Okay, I thought I knew quite a bit of messenger/sms shorthand. What does ffs mean?

For F***s sake ;)

thanks :)

I haven't seen that one either. Here are some to brush up on.

http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/chat.html

Can't we drag the person that started using these shorthands onto the street and shoot him/her?

ffs is the feeling I have ATM when as a machine will just not be stable

Rus

And for another handy reference guide on ALL acronyms...

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Vito

Why do people need to use acronyms? Can't they spell things out? When one laughs, can't they say "haha" or something?

LOL I know what u mean. Ppl r 2 lazy 2 write it out. LOL. :D

Vito

i no! i meen peeps r gettin lazier n lazier as we spek

(Holy cow, that was fun...:-X)

Originally posted by frosted
(Holy cow, that was fun...:-X) Heh, careful. You might get sucked in and never come out... :eek:

Vito

My favorite one to see is when people say "l8er" - they're saving 1 keystroke and look like fools. When will the world learn.

Thats why they use "l8r" isntead of "l8er" :)

It might take a few seconds less for them to compose their message, but it ends up taking me considerably longer to read and understand what the heck they're talking about... :bawling:

Vito

What is really scary is that my 72 year old father knows more "chat" speak than me. heh

True Vito. True.

Originally posted by vito
It might take a few seconds less for them to compose their message, but it ends up taking me considerably longer to read and understand what the heck they're talking about... :bawling:

Vito

especially when that person's first language isn't english

ow yeah "lol" is also a dutch word witch means fun, so that way it can also make sense ;)

at first I thought lol appeared like the person had buried his head in his dinner plate HAHAHAHA