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using internet acronyms in "real life"

  • 20-07-2006 09:59PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,374 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone else noticed people or yourselves doing this?
    I clearly said BRB(pronounced "burb") in work the other day. Once I called some bird a troll over the phone because she was winding me up.(damn she didnt like that)

    And now today in work, one of the techs actually said "AFAIK" pronounced "afake" in a sentance. Everyone was like WTF!
    Except me. I got it.



    ROTFLBTCDICAJTTWADBSIFLWTRHITSBKABAYB - Cookie for anyone who can decode this :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,445 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    i use WTF but only when i'm quoting that flash animation "the end of the world"

    and the aussie's were like : "Wtf! mate".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 471 ✭✭Debracd


    I say STFU alot :)


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    FuzzyLogic wrote:
    one of the techs actually said "AFAIK" pronounced "afake" in a sentance.

    I think like that, but I have to stop myself from saying it aloud. I confessed it to a friend before who looked at me like I had 2 heads, so I didn't mention it again...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,374 ✭✭✭Gone West


    Debracd wrote:
    I say STFU alot :)
    do you pronounce it stefyou?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 471 ✭✭Debracd


    Sounds more like Stuffyou to be honest. Stuffu!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    I must admit to saying STFU and ROFL irl :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 471 ✭✭Debracd


    Ohh and Burb too on occasion, and I once told my sis that someone was TTC. She pretended to know what I was talking about for ages:o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I know someone who says lulz all the time, simply as lulls. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    Me and a friend are forever at this, purely as a joke, rather than laughing just saying lol in a really dry tone, or rofl sometimes, and ridiclous leet! Or if someone takes the piss outta ya saying 'fade_to_grey may not reply as he/she appears to be offline.'

    It makes me :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭Dooom


    I said lol in a conversation before, luckily there was a few people and it wasn't noticed.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I say IRL a lot.
    That's all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Nope, don't think I ever have. But I at least I know that when I do use an internet accronym IRL it's a clear sign to me to stop using it so much!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    i rarely use them on the internet. i think i would shoot myself if i ever used one in real life.
    Debracd wrote:
    Ohh and Burb too on occasion, and I once told my sis that someone was TTC. She pretended to know what I was talking about for ages
    i don't know what that means.
    i suppose i'm not as much of a nerd as i thought i was.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 471 ✭✭Debracd


    Trying to Conceive Julep :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Never have, never will.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,909 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    In my head I think ROFL, AFAIK, AFAIR and TBH quite a bit. But I've yet to say them aloud. It's only a matter of time though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭Idgeitman


    ive said WTF before and lol a hell of alot pronounced Lawl.


    ~ Idgeitman


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    I don't really use them online lol, so i wouldn't see myself using them in "real life" lmao.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I've to bite my tongue to stop myself saying ROFL a few times. Other than that, I have a tendency to actually say the full acronym a lot (that is, I say "As far as I know", and "What the ****", etc). When I'm reading an acronym, I tend not to pronounce the acronym, but rather expand it and say the whole thing. Except for lol, rofl and afaik.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    OMG and FYI for me


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭RandomOne


    Slurms wrote:
    Nope, don't think I ever have. But I at least I know that when I do use an internet accronym IRL it's a clear sign to me to stop using it so much!

    I'm with you!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    i use tbh, and orly (pronounced oraly)

    i may add roflcoptor.

    i do however use the full version of several sad internet sayings, like for teh win.

    oh, i use OMFG as well occasionally.

    i guess im a bit like seamus in that respect.
    YAY! *\o/* im a seamus likeabie!

    actually, i like seamus a lot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    actaully, i think seamus has the best name on boards.ie


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Idgeitman wrote:
    ive said WTF before and lol a hell of alot pronounced Lawl.


    ~ Idgeitman
    do you tell people your name after everything you say?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    actaully, i think seamus has the best name on boards.ie

    its easy to pronounce


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,391 ✭✭✭arbeitsscheuer


    I say lol (ell-oh-ell, not loll:D ), roffles, lollers... That's about it.

    None of the other acronyms really lend themselves to spoken conversation tbh.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    roflwaffle anyone?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭RandomOne


    i use tbh, and orly (pronounced oraly)

    i may add roflcoptor.

    i do however use the full version of several sad internet sayings, like for teh win.

    oh, i use OMFG as well occasionally.

    i guess im a bit like seamus in that respect.
    YAY! *\o/* im a seamus likeabie!

    actually, i like seamus a lot.

    I really do think you need a break! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭neoB


    I have and still say lolz, lol, wtf and or brb. "in irl, we dont do stuff like that". Bad habbit but it always brings a wtf face or a laugh from someone.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,445 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    i've also said roffle once, instead of waffle.


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