I have decided to take a different approach to my blogginess. I realized that I only complain on this blog, and that's a bore. I mean who needs another angst-filled emotional blog? I know I don't! And besides, I'm tired of your sappy trademarked comments of "support" and "hope". I mean really, people, lighten up. Maybe I want to complain, and leave it at that. I don't need your "support" unless I ask for it explicitly at the end of my angst blog. Keep that in mind, please and thank you :)
Doesn't mean I like you any less. Fun comments are appreciated. In fact, if an angst blog appeals to you, give me a bit of your own experience. Let's make the angst blog a bitch blog! I want everyone to share their visceral emotions!
Now, you may be wondering, what the hell does all of that have to do with acronyms? Well, I was chatting with my friend and I noticed that we use a lot of shortened terms in our world these days. All over you can find quizzes for acronyms and abbreviations. So I decided to take a little time out to school you on the common acronyms I use in my day-to-day speak.
Ahem:
FF == Firefox, a widely used web browser that puts Internet Explorer and Safari to shame. Currently, FF is being attacked by Chrome, which is another widely used browser, but mostly for the youngins.
Chrome == Also known as GoogleChrome, just one of Google's many accomplishments.
Crap Google Has Produced
- Web Browser: Google Chrome
- IM Client: Google Talk
- Email Client: Gmail
- Search Enginge: Google...
- Cell Phone: Nexus One
- Networking Client: Google Buzz**
- Photo Editor: Picasa
- More Complicated Email/Chat Client: Google Wave
- Calling Client: Google Phone Thing
IE == Internet Explorer, a crappy web browser that has so many protections on it it cannot actually browse the web. Kudos to Microsoft for attempting to make your internet safe, but you lose points for making it almost impossible to browse the web happily...
IM == Instant Messaging. Get one; there are plenty of clients
These are the main honchos. Now, if you, like me, already have these, you can also download a super client, to hold your clients ;) EG are Meebo and Digsby. Just saying...
Other Popular Acronyms
- JK -- Just Kidding
- Lol -- Laughing out loud (or at least you think so)
- LQTM -- Laughing quietly, to myself (which is more likely)
- Brb -- Be right back (maybe)
- Bbl -- Be back later (more vague, and therefore, more realistic)
- TTYL -- Talk to you later
- TTFN -- Tata for now (a little more awkward than the aforesaid)
- TL;DR -- Too long; didn't read (like this blog)
- FB -- Facebook
- App -- Application (popularized because of the aforelisted)
- Sp -- Spelling? (Done for a spellcheck after an immediate word of which the spelling is unknown; great copout for being a shitty speller)
And now it's YOUR turn! What acronyms and abbreviations do you find yourself using a lot? Do you abbreviate so much that your conversations could not be understood by any respecting English speaker? Duz ur im luk lyk dis??@?// If it does, perhaps you should go back to, I don't know...Kindergarten? Seriously people, there is a limit to how slang our shorthand can be. Reason being: when you are shortening a word, it's okay to literally shorten the word. But when you simply replace the word with an amalgamation of characters, of which there are the same amount of characters that are in the actual word, you have failed Abbr 101. This is especially true when the replacement word actually has MORE characters than the intended word.
Cases where it is completely unacceptable to replace one word, for another "shorter" word:
When the replaced word is actually another word, that is, it's homonym/homophone, it is not okay.
EG: Your/You're is not and never will be interchangeable. Your is possessive, You're means "you are". You can't just say, "your stoopid" when you mean, "You are stupid". I mean, not only did you make "stupid" longer, you used a possessive noun, so it's like, I own this "stoopid", wtf/e that is. Get it together!
Oh look! I managed to maintain a high enough level of angst to have this blog successfully match the angst levels of all my other posts! I think I will stop now.
Tune in next time when we discover:
WHEN ENGLISH RULES THEY TEACH YOU IN GRADE SCHOOL BECOME MEANINGLESS IN THE REAL WORLD
<3 <3 Fauna Hearts You <3 <3
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