XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Chuckling online is as vintage as the internet itself. Back in the days of emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get innovative with our textual expressions. "XD" popped up in the early 90s as a way to convey amusement. It was like a text-based representation of crackin' up. Then came "LOL" - standing for "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly became as