EPISODE · Jul 6, 2022 · 3 MIN
PHONES, EMAIL AND THE INTERNET - TEXT MESSAGE ABBREVIATIONS AND TEXT MESSAGE RELATED VOCABULARY (38)
from BEYOND THE OBVIOUS · host Purushothaman C
Text Message abbreviations and Text Message related vocabulary AFAIC as far as I'm concerned AFAIK as far as I know BF boyfriend; best friend BFF best friend (forever) BRB be right back DD darling daughter DW darling wife emoji a small digital image symbols, or icons used in text fields in electronic communication (as in text messages, email, and social media) to express the emotion of the writer emoticon a short set of keyboard symbols that typically represents a facial expression or suggests an attitude or emotion to show the feelings of the person sending the message GF girlfriend IDK I don’t know LOL laugh out loud lolz fun, laughter or the feeling that something makes you smile lulz used to express the feeling that something makes you laugh, because someone has done something that makes them look stupid MMS a system for sending colour pictures and sounds as well as short written messages from one mobile phone to another(abbreviation for ‘Multimedia Messaging Service’) MYOB mind your own business obv or obvs obviously OMG oh my God picture messaging a system of sending images from one mobile phone to another predictive to enter text on a computer or a mobile phone by using the first few letters of each word to predict what one wants to say send to inform someone something by sending them a message smiley simple picture of a smiling face that is drawn with two eyes and a curved mouth with variations SMS noun a technology for sending short text messages between mobile phones (the abbreviation for ‘short message service’) SMS verb to send a message to somebody by SMS text or text message TL;DR too long; didn't/don't read (used in response to a blog or online post which is unintelligible and requesting to give a summary)
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Text Message abbreviations and Text Message related vocabulary AFAIC as far as I'm concerned AFAIK as far as I know BF boyfriend; best friend BFF best friend (forever) BRB be right back DD darling daughter DW darling wife emoji a small digital image symbols, or icons used in text fields in electronic communication (as in text messages, email, and social media) to express the emotion of the writer emoticon a short set of keyboard symbols that typically represents a facial expression or suggests an attitude or emotion to show the feelings of the person sending the message GF girlfriend IDK I don’t know LOL laugh out loud lolz fun, laughter or the feeling that something makes you smile lulz used to express the feeling that something makes you laugh, because someone has done something that makes them look stupid MMS a system for sending colour pictures and sounds as well as short written messages from one mobile phone to another(abbreviation for ‘Multimedia Messaging Service’) MYOB mind your own business obv or obvs obviously OMG oh my God picture messaging a system of sending images from one mobile phone to another predictive to enter text on a computer or a mobile phone by using the first few letters of each word to predict what one wants to say send to inform someone something by sending them a message smiley simple picture of a smiling face that is drawn with two eyes and a curved mouth with variations SMS noun a technology for sending short text messages between mobile phones (the abbreviation for ‘short message service’) SMS verb to send a message to somebody by SMS text or text message TL;DR too long; didn't/don't read (used in response to a blog or online post which is unintelligible and requesting to give a summary)
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