Sunday, 22 November 2009

Top 10 Abbreviations Explained for New Social Media Users

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:

  1. LOL: Laugh out loud: something you or someone else said that you find funny
  2. 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.
  3. FTW: For the win, use in praise of something. eg, Belly Beyond FTW!
  4. IMO: In my opinion or IMHO: in my honest/humble opinion
  5. IYKWIM: If you know what I mean
  6. OMG: Oh my god/goodness or OMFG
  7. WTF: What the f***
  8. BTW: By the way
  9. RT or PRT: Retweet or please retweet
  10. 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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