Internet slangs and their
influence
Internet slang is that Internet users have popularized, and in many cases, have
coined. Such terms often originate with the purpose of saving keystrokes. Many
people use the same abbreviations in texting and instant messaging, and social
networking websites. Acronyms, keyboard symbols and shortened words are often
used as methods of abbreviation in Internet slang. New dialects of slang, such
as Lol speak, develop as in group mores rather than time savers. In leet speak,
letters may be replaced by characters of similar appearance. For example, leet
is often written as l33t or 1337.
LOL, an abbreviation for laughing out loud, or laugh out loud, is a common
element of Internet slang. It was used historically on Usenet but is now
widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication, and even
face-to-face communication. It is one of many initials for expressing bodily
reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including initials for more emphatic
expressions of laughter such as LMAO ("laughing my arse/ass off"), ROTFL ("roll(ing)
on the floor laughing") or ROFL ("roll(ing) on [the] floor laughing"), and
BWL("bursting with laughter", above which there is "no greater compliment"
according to technology columnist Larry Magid). Other unrelated expansions
include the now mostly historical "lots of luck" or "lots of love" used in
letter-writing. On the other hand the word lol is named for at least 84 persons
in U.S.A by their parents. the list of acronyms "grows by the month" and they
are collected along with emotions and smiley’s into folk dictionaries that are
circulated informally amongst users of Usenet, IRC, and other forms of (textual)
computer-mediated communication.[12] These initials are controversial, and
several authors recommend against their use, either in general or in specific
contexts such as business communications.
Laccetti (professor of humanities at Stevens Institute of Technology) and Molski,
in their essay entitled The Lost Art of Writing,[13][14] are critical of the
terms, predicting reduced chances of employment for students who use such slang,
stating that, "Unfortunately for these students, their bosses will not be 'lol'
when they read a report that lacks proper punctuation and grammar, has numerous
misspellings, various made-up words, and silly acronyms." Fondiller and
Nerone[15] in their style manual assert that "professional or business
communication should never be careless or poorly constructed" whether one is
writing an electronic mail message or an article for publication, and warn
against the use of smiley’s and these abbreviations, stating that they are "no
more than e-mail slang and have no place in business communication".
David Crystal notes that use of LOL is not necessarily genuine,[18] just as the
use of smiley faces or grins is not necessarily genuine, posing the rhetorical
question "How many people are actually 'laughing out loud' when they send LOL?".
Franzini[2] concurs, stating that there is as yet no research that has
determined the percentage of people who are actually laughing out loud when they
write "LOL".
The three most popular slangs of the internet used worldwide are lol (laugh out
loud) ,bfn (bye for now) and imho (in my humble opinion).
Here is the list of some common slang:
• AYK
As You Know
• WTL
Will Talk Later
• GTHBA
Good Times Had By All
• CYB
Count Your Blessings
• MTBMW
May The Best Man Win
• POIDH
Pics Or It Didn't Happen
• NQR
Not Quite Right
• OOSOOM
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
• OMT
One More Thing
• NGU
Never Give Up
• HTM
Hand To Mouth
• BISLY
But I Still Love You
• TME
Too Much Effort
• OMG
Oh My God
• OOPS
Word said after doing something wrong
• ORITE
Alright, hello
• W'EVER
Whatever
• WALLAH Arabic word means swear to GOD
• WAZ UP
What's Up?