Internet Slang

[AmaxB]

Don't chat hardly ever, Don't text at all....
So when I see an abbreviated term I am truly at a loss.
Today seen IMO
I think OK so what the devil is this? (imo)
Had to do a search to find out. Looks like there is a whole sub-language IMO............

 

[Seanz]

I pity the english teachers and lecturers having to mark all the work that comes through

 

[Boboro]

In 10 years we want be able to talk to our great grand chrildren.

 

[deluxestogie]

It's for folks who are unable or unwilling to type the words they wish to express.

http://www.chatslang.com/terms/text_messaging

Likewise, emoticons p) are for including emotional context that the writer is unable or unwilling to express as words.

It's actually pretty easy for teachers grading papers. They just use the "F" letter (not the "F" word), IMO .

Bob

 

[Boboro]

I keep seein IMO but I dont know WTF it is.But Im old An drunk. And Dont care.

 

[deluxestogie]

Even old drunks are allowed to click the chatslang link.

Bob

 

[BigBonner]

OMG ! Really .

Back when my son went to school they taught the kids to spell it like it sounds .This was aggravating for me . All the kids need to learn correct spelling . "IMO" . The teachers would grade their papers even though words were spelled wrong they would still give good grades for the child's work .
I read one letter that a girl gave to my son , and she was graduating high school . Her spelling was terrible . A sixth grader should spell better than she did in the twelfth grade .
I don't spell BIG words or know some of their meanings but I can look them up if I have to .

 

[AmaxB]

Cannot talk with them now they would rather text. Had always thought that was on a sheet of paper my teachers thought so too. If I had told them TEXT was something you do I would have gotten that "F" for sure.

In 10 years we want be able to talk to our great grand chrildren.

 

[skychaser]

IMO = in my opinion and IMHO = in my humble opinion
Now you know WTF they mean.

 

[johnlee1933]

Yeah they also have XGF and XBF. In morse code we used XYL for wife.

 

[BarG]

hah hah a good old laugh,

 

[DGBAMA]

ROFLMAO.

 

[ne3go]

From a foreigner's eyes:
I can find in interent what ROLF or LOL or AFK means. What is difficult to understand, are the american expressions that you guys use to talk each other.
And there's not any translation in net for this!

 

[Knucklehead]

From a foreigner's eyes:
I can find in interent what ROLF or LOL or AFK means. What is difficult to understand, are the american expressions that you guys use to talk each other.
And there's not any translation in net for this!

Just ask us, we'll tell you. Who knows, you might get rich writing the American Slang Dictionary.

 

[BarG]

From a foreigner's eyes:
I can find in interent what ROLF or LOL or AFK means. What is difficult to understand, are the american expressions that you guys use to talk each other.
And there's not any translation in net for this!

There aint no translation for redneck talk bubba! Just ask Chicken or Boboro, you either know it or you dont.Now if wee ever get a coon ass on here I may be in trouble.

 

[johnlee1933]

From a foreigner's eyes:
I can find in interent what ROLF or LOL or AFK means. What is difficult to understand, are the american expressions that you guys use to talk each other.
And there's not any translation in net for this!

Don't worry. You're way ahead of the curve. I speak no Greek at all. Páo̱ stoíchi̱ma elli̱nikí̱ arnkó tha me skotó̱sei.

 

[DGBAMA]

From a foreigner's eyes:
I can find in interent what ROLF or LOL or AFK means. What is difficult to understand, are the american expressions that you guys use to talk each other.
And there's not any translation in net for this!

Go to "urban dictionary.com" there are definitions for most slang words and phrases. Including text abbreviations.

 

[workhorse_01]

Please define "coon ass" for us poor people who don't understand that southern redneck slang reference. LOL.

There aint no translation for redneck talk bubba! Just ask Chicken or Boboro, you either know it or you dont.Now if wee ever get a coon ass on here I may be in trouble.

 

[Knucklehead]

Please define "coon ass" for us poor people who don't understand that southern redneck slang reference. LOL.

All wrong guesses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonass

 

[Matty]

Lol, never heard some of those. I text very little but am slowly getting the abbreviations. Sometimes I text in french, using french slang and abbreviations, really confusing what with all the conjunctions and all. Sometimes they're not even acronyms but instead a string of letters that sound like what's being said.