Being Blonde

One of the guys here at Blonde sent me a link to Wikipedia’s internet slang entry when I asked for help in deciphering a string of capital letters with which someone had ended an e-mail to me.

I’ve never used emoticons. I don’t mind other people using them. Indeed they quite often help to clarify the intended tone of e-mails that can be taken in one of two ways. Emoticons just don’t feel very me.

However, I’m quite taken with this slang malarkey. Especially the ones that have an element of sarcasm, or which sound like words in their own right, or both.

A few random examples.

DILLIGAS – does it look like I give a shit?

IOTTMCO – intuitively obvious to the most casual observer.

TL;DR – too long;didn’t read. In the words of the Wikipedia entry “an admonishment that a post is too lengthy or lacks worthwhile content.” I think we’ve all been there (or here – hope not).

PEBKAC – nice, sarcastic, geeky one meaning Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair. In other words the computer user being discussed is a bit of a numpty.

IANAL – I am not a lawyer. Apparently used as a piece of internet slang arse covering when legal issues are being discussed. Pretty apt given that most lawyers are very anal.

There are any number of options for people wanting to make clear that they’ve found something funny. There’s an escalating scale of mirth.

LOL – laughing out load.

ROFL – rolling on the floor laughing.

ROFLMAO – rolling on the floor laughing my arse off.

And my favourite (which has subsequently disappeared from the Wikipedia entry)…

C|N>K – laughing so hard that my Coffee (or Coke) piped down my Nose onto the Keyboard.

As a parent who is only too aware that his kids have a separate language and code when talking amongst themselves, it’s a bit of a worry that there are three entries in the parental surveillance category.

P911 – parent emergency (watch what you type)

CD9 - Code 9 parents nearby.

AITR – adult in the room.

That’s enough.

GBCW

(Goodbye Cruel World)

(“A dramatic leave taking of a forum or site”).

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