Source: online.wsj.com
A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand Texting Terms
According to the Wall Street Journal these are popular texting terms. How many of them do you use? I use LMIRL all the time.
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I've never even heard of these o_O
- Ken Stokes thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is LOL
- Najam A. thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is Trashy
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I don't understand the need for PAW. It's called closing the message and/or bringing up another window.
- Jess thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is Old
- Boston Jerry thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is WTF
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Don't even go there? For crying out loud? Have a nice day? What did some 50-year-old suburban mom come up with this list five years ago? She forgot to add: Hey there fella (HTF), What a nice gal (WANG), Gee whiz (GW), and Don't have a cow man (DHACM).
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These are ridiculous. The only one I use is ^5. But I prefer o/\o
- Bree thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is WTF
- Meredith Edwards-Cornwall thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is WTF
- Whitney Lou thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is Geeky
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This “cutting-edge list” makes me embarrassed to be an adult. 4COL
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im 16 and never used any of these, and never will.
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I've seen people say POS (parent over shoulder) and thats not in the list….hmm strange. This is sorta old though.
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I just ran down this list and have never, ever seen any of these. Maybe I'm too old (i.e. over 18 years old…)..??
- MarcusNyce thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is LOL
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WSJ … Cutting edge journalism
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I've never seen any of these used before. Teens don't use it. Just parents of teens trying to be cool. Sorry, it's the TRUTH.
- Drake thinks A Sampling Of Some Popular Shorthand ... is WTF
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I use none of these. But I'm going to start using ^5. I love high fives.
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its sorta irrelevant now. most kids it seems get the phones with full mini-keyboards
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