Do you think they are an important part of internet life or is it just to confusing to work out what they mean?
Eg, ROFLMAO, ROFLWPIMP, RUMF, *S*, TFS.
Just curious as to what you all think.
Thanks.
2006-11-22 09:39:08 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
some of them are just really unnecessary and show how lazy people are
lol though, should be in the dictionary :P
people say lol now just to indicate that something was funny, and it humors people
I rarely see people that actually laugh out loud, myself included lol
2006-11-22 09:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by Leger de Main 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess it's a shorthand to give a faster reaction to things --
it takes a long time to type "hey, that was really funny. I almost fell off my chair laughing" -- so long that the initial punch of a joke's punchline has faded. It's quicker and more immediate to say ROTFL
Acronyms kind of substitute letters for the kinds of reactions you make with noises that aren't words when you're talking on the phone.
They DO make it harder to follow if you're not "in the loop" -- and I"ve always preferred smileys.
my personal favorite acronym (I made it up) is
LSHIASDFASDFASDF
which is "Laugh So Hard I forgot how to type"
2006-11-22 09:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by roboseyo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or how about:
ROFLOL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud.
ROTFLOL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud.
ROFLAPMP - Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Peeing my Pants.
ROFLMAO - Rolling On the Floor Laughing My *** Off.
ROFLMAOASTC - Rolling On the Floor Laughing My *** Off And Scaring The Cat.
ROFLMAOAY - Rolling On the Floor Laughing My *** Off At You.
ROFLMAOWTIME - Rolling On the Floor Laughing My *** Off With Tears In My Eyes.
ROFLCOPTER - An obscure method of laughing at something or someone, often associated with laughing over and over or non-stop.
ROFLCOPTER is also associated with any type of ASCII drawn helicopter that contains ROFL as its blades.
2006-11-22 09:47:57 · answer #3 · answered by Brendon B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes pretty confusing. they might as well just take the time to spell out the words, then search for the letters on the keyboard. I know what a few of them mean, but still hard to look at.
2006-11-22 09:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by missktbop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is much easier to type, but also inconsiderate of some people that may be new to the web and be baffled as to what LMAO means. I try to look at things from both perspectives.
2006-11-22 09:41:53 · answer #5 · answered by Sterling 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can be isolating to those who don't know what they stand for, that is sad. an example ,all of them you quoted i actually have no idea what they mean. and i hope i am not offended by them. i think they get used too much, even though of course it is faster doing them. sort of the microwave syndrome, anything that takes longer than a minute or so is too slow. like regular communication better, but that is me.
2006-11-22 09:48:45 · answer #6 · answered by falling leaves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they have become a part of our everyday lives in communicating. The ones I do not use are letters in the place of a word like: u for you, c for see, r for are, b for be (it is just as easy to say be!) i for eye, y for why..it is just my personal writing style.
2006-11-22 09:45:38 · answer #7 · answered by tigerlily_catmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, they are a tad annoying..just like when you get stuck behind someone with a vanity plate that you try for miles to make sense of..
2006-11-22 09:43:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that as long as theyhave a meaning to the acronym, I'm okay with it.
2006-11-23 07:47:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what the first one is, but haven't a clue about the rest.
I use
ttyl
and
brb
2006-11-22 09:42:50 · answer #10 · answered by FUGAZI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