Explosive Laughter
Burst Out Laughing, LOL
noun, verbal noun
You explode with laughs. Wow, what explosive laughter.
爆笑 means to burst out laughing, often loudly and uncontrollably. While it originally referred to group laughter, it can now also be used by and for individuals. You can even use it like LOL or LMAO in English: just stick it at the end of your Japanese messages to show you're really laughing it up.
This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. Since you didn't learn the on'yomi for 笑 with the kanji, here's a mnemonic. Who has come down with explosive laughter? It's the shogun (しょう)! The shogun just can't stop laughing.
母さんと父さんを爆笑させるような、何かいいエイプリルフールの案はある？
Do you have any good April fool's ideas to make our parents explode with laughter?