2024-02-17 09:51:53
“LOL”, “WTF” or “BFF”: Have you ever read these abbreviations? These terms are part of internet jargon. That’s what lies behind it.
If things have to be done quickly, internet shortcuts are practical – for example when having conversations via WhatsApp. But even where there is little space for text, sometimes every character saved counts. For example, with the short message service X (formerly Twitter). Users of the service only have 280 characters available for their tweets, which is why they like to use abbreviations like OMG. OMG stands for “Oh my God”. Would you have known? Here are more acronyms from internet jargon.
Germans don’t find ROFL funny at all
Although users use them frequently, not all English-language acronyms are equally popular. According to surveys, one of the most unpopular abbreviations on the Internet is “ROFL”, which stands for “Rolling On the Floor Laughing” and translates roughly as “Rolling with laughter” means. The abbreviation “LOL” is similarly unpopular: This is the abbreviation for “Laughing out loud”, in German it means “laughing loudly”.
The most commonly used abbreviations in this country are: “HDL” (Love you), “Thx” (Thanks = thank you), “LOL” , “CU” (See you = see you) and “OMG”. The example “CU” shows that some abbreviations do not necessarily have anything to do with the first letters of the original words. Sometimes the abbreviations can also be the pronunciation of the unabridged term.
What the common abbreviations mean:
- ABF stands for “very best friend” (see also BFF)
- AFAIK stands for the sentence “as far as I know“, which in German means “as far as I know” or “as far as I know.” Users often also write Affairwhat kind of “as far as I remember” says, in German “as far as I remember”.
- ASAP is the abbreviation for “as soon as possible“. In German it means “as quickly as possible”.
- BFF means “best friends forever”.
- BTW means “by the way“, which means something like “by the way”.
- CU stands for “see you“, which means “see you”. In America, “see you” is also often pronounced “see ya”, which is why it is pronounced here too CYA is common.
- CUL8R is called “see you later“: the 8 is pronounced in English with the l and the r to ‘later’, i.e. see you later
- DAU stands for the “stupidest user to assume” and is derived from the term “GAU”, which means “greatest possible accident”. A DAU is someone who has very little knowledge of how to use a computer.
- EOB is the abbreviation for “end of business” and means at the end of the working day.
- EOM means “end of message” (end of message) and is often used when an email consists only of the subject line and has no other content. Then at the end of the subject line there is EOM.
- FAQ is often found on websites. That means “frequently asked questions” and announces answers to the most frequently asked questions from users.
- FYI stands for “For your Information”. In German it means something like “For your information”.
- GLG shortens”very best regards” ab.
- *gig* means “giggle“, the English word for giggle
- HDL stands for “I love you“. The increase is called HDGDLwhich stands for “I love you so much.”
- IMHO stands for the English “in my humble opinion”. It is commonly used in emails and means “in my opinion.”
- IRL stands for “in real life“, which means “in real life” and refers to the world outside the Internet.
- KT or KwT stands for “no text” or “no further text” and is written in the subject lines of comments or emails to point out that you can save yourself having to open the post.
- LG stands for “Best regards” as a farewell phrase at the end of emails, VG for “best regards” and MFG for “with kind regards”
- LOL stands for the English words “laughing out loud” and that means “laugh out loud”. So the sender is having a great time.
- MMN is the abbreviation of “In my opinion“
- N/A is called “not available“, so not available.
- OMG stands for “oh my God“, which directly translates to “oh my God.”
- OT means “off topic”: In comments or forums, this indicates that the post is not on topic.
- Q&A is the abbreviation for “Question and Answer“, in German questions and answers
- RTFM means “read the fucking manual”: The request “Read the damn manual” averts questions that can easily be solved yourself with the help of instructions.
- ROFL stands for the English words “rolling on floor laughing“, “Rolling across the floor laughing.” The German equivalent would be “rolling over with laughter”. The increase is ROFLMAOwhat kind of “rolling on floor laughing my ass off” stands for “rolling on the floor and laughing your ass off.”
- SRY simply means “sorry“
- Thx stands for “thanks” (“Thanks”)
- TL;DR: shortens “too long, didn’t read“, so it’s too long to read. It’s also sometimes found at the end of a text as the author’s own summary
- WTF stands for “what the fuck” and is not as vulgar as it sounds: it is used analogously to the German “What the devil”.
- XXX: The triple
- XD or xD stands for a smiling face turned 90°. The X is supposed to show the eyes squeezed shut with laughter, while the D stands for the laughing mouth.
- XOXO is a greeting formula: “O” stands for a hug (“hug”), “X” for a kiss (“kiss”).
- 4U symbolizes “for you“, which is translated as “for you”.
Note: The text comes from the t-online-de archive and has been re-edited.