Community weekly poll: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
- 11/11/04 6:10 AM
11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 11/11/04 6:10 AM
Which IM acronym do you use the most?
LOL (Laughing out loud)
BRB (Be right back)
IMO (In my opinion)
ROFLMAO (Rolling on floor laughing my ass off)
AFAIK (As far as I know)
IOW (In other words)
FWIW (For what it is worth)
BTW (By the way)
Others
Stop! What the heck are you talking about???
Here are a few questions to start off this discussion:
If you selected others, tell us what they are, we want to know.
Can you point us to a specific website you utilize to look up the meaning of these type of acronyms, if you're not sure what they mean?
What are some hilarious acronym you've come across that had you ROFLMAO?
FWIW have fun with this discussion! CYA
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by oohdale - 11/11/04 11:12 PM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
brb because, I am so busy on my MSN Messenger I guess. But on forums and Chat I use LMAO a lot.
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by GreySky2004 - 11/12/04 2:00 AM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hi Lee,The new format for the newsletter looks great. Congrats to you and your staff.As far as IM acronyms go, I am at a complete loss that you didn't replace LOL with DDF.{*Drop Dead Funny} *My new favorite.To the best of my knowledge, it is 'burning up' the "net" as the replacement for LOL.Like Dylan said back in the day, "the times they are a changin'", however I don't think he realized to what extent they would continue.I know you're busy but if you or someone is inclined to give me some feedback, drop me a note at my e-mail address on file. Thanks,GreySky2004P.S. Don't sweat your 'pic' you look great.
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by Chalkbel - 11/12/04 2:51 AM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hi, Lee - great newsletter, nice format. Here's one you didn't mention: BFN (= Bye for now). It was invented - or used - by Jimmy Young, a BBC disk jockey, back in the days when the Net was only a glint in Tim Berners-Lee's eye, or even Tim only a glint in his father's!
The thing about acronyms is that you can't use them unless other people know them. So put it in your list, folks - it's pretty useful after all. 
John, SongLand.com.
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by groMMitt - 11/12/04 3:24 AM In reply to: Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by ChalkbelI thought Jimmy Young used to say 'TTFN' (Ta-Ta for now)...based on (possibly) an identical thing from the WW1 period)
but I do like DDF (mentioned earlier)
and now, as Mr Young would say, 'Orft we jolly well go...'
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by Chalkbel - 11/12/04 8:15 AM In reply to: Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by groMMittgroMMitt, you may well be right. BFN could have been someone else on the Beeb. Well spotted. Ah well...
'Orft we jolly well go...' or: OWJWG!!
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by jpd2112 - 11/12/04 3:20 AM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
IOW - In other words
TPI - The point is
ASAP - As soon as possible
YT? - You there?
TTYL - Talk to you later
TKS - Thanks
LVM - left voicemail
NP - No problem
OS - one sec
RU - are you...
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by degrob1 - 11/12/04 3:42 AM In reply to: Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by jpd2112I think that you all have ignored the one I use the most..."XXX OOO"
Enjoy the newsletter. Thanks-
xxx ooo
David
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by morrisdr - 11/12/04 6:10 AM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I do use BTW, and didn't know what half of the
other acronyms meant. IOW, I'm looking forward
to responses on this subject.
Dave
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by Nunya Business - 11/12/04 6:46 AM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
In the page of the newsletter that had the acronyms listed above, there was one acronym that is not listed here; AFAOL. What does that stand for?
--HC
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by SBHollingsworth - 11/12/04 11:13 AM In reply to: Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Nunya BusinessI'm betting somebody at C|net mistyped. Did you see also that there was a tiny percent value for AFAIK which did NOT appear on the original page?
OL is one position to the right of IK on the QWERTY keyboard.
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by jstropp - 11/12/04 7:34 AM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
ROFLMAOSUCPMP - Rolling on floor laughing my ass off spitting up chunks peeing my pants
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by elenaluz - 11/14/04 2:21 AM In reply to: Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by jstroppThat's horrible! LOL 
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by gerbear42 - 11/12/04 9:10 AM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I checked "other" because I don't do instant messaging. My "word" in this case is NOTA for none of the above.
Re: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most?
by tuaz - 11/12/04 9:29 AM In reply to: 11/12/04 Which IM acronym do you use the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
b - back
bcnu - be seein' you
bfn - bye for now
bg - big grin
cfn - chio for now
cid - consider it done
cul - see you later
eom - end of mesage
fyi - for your information
glp - good luck partner
gmta - great minds think alike
iae - in any event
impov - in my point of view
iow - in other words
jic - just in case
kis - keep it simple
l8r - later
np - no problem
oic - oh I see
pls - please
rut - are you there
ruok - are you ok
sys - see you soon
ttyl - talk to you later
wb - welcome back
wtg - way to go
yaw - you are welcome
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