionary in 2009, it picked up in 2021 among the K-pop fan community, who would endearingly categorize their idols according to internet acronyms.
- ^ Elena Cavender (2023 July 6) “Ijbol isn't a Korean word. It's just a sillier version of lmao.”, in Mashable[2], archived from the original on 2023-08-14: “Thinking ijbol is a Korean word is not an uncommon sentiment among some fans. Some of the confusion stems from English-speaking K-pop fans' proclivity to phonetically spell out Korean words. For example, fans write the exclamation 제발 as jebal.”