XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Giggling online is as old-school as the internet itself. Back before emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get wild with our typed expressions. "XD" popped up in the early 90s as a way to convey amusement. It was like the ASCII equivalent of crackin' up. Then came "LOL" - short for "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly rose to fame as the go-to term fo