Have YOU ever wondered what someone meant when they sent you an abbreviated text message? LMFAO (in MY case means Laugh(ed)(ing) My Furry A** Off) 😀 😀 😀
Those using the abbreviations do so as a tactic for speed in text communication, a university professor on linguistics said, while others just choose to do so because they are a code that older people don’t quite understand.
WeAreSocial.com.au managing director Julian Ward said the various different shortcuts, which range from the the compassionate ILY (I Love You) to the more profain WTF (What the F***) are commonplace now and indicate the changing way people harness social media.
Using social listening tools, WeAreSocial.com.au monitored trending terms used by Australians on Twitter from April 1 to June 30.
The top ranking term was, LOL which was used a total of 1,242,935.
‘We can see a range of clever to practical acronyms as people look for speed and limited thumb work – plus of course it feels good to be in the know, especially on more subversive terms,’ Mr…
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Having said that, I have to confess to a fondness for WTF, something I say in full quite a lot.
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LOLOL 😀 😀 😀
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I can’t bear any of them though use some in text messages. I’ve used LOL once and hate it most of all! The new one I’ve learnt is IKR which I wouldn’t use in full so I’m not going to use in short, in short. Rant over!
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OHOH whats it mean? 😀
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‘I know, right.’ Another expression I don’t and wouldn’t use anyway! Except when imitating someone in a patronising manner. 🙂
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AHA! 😀
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There is a much older abbreviation than these, I believe, Ape. I seem to recall hearing it on an old film or reading it in a book. Long, long before we had txt spk, I believe people called TTFN to each other as they hung up their landline phones, or signed off on notes. TTFN? Why, Ta Ta For Now.
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You’re perfectly correct Loretta 😀
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