AOL

See also: aol and äol.

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

AOL

1. Initialism of America Online.
   • 2014, Brian S. McWilliams, Spam Kings, page 85:

     (Mad Pierre had showered her with his customary praise as well, exclaiming on IRC that she made him behave “like a testosteronal teenager in an AOL chat room”—a line that Shiksaa was quick to appropriate for use in her Usenet signature.)

2. (computing) Initialism of aspect-oriented language.

Derived terms

• aolbonics
• AOLer

Etymology 2

From the propensity of America Online users for making unnecessary "me too" posts in Usenet discussions.

Interjection

AOL

1. (Internet slang, humorous) me too, I agree
   • 2003 July 8, CCA, “[I] Apropos of Barry White news...”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet):

     >Now Black Velvet by Alannah Miles^[sic] has always sent shivers down my spine, something about her voice.
     AOL! I've heard that one being karaoke'd, by someone with a pretty good voice, but it really needs Alannah Miles's vocals to do it justice.

Anagrams

• -ola, LOA, Lao, Loa, OAL, Ola, loa, ola