Thursday, January 28, 2010

Stupid Abbreviations...

It's really fascinating and yet stupid how people now-a-days like abbreviating unnecessary words and using them in verbal conversations. For example: I am MORE than positive that you have heard a person say "OMG...." or "BTW..." (this abbreviation took me weeks to figure out cuz its so stupid) to someone they were talking to and the person would fully understand the meaning behind the three letters. Now I can understand why the phrase OMG is abbreviated in text messages or in an IM but to blatantly say it to an individual who is standing right next to you or on the phone? Not cool and jus LAZY! Don't get me wrong...I am a JusCuz kind of person and will create my own lil words/definition of a word and an outlandish phrase but Im not into the new frenzy of abbreviating my words. Another example: I might tell someone to "kick me in my left nut" or "lick my knee cap" but the people that I may tell this to know that I for sure do not own or possess a nut (considering my gender) and would never let a person lick my gross brown knee cap. It's all out of pure enterntainment and me saying things: JusCuz, which is on a totally different level than abbreviating words or phrases JusCuz. {Smh...silly lil nuggets that do it. Let's try to be a bit more creative people.}

3 comments:

  1. LOL, you are too silly...I have to admit though. I've been known to do that, but I find myself doing it more at work around the kids. I'll say OMG instead of the full thing. I don't curse either so I will say fml in times of distress as a way to 'say it' without saying IT if you know what I mean! LOL. I do think that these abbreviations have taken over and people are just a little too comfortable with it. I blame the sites and texts that only allow a certain amount of characters that can be entered in a box. Often times I find myself running out of space when I'm on twitter so I have to change clothes to clths or know to no (etc). It's tough as a future English teacher to PURPOSELY misspell words! uuugh! SMH...lol

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  2. Yeah...I get all of that but it's just getting out of hand! And teachers wonder why their college or high school students don't know how to write a simple essay or research paper. (shaking my head...lol I didn't want to abbreviate that)...I literally want to throw-up every time I hear a girl,let alone a guy, say "OMG" or "WTF" it seriously bugs me and I wonder if they know how STUPID they sound when they say it. lol. Geeze...

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  3. i unapologetically use OMG and BTW in sentences. it makes me smile

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