Have you ever sent a long description of something and been asked for the TL DR version of it? What they’re asking for is about a one-sentence summary of what happened. That way, the reader will know that what is being discussed is your opinion on a situation and not a hard fact.
You can use IMHO in a very similar way to AFAIK when you’re discussing your opinion or if you are trying to be a bit more delicate when you say what you think. When you want to stay home, but you go out instead because you suffer from FOMO. Usually refers to a love interest: BAE is coming over to Netflix and chill. If you’re trying to text detailed information to someone in as little time as possible, text speak can really come in handy (convenient, an easy shortcut)! 25 most popular texting acronyms and abbreviations. This is one that I use, especially if I’m in a hurry. Add AFAIK at the beginning or end of the statement and whomever’s reading will know to take what you say with a grain of salt (with a little caution, not 100% as fact). That feel when you think you have a friend but when you try to call them, they never answer the phone…ĭo you have to run out of the house for a minute? Or just get up from your desk to get a snack? If you send BRB to someone, they’ll know that you won’t be gone very long.ĪFAIK can come in handy if you’re making a statement online, but aren’t quite sure of all the details.
You know when your toast lands butter-side-down on a morning that already seems to be going badly? Or when you think you are all finished with your work for the weekend and then you see one last email? If so, then you can relate to “that feel when…” TFW is a relatively new acronym and while it’s not grammatically correct (it should be “that feel ing when”), I personally relate to a lot of the memes that it shows up on! It shows that you feel the comment was ridiculous (unreasonable, crazy, not thought over) and you can’t believe someone would say such a thing publicly. This one pops up a lot on Facebook, especially when someone says something you strongly disagree with, or when you see a particularly (specifically, quite, very) stupid Internet video. In a real hurry and have to go somewhere? Send TTYL along to let someone know that you’ll get back in touch with them when you have more time to talk. Here is some common text speak and Internet abbreviations and acronyms you may see around: And perhaps above all, despite its faults, we have autocorrect and predictive text now, too. We also are better typists than we were 20 years ago. However, it should be noted that text speak is not as common as it used to be because it is easier nowadays to type on our smaller devices. The opportunities to use texting and SMS language have certainly widened from the days of AOL chat rooms, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), and MSN Messenger, with seemingly new lingo and shortcuts popping up every day. You could type something quickly if you only had a second to do so, and the person you were talking to understood your shortcut.įor example, if while you were chatting online to a friend and the phone rang downstairs (remember when phones were connected to a wall in the kitchen only?) and you needed to run down to answer the phone, you could write brb (see below!) and the person you were talking to knew that you were going to get up from the computer for a few minutes. I remember using it a lot when I was younger as a short cut when typing when I had my first MSN Messenger account. IMO commonly used for In My Opinion in texting but the literal meaning for IMO is International Mathematics Olympiad.Text speak has changed a lot in the last decade (10 years) or two. What is IMO’s meaning? There are the various meanings of IMO. BFF = Big Fat F**k (the other is the complete opposite).BFF = Best Friends Forever (The most common).People often say “ROFLMAO” which is used to signify something is even more hilarious! ROFLmeans “ rolling on the floor laughing.” BFF Let’s meet (or last man) at the office.Īnother acronym used with LMAO is ROFL.If you use LMAO to mean any of the following, make sure that your audience is aware of your alternative meaning to avoid confusion (and the possibility of offense.) While some of them can be hilariously funny, you have to make sure that your friends know what they mean.