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"Unvarnished." (Phi Beta Cons)
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(Tenured Radical)

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Announcement

In line with other changes in the works on this blog (UD and her niece are even as we speak upgrading the look and, er, functionality of University Diaries), UD has decided she's had it with LOL, or Laugh Out Loud, the much-used abbreviation meaning I find what you just wrote very funny.

UD's been using LOL on this blog forever, but her Joyce-themed spawn, Anna Livia Soltan, tells her it's way out of date, no one uses it anymore, she should be embarrassed, etc.

SO...

From now on, UD will use the following three letters to indicate her pleasure and amusement at something a reader has said:


HLJ



HLJ stands for High Level Jibe.
Posted at: 10/28/2007 08:38:00 AM