An AOL Dictionary (abridged) by Jim Mica

AOL America On Line (TM) A grand scheme for democratizing the INTERNET. Let all the rabble participate, if they've got the money. Rumor has it that Rush Limbaugh, fer crying out loud, uses the service.

AoL America Off Line (SM) Opps, too many to handle. The service is about to crash...

AOL (as in AOL.COM) Cryptic address which marks the addressee as {probably} a bumptious newby who, like some icky younger sibling, will breathlessly proffer the electronic equivalent of a 5th generation photo-copy (identified by all them >>>>>>s in the text) of some tired old joke as hot new humor.

AOL (ca. 12/96) America On Line (TM) now with unlimited access for a set fee. Kinda reminds one of those old Nuclear Energy commercials where they said that electricity would become so cheap there would be no need to meter it! Too much of a good thing?

AOL Americans Outta Luck Thousands, nay millions, of them sitting there trying to get online and not being able to. Still, ya gotta wonder, just how many bought the service and installed the software without realizing that your computer needs to have a modem on it for you to get to the INTERNET?

AOL Americans Organizing Law Suits. That's the ticket! Finally the masses are revolting.