XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Giggling online is as vintage as the internet itself. Back before emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get wild with our typed expressions. "XD" showed its face in the mid 90s as a way to convey amusement. It was like a digital version of bursting with laughter. Then came "LOL" - standing for "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly became as the go-to p