Thursday, January 17, 2019

Texting language

Son K was telling me about this new (to me) texting language that is evolving rapidly among the younger people.  I thought I would share some of these with you.  Let's hope proper English is not dying out!  I understand that with texting you need to be faster and quicker since you are typing everything out in order to communicate, saying more with less maybe.

wym -what do you mean
wyd -what are you doing
hmu -hit me up meaning 'text me something!'
dhmu-don't hit me up 'I don't want to text'
frr - 'for real or are you serious or no kidding'
deadass - seriously
oof - ooh fun
ily -I love You
ilysm - I love you so much
bsf - boy best friend
bae- boyfriend or girlfriend

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22 comments:

  1. The Happy Whisk17 January, 2019 00:14

    Imagine, back in the classrooms when the teachers taught proper hand writing, where every letter had to be on the page just so. What would those teachers think of today's lazy texting.

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  2. Kay17 January, 2019 00:33

    Oh gosh! I don't know any of those. I know I've seen my son-in-law use ty (thank you) and yw (you're welcome).

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  3. Valerie-Jael17 January, 2019 02:26

    Yes, a lot of the younger people use these strange abbreviations. I do write texts, but prefer a language I know! Hugs, Valerie

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  4. Tanza Erlambang - Every Day Issues17 January, 2019 03:52

    thank you for your useful sharing of Texting language
    have a great morning

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  5. Adam17 January, 2019 04:01

    I knew a few of those.

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  6. Kathy G17 January, 2019 08:36

    I'm so old-fashioned I type everything out...and even use proper punctuation! When I use the phone's auto complete I don't think it takes that much longer.

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  7. lissa17 January, 2019 09:40

    it's fun reading this list, though I really can't bring myself to use them, I guess I'm old fashion, I like words to be words

    have a lovely day.

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  8. Sudipto Sarkar17 January, 2019 11:43

    My head's spinning from reading that... 😅

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  9. Victor S E Moubarak17 January, 2019 12:42

    Whenever someone texts me like this; I reply "deli" meaning I've deleted your text and ignored it.

    God bless.

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  10. gigihawaii17 January, 2019 13:00

    I don't text at all, so this is new to me.

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  11. Rain 17 January, 2019 13:27

    I have to tell you, I will NEVER use text language. My worst offence is "lol" I think. Even when I text, I use complete sentences and proper punctuation!

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  12. sandy17 January, 2019 14:36

    glad you posted this - i can use this knowledge.

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  13. ClaudiaMorningstar17 January, 2019 14:47

    You are forgott about BFF- Best friend forever :D

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  14. Pink Rose17 January, 2019 15:33

    Hi Christine oh i didnt know these short cuts,handy to know,thankyou xx

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  15. Anonymous17 January, 2019 16:23

    I must be old. I use complete sentences and proper punctuation when I text! The only one I recognized from the list is 'bae'. The rest are alien to me :)

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  16. Jennifer Rose17 January, 2019 18:35

    it comes from when you only had a certain character limit for texting and its quicker :) been around for years its just getting more involved

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  17. peppylady (Dora)17 January, 2019 19:51

    Reminds me of shorthand sort of.
    Coffee is on

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  18. KB17 January, 2019 21:23

    I can hardly understand some text from my younger friends

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  19. baili18 January, 2019 00:43

    i am from the time when proper language has importance above any other subject in school

    i feel sad for such abrupt change but invention is daughter of necessity so what can we do

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  20. Lowcarb team member18 January, 2019 19:21

    I too hope proper English is not dying out!
    Interesting comment from Dora, I suppose it is a form of shorthand … sort of !

    I'm so old fashioned, I still enjoy letter writing and I fear that in the future it will die out completely.

    All the best Jan

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  21. C.George18 January, 2019 21:52

    Thank God for my 21 yr-old nephew. He keeps me up to date on texting language. This way, I know what people are saying.

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