A Bad Sign Of Online Usage
Tagged as: Jun 04So I was reading PC Magazine (we got it free for some reason), and I saw this little side article that I thought was pretty amusing. It had a list of AIM acronyms that are not all too commonly used taken from America Online, 2007. Now most people nowadays know of things like LOL (laugh out loud), BRB (be right back), and TTYL (talk to you later). But those are maybe just the originals and can’t necessarily say exactly what you want. Or maybe they’re so overused that they’re boring. In any case, if you already knew any of the following, you have been online far too much. You need to get your pale self outside and greet the sun more often.
- ADADanother day, another dollar
- DQMOTdon’t quote me on this
- BITDback in the day
- SMFETEsmiling from ear to ear
- GOLgiggling out loud
- IMNERHOin my never even remotely humble opinion
- BTDTGTTSAWIObeen there, done that, got the t-shirt, and wore it out
- PRWparents are watching
- WYGOWMwill you go out with me?
- MTFBWUmay the force be with you
Personally I’m a fan of WYGOWM and BTDTGTTSAWIO. Maybe you can find an occasion to use them. ADAD is amusing just because the saying is amusing. If I ever encountered acronyms like this online, I would be totally confused.
just last night i was reading tricia’s xanga post on using GOL. personally, i never use LOL unless i truly AM laughing out loud, but even then, i think i tend to use capital/multiple “haha”s to express the extent of my amusement.
WYGOWM is by far my favorite… mostly b/c if you are LAME enough to know what it means, maybe you aren’t offended that the other person was lame (and lazy) enough to use it! hahahahhaha (
i was saying that the “hahahahhaha” meant that i was more than just a little amused, but not quite laughing out loud yet
wow, those are some of the nerdiest acronyms i’ve ever seen.
@chil
Yeah if someone is 1. lazy enough to do it online and 2. even lazier as proved by the fact that they can’t spell out the words then the answer has got to be no. Otherwise you’ll have a life with someone who will never do that little extra bit. And that is bad news.
@good looking guy named mat
You sure do have fun with making up different nicknames. In any case, I’m not sure if I would say that those acronyms are “nerdy.” I would say that they are pretty lame, though. And dorky. But if that’s what you meant by nerdy, as opposed to highly intellectual, then I suppose so.