Those using the abbreviations
do so as a tactic for speed in
text communication, a
university professor on
linguistics said, while others
just choose to do so because they are a code that older
people don’t quite understand. WeAreSocial.com.au managing director Julian Ward said the
various different shortcuts, which
range from the the compassionate
ILY (I Love You) to the more
profain WTF (What the F***) are
commonplace now and indicate the changing way people harness
social media. Using social listening tools,
WeAreSocial.com.au monitored trending terms used by
Australians on Twitter from
April 1 to June 30. The top ranking term was, LOL which was used a total of 1,242,935 . ‘We can see a range of clever to practical acronyms as
people look for speed and
limited thumb work – plus of
course it feels good to be in
the know, especially on more
subversive terms,’ Mr Ward said. 1. LOL: Laugh out loud 2. OMG: Oh my god 3. ILY: I love you 4. LMAO: Laughing my a** off 5. WTF: What the f***? 6. PPL: People 7. IDK: I don’t know? 8. TBH: To be honest 9. BTW: By the way 10. THX: Thanks 11. SMH: Shaking my head 12. FFS: For f***’s sake 13. AMA: Ask me anything 14. FML: F*** my life 15. TBT: Throwback Thursday 16. JK: Just kidding 17. IMO: In my opinion 18. YOLO: You only live once 19. ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
20. MCM: Mancrush Monday 21. IKR: I know right? 22. FYI: For your information 23. BRB: Be right back 24. GG: Good game 25.IDC: I don’t care 26. TGIF: Thank God it’s Friday
27. NSFW: Not safe for work 28. ICYMI: In case you missed it
29. STFU: Shut the f*** up 30. WCW: Womancrush Wednesday
31. IRL: In real life 32. BFF: Best friends forever 33. OOTD: Outfit of the day 34. FTW: For the win 35. Txt: Text 36. HMU: Hit me up 37. HBD: Happy birthday 38. TMI: Too much information 39. NM: Not much 40. GTFO: Get the f*** out 41. NVM: Nevermind 42. DGAF: Don’t give a f*** 43. FBF: Flashback Friday 44. DTF: Down to f*** 45. FOMO: Fear of missing out 46. SMFH: Shaking my f***ing head
47. OMW: On my way 48. POTD: Photo of the day 49. LMS: Like my status 50. GTG: Got to go 51. ROFLMAO: Rolling on floor laughing my a*** off
52. TTYL: Talk to you later 53. AFAIK: As far as I know 54. LMK: Let me know 55. PTFO: Passed the f*** out 56. SFW: Safe for work 57. HMB: Hit me back 58. TTYS: Talk to you soon 59. FBO: Facebook Official 60. TTYN: Talk to you never *Provided by
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