Definition of Abbreviations

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Miri

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Hi it's probably an old age thing, but just wondered if it was possible to
have a sticky with a list of abbreviations.

Several times recently I've come across some head scratchers, which
depending on what you think they mean, can completely change the
meaning of a post.

LOL I assume is laugh out loud, but another person thought it
Meant lots of love :p. Maybe it's both? You can imagine the
Confusion this can cause :eek:

ROFL. Roll on floor?

GB. Took me a while to realise that was God Bless as it can also
be Great Britain etc.


Ppl. Some use this for people but I saw an oldish thread where it was
Used for the colour purple! Hi purple is rather strange ;)


IMO. Seen this lots of times, what is this exactly?

Posts with lots of these unknown abbreviations, combined with
mis spelling can look like a foreign language at times :rolleyes:
 
blue_ladybug

blue_ladybug

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Miri said:
Hi it's probably an old age thing, but just wondered if it was possible to
have a sticky with a list of abbreviations.

Several times recently I've come across some head scratchers, which
depending on what you think they mean, can completely change the
meaning of a post.

LOL I assume is laugh out loud, but another person thought it
Meant lots of love :p. Maybe it's both? You can imagine the
Confusion this can cause :eek:

ROFL. Roll on floor?

GB. Took me a while to realise that was God Bless as it can also
be Great Britain etc.


Ppl. Some use this for people but I saw an oldish thread where it was
Used for the colour purple! Hi purple is rather strange ;)


IMO. Seen this lots of times, what is this exactly?

Posts with lots of these unknown abbreviations, combined with
mis spelling can look like a foreign language at times :rolleyes:
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LOL- laugh out loud

ROFL- rolling on floor laughing

IMO-in my opinion

JMO-just my opinion

GB- God bless, and/or Goodbye

:)
 
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Ugly

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There's also

IMHO... in my honest opinion

SMH... shaking my head

LMBO... laughing my butt off (the original uses A not B, for another word, but even using the letter A instead of B, on the site can get you in trouble)
 
M

Miri

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Ok so IMO PPL ROFL when they LOL and I thought short hand was difficult!
 
U

Ugly

Guest
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smh.......
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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You may occasionally run into TL;DR (or some kind of variation of it, like TL/DR), which is shorthand for "too long, didn't read," followed by a synopsis of the original post.
 
M

Miri

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Ok. So what's BTW? :)
 
secularhermit

secularhermit

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Siberian taught me one: FYI

For your information (I said and shared it, too)
 
M

Miri

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I dont know TDOM either. Maybe in years to come language will be reduced to
a few dots and dashes - wait it already is :)
 
GandalfTheWhite

GandalfTheWhite

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Miri said:
I dont know TDOM either. Maybe in years to come language will be reduced to
a few dots and dashes - wait it already is :)
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WOW, this one went downhill fast in my mind :) mind out of the gutter Gandalf Phew :)
 
MaranathaSoonQuick

MaranathaSoonQuick

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Ty - thank you

Yw - you're welcome

Brb - be right back

Bbl - be back later

Bbiab - be back in a bit

Gn - good night

Gm - good morning

Ttyl - talk to you later

Nm - nothing much

Hbu - how bout you

Hmu - hit me up

Iirc - if it really counts

Idc - I don't care

Icr - I can't remember

Tbh - to be honest

Tmi - too much information

Idk - I don't know

Idts - I don't think so

Ikr - I know right

Cya/c u - see ya, you
 
tourist

tourist

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Tennessee
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MaranathaSoonQuick said:
Ty - thank you

Yw - you're welcome

Brb - be right back

Bbl - be back later

Bbiab - be back in a bit

Gn - good night

Gm - good morning

Ttyl - talk to you later

Nm - nothing much

Hbu - how bout you

Hmu - hit me up

Iirc - if it really counts

Idc - I don't care

Icr - I can't remember

Tbh - to be honest

Tmi - too much information

Idk - I don't know

Idts - I don't think so

Ikr - I know right

Cya/c u - see ya, you
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TMI.......
 
MaranathaSoonQuick

MaranathaSoonQuick

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Afk - away from keyboard

W8 - wait

Tbc... - to be continued

WB - welcome back

H/o - hold on

W/o - without

Oic - oh I see

Ik - I know

Ftw - for the win

G2g - got to go

Pce - peace
 
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atwhatcost

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Something I learned back when the Internet (anyone else remember Compuserve?) was new was J/K. It means Just Kidding, but oddly enough no one knows that anymore. Come on, peeps. The younger folks are supposed to be teaching us old folks how to speak InternetSpeak, so how come an oldie knows InternetSpeak you young folks don't? It's just not right!

(BTW, Young folks is anyone under 50, IMHO. lol)
 
M

Miri

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I always thought JK was some sort of reference to John F Kennedy! Aw well
that explains why I never got the jokes (JK)
 
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