Nobody says it in reference to lolcats any more though. It's used in every day chitchat. It just irritates me.

ohailolcat

I use it now.. because of LoLcats. :)

Yeh I totally agree, abbreviations are fine for me, but too much can be annoying. And when over used can be annoying, such as when people are using them for the sake of using them and fitting a trend.

If you are genuinely shorting down a sentence then I see no problem, as long every other few words aren't abbreviated

Everyone on here is hypocritical...

laugh out loud < just to join in.

Haha!

I think if the person wants to use it, then fine. Just don't read it!

But if we all started going around saying 'laugh out loud', 'laughing my *****g arse off' and saying Hello and Goodbye at every possible occasion, it would drive us all insane!

XD

I don't have any problems with abbreviations. :]

LOLILY.

I wouldn't mind them if they weren't overused.

They have lost their meaning because of the amount of times it's posted.

And Ohai, although it used to be classic on Lolcats, has been butchered.