You might all wonder at what AO means! It means abbreviation overkill. I was visiting various blogsites this morning and I saw a lot of abbreviations like IMHO, LMAO, LOL, ROTFL etc. I was so confused at what IMHO was and finally found out that it meant "IN MY HUMBLE OPINION". I searched the internet for such abbreviations and found them in plenty. I find it ridiculous that we have resorted to using such abbreviations and sometimes it can become very difficult to decipher what someone is saying if you do not know what the abbreviations mean just like the title of this post.
For the convenience of the chat jargon illiterate I have included a list of abbreviations that I found in my search this morning (YEAH! seems like I have plenty of time in my hands after going through the ordeal of my comprehensive exams this thursday and friday:P)
AFAICT
As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AIUI
As I Understand It
BST
But Seriously Though
BTDT
Been There, Done That
CUL
See you Later
DWISNWID
Do What I Say, Not What I Do
DYJHIW
Don't You Just Hate It When
ETLA
Extended Three Letter Acronym
F2F
Face to Face
FOAF
Friend Of A Friend
FWIW
For What It's Worth
FYI
For Your Information
GA
Go Ahead
GAL
Get A Life
GIGO
Garbage In, Garbage Out
IANAL
I Am Not A Lawyer
IIRC
If I Recall Correctly
IME
In My Experience
IMNSHO
In My Not-So-Humble Opinion
IMO
In My Opinion
IOW
In Other Words
IRL
In Real Life
ISTM
It Seems To Me
ITRO
In The Region Of
IWBNI
It Would Be Nice If
IYSWIM
If You See What I Mean
JAM
Just A Minute
KISS
Keep It Simple, Stupid
MOTOS
Member Of The Opposite Sex
NALOPKT
Not A Lot Of People Know That
OIC
Oh, I See
OTOH
On The Other Hand
OTT
Over The Top
RTFM
Read The F****** Manual
RUOK
Are you OK?
SITD
Still In The Dark
TANSTAAFL
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TIA
Thanks In Advance
AFK
Away From Keyboard
ASL?
Age? Sex? Location?
B4
Before
BAK
Back At Keyboard
BBL
Be Back Later
BCNU
Be seeing you
BRB
Be Right Back
BTW
By The Way
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
L8R
Later
LOL
Laughs Out Loud
MOF?
Male Or Female?
NM or N/M
Never Mind (or Not Much)
NP or N/P
No Problem
OMG
Oh My God
ROFL or ROTFL
Rolling On (The) Floor, Laughing
TTFN
Ta Ta For Now
UR
Your / You're
W/
With
Distorting the english language like this isn't right especially for people like me who do not know the chat jargon. At this rate, I am afraid that we are going to stop using complete sentences. I hope we stop this before it grows and develops into a language of its own.
9 comments:
Thats a cool list Robbie ,TTYL..
Wonder i can type LOL after reading this :)), i couldnt guess most of the abbreviations listed here. I think i'll blink less coz now i know what these really mean.
'TFSTI'..in case you are wonderin its "thanks for sharing the info", just made it myself...lol..
LOL ROFTL ennamo po ;)
ellam indha Messenger, SMS ellam pannina velai.!! Very funny though to read your collections...!! GIGO..!! I liked that.!!
HAPPY DEEPAVALI.!!
New acronym HDR.
Puriyallai?
Happy Deepavali Robbie :-)
dude...wishing you a very happy diwali.
IA - I agree ;)
GJR- good job Robbie!!
Congratulations on your best performance in your final exams!!We always knew you would make it to the top,brother.
Mrs and Mr.Ganesh
robbie, I read your post in Chinmaya's blog about aping Kirubakaran's prank. I dunno if you realise that the stupid guy actually committed an ID theft and can be punished under law.
I saw that you are upset that you were not able to do the same. I only wish that you dont do it, cos you would be digging your own grave by creating a loophole for scammers and con artists apart from committing a crime.
Just a thought process. I'm sure you realise the repercussions..
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