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Irish_Becca
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Is one more morally acceptable than the other?
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Roman_Army
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LMAO! Are you serious? You could say LMDO, “D” for donkey. The a word used to mean donkey. It doesn’t matter a** or butt, you’re referring to the same body part. The only difference is one sounds more classy than the other. I think our modern culture has accepted the “a” word and at times the “b” word as clean and normal. I think as long as you don’t use them as insults or immoral sexual acts, but for some other reason, it’s fine. I would avoid it in more formal settings though.
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Eucharisted
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Good question! We must always seek to be pure 
I don’t find either immoral, although if you wish, you can say LOL (Laughing Out Loud) as an alternative.
I don’t find either immoral, although if you wish, you can say LOL (Laughing Out Loud) as an alternative.
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Roman_Army
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Well, usually they say “LMAO” to express that they are laughing extremely hard. Much more hysterical and bigger laugh than a mere “LOL.”Good question! We must always seek to be pure
I don’t find either immoral, although if you wish, you can say LOL (Laughing Out Loud) as an alternative.
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Lorrie
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And then of course you could take the “LMAO” a step further to the “LMFAO”.
I haven’t used any of them in a while, I tend to feel like I’m 14 or 15 when I type it.
I haven’t used any of them in a while, I tend to feel like I’m 14 or 15 when I type it.
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CWBetts
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Well then, instead of either try rotfl (Rolling in the floor laughing)
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Irish_Becca
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Heheh… Yes, it is something to ponder. I actually prefer LMAO, because the B sounds worse to me. I think it is rooted in my childhood, when the “B” word was absolutely forbidden (we had to say “heiny”), and the “A” word, well, that was so far out of the realm of possibility that it was never even considered.
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Irish_Becca
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But what if you’re not? Then are you lying? So maybe that’s the worst of the moral indecencies!
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CWBetts
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But…when people say that they “are rolling on the floor laughing” in casual conversation, do they really mean that literally? Or is it an idiomatic expression? (Sheesh, I feel like I am talking to a Protestant about the phrase “all have sinned”!)
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Lorrie
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It’s an expression. Saying “LMAO” - you still have an ass don’t you?
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Jennifer_G
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When I was a kid, the “A” word could only be said in German (because my great-grandmother had a few phrases. ), and even then, when joking about a few phrases - one had to do with food.
My sister and I actually both did that one. Literally. When our dad shaved off his mustache.
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Irish_Becca
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Welp, I don’t know. But it is hard to tell over the Net what is literal and what is figurative. I think we’re treading on thin ice here.
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Irish_Becca
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It would be great if laughing really did help us in that area. With the amount of times I laugh in a given day, I would really be in shape!
Buuuuuuuut … you do burn calories when you laugh, so one could argue…
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Irish_Becca
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Your post really did make me LOL!When I was a kid, the “A” word could only be said in German (because my great-grandmother had a few phrases. ), and even then, when joking about a few phrases - one had to do with food.
My sister and I actually both did that one. Literally. When our dad shaved off his mustache.
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Lorrie
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Laugh, I stand corrected!
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The_Otaku
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This is tricky. At first you might say that LMAO is more crude, but then rationalize it by saying that the A is meant to be a donkey, and not a human rear end. However, we know this isn’t the case, and that when most people use LMAO they’re referring to themselves, not their pet donkey, if they even have one. Besides, if that was what was intentioned, it doesn’t work, since you’re saying M “my”. How can you laugh your donkey off? It doesn’t work if you’re trying to be cute, only if you’re trying to be sharp or witty. And since most people aren’t trying to be cute when they say LMAO, we can conclude that it is the more inappropriate of the two, if given a choice.
LMBO may refer to the same thing, but B is less severe than A. It ends up sounding childish and an obvious attempt to say a watered down, G-rated version of the same thing.
If all else fails, create your own lingo and see if you can get it to catch on.
Like maybe LMS (Laughing Myself Silly). It’s shorter and isn’t inappropriate at all. If you do use it and it catches on, make sure to give me credit for it, ok?
LMBO may refer to the same thing, but B is less severe than A. It ends up sounding childish and an obvious attempt to say a watered down, G-rated version of the same thing.
If all else fails, create your own lingo and see if you can get it to catch on.
Like maybe LMS (Laughing Myself Silly). It’s shorter and isn’t inappropriate at all. If you do use it and it catches on, make sure to give me credit for it, ok?
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CWBetts
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This has got to me the most ridiculous thread I have ever posted on
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The_Otaku
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Really? Think long and hard about that. I can think of any number of threads that really split hairs over things you didn’t think you could split hairs on!
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CWBetts
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I didn’t say “that ever existed,” I said that “I have posted on”
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The_Otaku
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Oh, that’s right, my mistake! LMS! LMS! LMS!I didn’t say “that ever existed,” I said that “I have posted on”
EDIT: Yay for me! My 300th post!
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