Complicated life lol.

_plastic · 07-08-2009, 06:38 AM

Say What?
A sampling of some popular shorthand texting terms.

UG2BK . . . . . . . You got to be kidding
GBTW. . . . . . . . Get back to work
NMP . . . . . . . . . Not my problem
PIR . . . . . . . . . . Parent in room
GFTD. . . . . . . . . Gone for the day
FYEO. . . . . . . . . For your eyes only
BI5 . . . . . . . . . . Back in five minutes
DEGT . . . . . . . . Don’t even go there
BIL . . . . . Boss is listening
PAW. . . . Parents are watching
99 . . . . . . Parents are no longer watching
PCM . . . . Please call me
IMS. . . . . I am sorry
TOY. . . . . Thinking of you
KUTGW. . Keep up the good work
CID . . . . . Consider it done
FWIW. . . For what it’s worth
HAND . . . Have a nice day
IAT . . . . . I am tired
NRN . . . . No response necessary
4COL. . . . For crying out loud
WRUD. . . What are you doing
LMIRL. . . Let’s meet in real life
^5 . . . . . . High five

source : yahoo.

Feel_Good_inc. · 07-08-2009, 08:16 AM

I thought text-speak had become extinct after the invention of predictive text. People didnt need to short hand anything anymore.
I never did get text speak anyway. Even when everyone else was using it I was always writing the full words out.

Lucius. · 07-08-2009, 10:31 AM

^ I was the same.

I don't get the point of text-talk. It takes me longer to work things like that out than anything else. It also seems incrediblt lazy to me, especially when people use it on the internet.

thefool · 07-08-2009, 10:34 AM

That is just... omg. terrible. Im happy using proper English ;)

Katiee · 07-08-2009, 11:38 PM

Haha, it annoys me.

[Purple_Rain] · 07-08-2009, 11:48 PM

The only point in text speak is if you're a few charecters over getting everything you want on one text, therefore by using it you save money. However, all those above abreviations are just rediculous. I tried guessing them ebfore i looke dand i think i got one right?

Raven · 07-08-2009, 11:49 PM

i was just about to say that ^

i use text talk only in texts, so that i dont use up too much space

GlitterTrashDoll · 07-08-2009, 11:52 PM

How the bloody hell does 99 mean Parents are no longer watching?!

Shatterproof · 08-08-2009, 04:11 AM

I honestly can't be asked. How exactly does that make the conversation any easier?

*shakes head in disbelief*

sherlock holmes · 08-08-2009, 10:53 AM

I hate text talk.

Cazki · 08-08-2009, 04:50 PM

I only use it when im texting people. But i just shorten all my words, i dont use text talk.

Lou Lou · 08-08-2009, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shatterproof

How exactly does that make the conversation any easier?

It is a wonder isn't it! It seems it would take longer to decipher the meaning of those jumbled letters than it would to just write it out in full. You'd need a list of meanings next to you at all times!

I could understand in text messages once upon a time when it was only 100 characters per messages, but these days phones are capable of so much more! Texts can be a hell of a lot longer.

I despair sometimes!

thefool · 08-08-2009, 09:26 PM

Reading through this again.. it reminded me of something..
When my brother started to become all "hip" and use text talk... he thought.. "LOL" meant "Lots of Love" lmao
bless him.

I.Heart.And · 08-08-2009, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlitterTrashDoll

How the bloody hell does 99 mean Parents are no longer watching?!

I was about to ask the same thing.

asheee · 08-08-2009, 10:27 PM

I only use some short text like lol, omg, brb and things like that. I would usually write out the full word

Bleeding Angel · 08-08-2009, 10:28 PM

what? i find txt talk hard enought to understand.