Instant Message & TexT Messages eh!
Sure, instant messaging is fast and efficient. For many teenagers, it’s also a great way to avoid those OMG moments — that’s “omigod” — of mortifying face-to-face confrontations. Poll: IMs help teens avoid embarrassment
More than four in 10 teens, or 43 percent, who instant message use it for things they wouldn’t say in person..
..Instant messaging’s lack of physical proximity is exactly the point for those determined to avoid cringe-inducing episodes.
.. About eight in 10 adults who IM use it to send personal messages from work.
Soooooooo…Are you an IMer or a text messenger?
I am. heh. 
Lot’s of people use cryptic abbreviations when instant messaging or chatting, simply because they can’t type fast enough. That’s not my problem..I jus luv the abbreviations ..as y’all know by now. lol
Chatting and IMing is all about the immediacy and compactness of the communication. Fast..faster..fastest.
But if text chat lingo sounds kinna like a foreign language to you…Allow me to help you deciper just a few……. Heh.
.02 = My (or your) two cents worth
L8R= Later
^5 = High-five
AAK = Asleep at keyboard
B4N= Bye for now
BBL= Be back later
BFF= Best friends forever
BRB= Be right back
CU = See you
GAL =Get a life
GBU =God bless you
GMTA= Great minds think alike
GTG = Got to go
IMAO= In my arrogant opinion
IMHO =In my humble opinion
IMNSHO= In my not so humble opinion
IMO= In my opinion
KOTC =Kiss on the cheek
KOTL =Kiss on the lips
LY= Love ya
LOL =Laughing out loud
LMAO =Laughing my a** off
LMBO =Laughing my butt off (the one I use..cuz it’s more kosher..heh)
MIRL= Meet in real life
MYOB =Mind your own business
MMK= Meaning okay?
OIC =Oh, I see
OMG =Oh my God
OMGYG2BK =Oh my God, you got to be kidding
PMSL= Pee myself laughing
QT =Cutie
ROFL =Rolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAO= Rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off
ROTFL= Rolling on the floor laughing
RTFM =Read the freaking manual
RUOK= Are you okay?
SNAFU =Situation normal all fouled up
SO =Significant other
SOL =Sooner or later
SOMY= Sick of me yet?
SUITM =See you in the morning
SWAK =Sent (or sealed) with a kiss
TTYL =Talk to you later
TYT =Take your time
TYVM =Thank you very much
WTH =What the heck?
WTF =What the **** ?
WTG =Way to go
XOXOXO= Hugs & Kisses
XLNT =Excellent
ZZZZ =Sleeping (or bored)
So my BFF’s……..That was my .02 for now.
See ya’ll L8R B4 I am AAK.
GTG but GBU!
KOTC and KOTL if ya want one..heh. 
XOXOXO!
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And for my non-bloggin friends…feel free to mosey around and put your 2 cents in my comments and drop your pearls o’ widsom..Heh.
November 15th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Thanks for the vocab lesson – I do not IM although I do know how – just don’t see the necessity for it.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:46 am
Good grief, what the hell was that, you mean people understand that? You know what, i am just going to pull over to the slow lane and let you folks fly on past me. Too old for all this deciphering and all that.
November 16th, 2007 at 3:18 am
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November 16th, 2007 at 3:25 am
Sen Kennedy goes to School, Gen Casey style…
Sen Kennedy snarks aboutt he state of the Military, but Casey Reminds him of the cuts made by Dems in the 90s.
I guess he fogot that Clinton reduced the military by about 30%.
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November 16th, 2007 at 3:40 am
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November 16th, 2007 at 4:48 am
“Soooooooo…Are you an IMer or a text messenger?”
No.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:16 am
I IM much, so will benefit from the new language.
My daughter has let us on to a few others!
A/S/L or ASL – age/sex/location (used to ask for personal info)
BBS – be back soon
F2F – face to face
CD9, Code 9 – someone in the room
POS, MOS, P911 – parent over shoulder, mom over shoulder, parent in room
B/F, G/F – boyfriend, girlfriend
Thanks angel…
November 16th, 2007 at 7:14 am
we tm 4 p/u x w/th kidz.
otherwise, i do not like cell phones and only use them as a utility.
November 16th, 2007 at 7:15 am
oops!
we text message for pickup times with the children.
my terrible!
November 16th, 2007 at 8:09 am
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November 16th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Sen. Chuck Schumer, (D-N.Y.) To Military:“The days of a free lunch are over,”…
But don’t accuse them of not supporting the troops
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November 16th, 2007 at 8:49 am
Jihadists Attack Male Gynaecologists…
Added to the List. You just have to shake your head and wonder…Male gynaecologists are being targeted by Islamic extremists in Iraq as they are accused of invading the privacy of women. Women’s NGOs have raised concerns as there are…
November 16th, 2007 at 8:49 am
Reality vs. Make believe news…
Blackfive has a great link to Greyhawk who hits the nail on its head about Iraq. He sets the record straight between the reality of on-the-ground circumstances in Iraq vs. dinosaur media defeatism. Hey, he’s been there and done that, have you? An abs….
