On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 18:01 -0400, bofh wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:16 PM, neal hogan <n...@lambdaserver.com> wrote: > > I'd never say 'laf' before, so I did the usual and of course it is an > > acronym for many, many things . . . in this case I think it stands for > > 'LOL Anime Fanboys' -theFreeDictionary.com > > > > Am I far off? > > No idea. Been using it as a short form of laugh for years and years > and years (I was on usenet 19 years ago, not sure if I started using > it then)
You may even have seen it from a native german speaker, 'laf' pronounced in german sounds almost identical to 'laugh' in oxford english what we learn at school. Siggy