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ijbol

/ˈid͡ʒ.boʊl/

ijbol is the alternative letter-case form of IJBOL.

Verb

ijbol (third-person singular simple present ijbols, present participle ijboling, simple past and past participle ijboled)

  1. To burst out laughing.

Interjection capitalized: IJBOL

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, Stan Twitter slang) Acronym of I just burst out laughing.
    • not he can't go to any award shows or industry parties ijbol😭2021 August 23, @i30clip, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
    • DOES THOR HAVE A CRUSH ON PETER QUILL IJBOL #ThorLoveAndThunder2022 April 18, @civiIswar, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2022

Forms of ijbol

third-person singular presentijbols
present participleijboling
past participleijboled
pastijboled

Origin of ijbol

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. 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. However, the term is not derived from Korean.

Words formed from ijbol

  • ijbolitis

Questions about ijbol

What does ijbol mean?
Ijbol means to burst out laughing.
What is ijbol the alternative letter-case form of?
Ijbol is the alternative letter-case form of IJBOL.
What part of speech is ijbol?
Ijbol can be a verb or an interjection.
How do you pronounce ijbol?
Ijbol is pronounced /ˈid͡ʒ.boʊl/ (US).
What is the past tense of ijbol?
The past tense of ijbol is ijboled.

Words near ijbol in the dictionary

  1. ijaza
  2. ijazah
  3. ijazahs
  4. ijazas
  5. Ijazes
  6. ijbol
  7. IJDB
  8. Ijekavian
  9. Ijekavic
  10. Ijen
  11. Ijeoma

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ijbol (page history and authors); IJBOL (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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