November 16th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Rising inequality and shrinking opportunity, not so fast…
If you are sick of hearing politicians, particularly the current crop of presidential candidates, continue to talk about the ‘inequality’ of income here in the United States, you may be interested in this article which says: “We’d refer those campa…
November 16th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Hillary Clinton Blows Her Image as a Trustworthy P…
“It won’t happen again?” I don’t know about you, but that just makes me feel all warm and cuddly inside!”…
November 16th, 2007 at 9:47 am
LOL Angel! ROTFALMBO!
You get a ^5 for originality.
XNLT post, as always.
November 16th, 2007 at 9:55 am
LOL!
Where’s my text-to-English dictionary?
November 16th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Thanks for all those Angel, I never know what any of that means. I don’t text message, or IM, or any of that. It’s the dumbing down of a generation.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:22 am
WHD!
Well Hot Damn, learn something every day coming here!
November 16th, 2007 at 11:23 am
wowowowow …some i knew a lot i just learned…i love to talk on the phone but i do sms (IM) my kids…will add these to my repertoire…yahooooo…a sweet shabbat shalom my dear friend…stay safe…love marallyn
November 16th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
I actually text more with my Spanish speaking friends and they have a whole different lingo in spanish. I need to learn the English ones.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
I recently discovered your blog while surfing the net and love it! In fact, I recently listed it in a post ” 111 Women Bloggers – List Reads Like a Who’s Who!” on one of my blogs Virtual Woman’s Day (http://www.virtualwomansday.com).
Wishing you all the best and continued success.
ps. I’m a text messager
November 16th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Traffic Charges Bring Deportation. Sniffle…
Today’s illegal immigration sob story, via the Raleigh News And Observer
Some illegal immigrants in North Carolina are being deported after being jailed for traffic violations.
Opponents of the program to screen jail inmates’ immigration st…
November 16th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Hey Angel. Yeah, I decided to stop lurking and actually comment once in a while. Liked the txt msg pst. Also…TAG, you’re it. You’ve been memed.
November 16th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
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November 16th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Lackluster Democratic Debate…
Last night the Democrats held a debate in Las Vegas and though supporters will claim their individual candidate won, the reality is that it was a pretty evenly matched contest. Obama and Edwards lost their nerve and refused to continue their attack on…
November 16th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Rohrabacher: Sutton’s “self congratulatory” statement on the arrests was “shameful”…
U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton’s star witness against border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean was arrested yesterday:
“Just as Aldrete’s alleged illegal conduct did not excuse the crimes committed by Compean and Ramos, likewise, the…
November 16th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
And all this time I thought SOL meant $h!t outta luck!
November 16th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
The Case of the Closeted Saudi Sheikh…
The Case of the Closeted Saudi Sheikh, His Relentless Campaign to Silence Free Speech in the West, and The Case that May Finally Bring His Libel Tourism to an End, by Phyllis Chesler Yesterday, the indomitable Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld had…
November 16th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Matt Damon is Declared Peoples Sexiest Man Alive…
Hollywood actor Matt Damon has been named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Some of the other actors considered for this much hyped anointing were the likes of Patrick Dempsey, Johnny Depp, Ryan Reynolds, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, George Clooney,…..
November 17th, 2007 at 12:45 am
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November 17th, 2007 at 4:13 am
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November 17th, 2007 at 7:19 am
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November 17th, 2007 at 7:21 am
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November 17th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Thanks Angel. If I can remember all those abbrevs when I’m crushed into a crowded train (which is when I do my messaging) I’ll be doing well. Especially before my second cup of strong coffee!
Have a great weekend.
November 17th, 2007 at 11:43 am
I am going to cut and paste this for refernece. Thatnk’s for the Rosetta Stone
November 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Debate on Mike Huckabee’s Economic Record…
Two of the best Conservative bloggers on the Internet, Andy Roth of Club for Growth and Joe Carter of the Evangelical Outpost joined to debate Mike Huckabee’s economic record in this special podcast.
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November 17th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
WTG XLNT AU.
November 17th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Neither… and, as an actress… we hate cell phones and text messages. I can’t tell you the amount of times cell phones have gone off during a quiet moment and the person actually has the audacity to carry on a conversation. And we can see and hear people text messaging. Very annoying.
November 17th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Fun post, Angel.
I just wanted to correct one of the things you mentioned:
to me, WTF = What the fudge! not what the ****!
Hehe.
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November 18th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
The World should give thanks for America…
Every time we have an election my Beloved Curmudgeon says something to the effect that the rest of the world must look at us in wonder that we regularly transfer power peacefully. I guess we all have certain things our spouses say that we can predict…..
November 19th, 2007 at 1:21 am
A Battlefield Tour of Arab Jabour…
I recently got an email from Ed Kirkpatrick. He contacted me because he had seen on my blog that my son is stationed on FOB Falcon. Eds son, Scott Kirkpatrick, had been stationed on the same FOB during the same time as my son. He asked me if my son ….
November 19th, 2007 at 9:56 am
I text on my cell phone, but don’t like IM much.
November 25th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
The Pork Continues…
Despite Democrat promises, the pork continues…More people forced to pay the Jock Tax…Bloomberg doing the right thing on education…Mourning on Thanksgiving…A man in Michigan stops complaining and does something…A new soluti…
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