Definition

You may see laf in various contexts online and in messages, including texts and social mediaDMs. For example, you might remark to your friend in a text, "I was about to laf, but I saw how mad he was." Or, you might comment on a video shared on a social site, "I laffed out loud when the tray fell over!"

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