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It's been four years since Geoffrey the Giraffe beckoned us all to be "Toys R Us" kids.
Sorry, folks, I don't have a backwards "R" on my keypad. Truth be told, the reversed letter always truly bugged me. Why? Oh, I dunno. Call me kooky but I'm sort of not a fan of teaching children how to spell things incorrectly.
OK, fine. Sometimes I make up my own words (see "I dunno" in previous paragraph).
Hmpf. Guilty, I suppose. But generally speaking, I am a huge syntax, spelling, grammar, etc. monger.
You know, IRL.
That's "in real life" for you dinosaurs such as myself -- who don't necessarily speak initializations and acronyms like the young'ns of today do.
I'm sorry but -- just why?
I mean, I guess if you're texting, less is more, but I had no idea how vast the electronic alphabet had morphed until I visited a website titled Target Market at https://targetmarket.com/ Apparently, condensed speak is all the rage these days.
Target Market taught me the following short-cut phrases and their respective meaning(s). Did you know:
DM -- Direct message. A private message sent between two users. Even I could've figured this one out!
Fleet -- Temporary Twitter posts that disappear after 24 hours. And here I thought this was a naval reference?
MT -- Modified tweet. A tweet that has been altered before resharing. Um, IRL is this equivalent to a lie? Hmm.
PM -- Private message. Another term used for a one-on-one message.
RT -- Retweet. When you share someone's tweet to your own feed. That one really WAS self-explanatory.
Tweet -- Twitter post
#XYZBCA -- The #xyzbca hashtag is simply a popular hashtag that people use in the hopes of getting more views on their TikTok videos. OK, whatever?
2mr -- Tomorrow
BTW -- By the Way (BT dubs, this one, I knew!)
DYK -- Did you know?
F2F -- Face to face
FF -- Follow Friday (I am clueless here. What's it mean?)
FOMO -- Fear of missing out (Heck, everyone knows this one, no?)
FYI -- For your information (Again, an oldie but goodie.)
HBD -- Happy birthday
HTH -- Here to help
ICYMI -- In case you missed it
IDC -- I don't care
IDK -- I don't know
IKR -- I know, right?
ILY -- I love you
LMS -- Like my status
LOL -- Laugh out loud
MCM -- Man-crush Monday. Huh?
MIA -- Missing in action. Well, shoot, this one's been around forever!
NM -- Not much
NSFW -- Not safe for work. OK, what now?
NVM -- Never mind
OBV -- Obviously
OOTD -- Outfit of the day. Again, what?
PP -- Profile picture. Um, just no to this.
TIL -- Today I learned. As in, a LOT about these weird contractions!
TL; DR -- Too long; didn't read. OK, this one actually cracks me up.
TMI -- Too much information. I actually do say this, on the reg.
WBW -- Way back Wednesday. Never heard of it.
YOLO -- You only live once. Well, duh.
YW -- You're welcome. Um, thanks?
Well, I guess that's it, TTFN.
That's "ta ta for now," as they say in the Motherland; hee!
-- Kimerer is a columnist who is trying to learn hip lingo. HHU, er, hit her up at www.patriciakimerer.com.