There are Acronym Dictionary’s available online that provide thousands of definitions but most users will only ever use a handful in day to day posts via social media. Here is a very basic top 10 list:
- LOL: Laugh out loud: something you or someone else said that you find funny
- ROFL: Rolling on floor laughing or LMAO: Laugh my arse off; Something you or someone else said is really funny. There are countless variations of this Tip: if there is an F included somewhere, it doesn’t stand for fridge.
- FTW: For the win, use in praise of something. eg, Belly Beyond FTW!
- IMO: In my opinion or IMHO: in my honest/humble opinion
- IYKWIM: If you know what I mean
- OMG: Oh my god/goodness or OMFG
- WTF: What the f***
- BTW: By the way
- RT or PRT: Retweet or please retweet
- Also worthy of a mention is the Twitter hashtag #fail – it’s not an acronym but represents the writers opinion of failure about something or someone. “Latest Hanover deal #fail” or “#epicfail (a failure of epic proportions)
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