AOL

Proper noun

AOL

1. An American web portal and former online service provider.
   • Other sites in the AOL network are also getting "updated experiences," according to Wilson, "including greater AOL attribution presence and consistency."2009 December 10, Staci D. Kramer, “Welcome to the new AOL”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2015
   • (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.)2014, Brian S. McWilliams, Spam Kings, page 85

Interjection

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

Verb

AOL (third-person singular simple present AOLs, present participle AOLing, simple past and past participle AOLed)

1. (Internet, humorous, intransitive, rare) To plainly agree or support, such as by saying a simple phrase, namely me too, I agree, or posting a simple message expressing one’s agreement or support.
   • It was to this that I AOLed. I have no intent to suggest that I do not appreciate physical beauty, either in the oppostie^([sic]) gender or in fact in my own, which has given several girls of my acquaintance a nasty shock an^([sic]) caused some extreme allegations to be made regarding my personal...1998 November 3, Kheldar, “pterry likes Lara ?”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026
   • It's also an acronym which implies "I agree", referring to the AOLers' habit, when AOL first gave them access to usenet,^([sic]) of quoting whole, and lengthy posts, just to add the words 'me too' at the end. In other words, I agree totally with whatever I AOLed.1999 September 14, Glenys Williams, “So, what was Mika doing in the woods?????????”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026