Okay, one thing about me, I don't text.  I hate the little keypad.  I hate noodling around with initialisms and acronyms.  I don't like to read texts.  If my friend tells me he texted me, I tell him once again, I made it clear right from the start that I don't like texting and I don't read texts. My eyes aren't what they used to be.  Email, phone, leave a voicemail, send a pneumatic cablegram, pony express, smoke signals, whatever, just don't text me.

I'm also and insomniac, but that's irrelevant, unless you're wondering why I'm posting at 4:00 a.m. 

Anyway, I'm holding out on texting for as long as I can, but I might have to give in.  One thing I notice about texting is it's full of these godawful anagrams and initialisms.  I know some basic ones, such as IDK, LOL, BRB, STFU, and FML.  What are your favorites?  What anagrams/initialisms should I know? Which ones are in style?  Which ones are out of style?  Let me know and I'll take notes.

One stipulation, use real ones, not joke ones to pull a fast one on an old geezer, mmmkay?
:)

I don't think this one is used all that often, but one Internet acronym I've always thought was kind of funny is DILLIGAF, which stands for Do I Look Like I Give A F...?  ;D

BFF
ASAP
BRB

GTFO-Get the F-CK out
LOL-Laugh out loud
ROTF-Rolling On The Floor
LMAO- Laughing My Ass Off

;D

Okay, one thing about me, I don't text.  I hate the little keypad.  I hate noodling around with initialisms and acronyms.  I don't like to read texts.  If my friend tells me he texted me, I tell him once again, I made it clear right from the start that I don't like texting and I don't read texts. My eyes aren't what they used to be.  Email, phone, leave a voicemail, send a pneumatic cablegram, pony express, smoke signals, whatever, just don't text me.

I'm also and insomniac, but that's irrelevant, unless you're wondering why I'm posting at 4:00 a.m. 

Anyway, I'm holding out on texting for as long as I can, but I might have to give in.  One thing I notice about texting is it's full of these godawful anagrams and initialisms.  I know some basic ones, such as IDK, LOL, BRB, STFU, and FML.  What are your favorites?  What anagrams/initialisms should I know? Which ones are in style?  Which ones are out of style?  Let me know and I'll take notes.

One stipulation, use real ones, not joke ones to pull a fast one on an old geezer, mmmkay?
:)
IMHO, BTW, I would think anagrams would confuse matters.

I just use lol now and then, but I never see that other stuff in conversations.

GTFO-Get the F-CK out
LOL-Laugh out loud
ROTF-Rolling On The Floor
LMAO- Laughing My Ass Off

;D


I use a few of them a lot sometimes.

ABC- Always Been Chewed
XYZ- Examine Your Zipper

ABC- Always Been Chewed
XYZ- Examine Your Zipper


These ones are new to me

ABC- Always Been Chewed
XYZ- Examine Your Zipper
You have texted these?

These ones are new to me


Those must be 90's acronyms, before texting came along.

You have texted these?


Those must be 90's acronyms before the internet.

Those must be 90's acronyms before the internet.



WAY before the '90s. I remember those from the '70s-and they were probably around even BEFORE that.



Cat

WAY before the '90s. I remember those from the '70s-and they were probably around even BEFORE that.



Cat


Apparently, the first known use of OMG (for Oh My God!) was in a letter from British admiral Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher to Winston Churchill in 1917.

http://timenewsfeed.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/letter.jpg

I don't abbreviate as much as many other people do.
I have a dinosaur flip phone which to say is not internet friendly, so I tend to abbreviate but not that it confuses my older friend.
just enuf 2 ge my idea across. you can decide for yourself how much you want to type but i someone says CMB! you need to know i it means call me back, or "I Can't make it Bob"...  I know you aren't bob, but I hope you see the point.
Good luck. I  know 40ish aged folks who do not text. You are not alone.

Apparently, the first known use of OMG (for Oh My God!) was in a letter from British admiral Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher to Winston Churchill in 1917.

http://timenewsfeed.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/letter.jpg


great history lesson.

Just the other day I told one of my friends "L8R SL8R" and he said "what?" I said "Later Slater."  :)

Just the other day I told one of my friends "L8R SL8R" and he said "what?" I said "Later Slater."  :)


is that new? ???

ABC- Always Been Chewed

I have only known this to mean "Already Been Chewed."

I too rarely text and when I do I do not abbreviate nor use acronyms. Text speak is just another
nail in the coffin of the English language. It won't be long before we are just grunting at each other
once again.

is that new? ???


I use it all the time.  Maybe the friend never heard it until now.  :)

I use it all the time.  Maybe the friend never heard it until now.  :)


I see a lot of numbers that go together with the letters like GR8, L8 or B4.

I have only known this to mean "Already Been Chewed."

I too rarely text and when I do I do not abbreviate nor use acronyms. Text speak is just another
nail in the coffin of the English language. It won't be long before we are just grunting at each other
once again.
I cannot see myself using "Already Been Chewed".

When texting, I kept to the correctly spelt words.

I cannot see myself using "Already Been Chewed".

When texting, I kept to the correctly spelt words.


Already Been Chewed is an acronym referring to a piece of gum.

STFU is an important one if you want to stop people from annoying you.  It means SHUT THE F^CK UP!

STFU is an important one if you want to stop people from annoying you.  It means SHUT THE F^CK UP!


I know, I've texted that before. ;D

or how about A.D.I D.A.S? ;)

or how about A.D.I D.A.S? ;)
All Day I Dream About Sports ?

All Day I Dream About Sports ?


change the last word to sex.  ;)

change the last word to sex.  ;)
Of cause you would!