XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Chuckling online is as old-school as the internet itself. Back before emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get creative with our textual expressions. "XD" appeared in the early 90s as a way to convey amusement. It was like a text-based representation of crackin' up. Then came "LOL" - an abbreviation of "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly rose to fam