Still confused by some of the things people are saying online? Look it up in my guide to see what they mean and where they come from. After looking through my guide, you should be able to understand even this scene perfectly:
Now there are many types of chat lingo. Someone might cut letters out from a word, use it's initials, or just completely re-spell it. Let's start with some acronyms, words that are just the initials of phrases.
LOL - Stands for "laughing out loud" though people usually say this even if they are not physically laughing at all, they just think something is funny.
JK - Can be known as both "just kidding" and "joking," which essentially can mean the same thing.
ROTFL - Means "rolling on the floor laughing" which is basically like LoL in a stronger form.
TT4N - This one means "ta ta for now".
TTYL - This stands for "talk to you later".
G2G - Stands for "got to go" replacing the 'to' with '2' as commonly done in chat. When someone says this, it is usually something unexpected that they have to do in real life that they have to take care of.
ASAP - This acronym is actually used in the real-world and means "As soon as possible".
OMG - This stands for "Oh my gosh".
BRB - If someone says this, they mean "be right back" which tells you they are leaving but they will be back soon (usually in less than a couple minutes).
There are also some words that can be represented by just one letter or number that sounds like the word. These are some of the easiest to remember.
2 - Can represent the words "to, too, and two".
4 - Can represent the words "for and four".
C - Usually means "see" but could be used for "sea" on some occasions.
U - Just means "you".
R - Is translated into "are".
G - Can sometimes be used as "gee".
Y - Usually means "why".
There are also some words that are mostly just shortened be dropping some letters from its usual spellings, or using other new letters/numbers to imitate sounds.
wzzp? - Means "What's up?" the two z's come from the sound made by the "t's" at the end of "what's".
l8r - Short for "later" Can you tell where the eight comes from?
srry - This one only has one letter missing, and means "sorry".
'rents - This is a shorter way to say parents, without the first part.
Some chat lingo has completely new spellings/forms of a word. Sometimes the chat word is even longer than the original word.
meh - Can be "me" or "my".
KK or K - Means "okay". It is made by taking the 'o' out of okay, and then shortening 'kay' to one letter "K." So "KK" really means "okay okay".
When chatting, people also tend to change words to make them more fun and cool by using these rules:
S=Z - When an 's' is at the end of a word, it is usually turned to a 'z.' For example: spoons can become spoonz.
Letters can be numbers - Sometimes it is fun to use number that look like the letters in your chat. For example: spoonz can become sp00nz.
Say it all the way, or nothing at all - By that we mean that it sounds really dorky when you either use lingo then put the original word in parenthesis or vise versa. For example do not say: I g2g (got to go) Same thing applies with putting your lingo in quotes. Do not say: Hello every one, "wzzp" with you lately? Trust me, it just sounds stupid.
All this may seem overwhelming at first, but you will catch on easily. It may even get annoying to not know what something in chat lingo means, but remember, it makes things a lot easier to type, and a whole lot more fun! Please post any additions or corrections in the BBS for everyone to see!
Bye,
123pinky
