Top 10 Internet and Texting Phrases in English
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everybody welcome back to top words my
name is Alisha and today we’re going to
talk about ten internet and texting
phrases these are acronyms so words that
are made from the beginning letter of
other words you’ll see let’s get started
okay lol the first word the first
acronym is lol you can read it as law if
you want lol stands for it laughs out
loud or laughing out loud we use this in
text and on the Internet
when something is funny you receive a
funny picture lol you see something
funny in a video lol you read something
funny lol so lol is used to express
Lefter in a sentence what a funny
picture lol go8 e next is go8 e it
spells goat but it actually means
greatest of all time greatest of all
time goats this is this acronym goat you
can use this after something that you
think is really great like the best of
something the most amazing of something
you have an amazing
I don’t know amazing lunch and you take
a picture posted on Instagram Gio a tea
like this salad something like that or
like a in this sentence I made of that
Beyonce performance Gio a tea like
greatest of all time so you think
something is the best you can use Gio 84
that okay fYI next one is fYI fYI is
used in text and internet communications
but we also use it in speech we can also
use fYI in speech it’s okay in business
as well fYI means for your information
for your information blah blah blah just
giving you some information so anytime
you want to provide extra information
you can use FYI
so FYI the BBQ is still on tomorrow
though it’s going to rain or fYI I’m
leaving in
thirty minutes so if you need to talk to
me do it now or in this sentence fYI I
have to leave early today
BRB the next one is BRB BRB BRB means be
right back be right back I’m going to go
away for a moment and come back very
quickly so be right back means very soon
I’m coming back be right back BRB
sometimes especially young people use
BRB in speech as well like they’re
leaving the room for a moment at Mare
Bay and then they come back - so some of
these words are used actually in speech
particularly among young people in a
sentence I’m gonna grab a snack BRB oMG
the next one is extremely popular the
next one is omg omg means oh my god oh
my god oh my god so very very useful
expression you can use oMG for surprise
for anger for sadness for any extreme
emotion causes surprise causes some
right whenever whenever you want to use
oh my god to express an extreme emotion
you can use this so you see something
funny
oMG lol you can combine these like the
first word lol oMG lol that video haha
you can use ha ha ha and ha ha ha for
laughter by the way I use that H eh eh e
or HHH a so you can use that or you can
use lol but oMG oh my god that’s what we
use to express that feeling that Oh
shock feeling OMG so in a sentence we
could say oMG I can’t believe it oh my
god I can’t believe it okay what the
next one is w UT actually sorry this one
is not an acronym this is not an acronym
it’s a misspelling actually so the
pronunciation of this is what what so a
very strong u sound
this comes from the word what WH a t
what what but we use a misspelling in
the on the internet and with text and
stuff to imply like
kind of a dumb feeling like when you
when you want to say what like you’re
confused about something but the
situation is very very dumb or it’s just
um it’s hard to understand or confusing
or doesn’t make sense you can use what
like a very it has like a very like kind
of dumb sound the same you sound in dumb
is in what so it’s like what instead of
what which has a stronger a sound so we
use what in in situations where yeah
something doesn’t make sense so like my
roommate didn’t come home last night
what so it’s something that’s a little
bit confusing that might be a little
more of an extreme example actually in
this sentence your roommate wants a dog
but doesn’t want to pay for it what so
again this is something that’s used more
in text it’s hard to make the sound
accurately in speech I suppose it’s it’s
hard to detect but when you spell what
incorrectly w UT it gives the impression
that the situation doesn’t make sense
it’s it’s kind of stupid or strange and
it shows you are confused it shows
something doesn’t make sense to you so
this is more common well actually this
is primarily used this is mostly used in
text only we don’t use it so much in
speech okay
bTW the next one is bTW bTW means by the
way by the way young people will use BT
Dubbs or yeah BT Dubbs instead of bTW in
conversation by the way is just giving
extra information about something so
like anytime you would use by the way in
conversation you can use bTW on the
internet I don’t recommend this for
business emails or business writing but
in like on Twitter or Facebook Instagram
so on you can use bTW to mean by the way
very convenient in a sentence bTW can
you give me back the money you owe me
afaik the next one is a FAI
afaik means as far as I know as far as I
know this expression means with the
information I have here is my
understanding of the situation so as far
as I know means my understanding is blah
blah blah so as far as I know our
barbecue is going to happen at 3:00
tomorrow or as far as I know the meeting
is still on for today or as far as I
know I’m dog sitting for my neighbor
this weekend so according to my
information this is the situation as far
as I know a a I K okay one more afaik
we’re still meeting on Sunday iirc the
next expression or the next acronym is i
RC iirc means if I recall correctly
recall means remember if I recall
correctly so meaning if my memory is
correct this is the situation if I
recall correctly
spider-man’s real name is Peter Parker
or if I recall correctly donuts have no
calories
lol so if I recall correctly Tokyo at
the capital city of Japan so this is
like if I remember correctly or if my
memory is correct this is what I think
or this is the information iirc so you
might see this like on message boards
and discussion boards in particular here
one more sentence iirc we’re supposed to
meet in front of the station DM the next
one is DM DM means direct message direct
message so this is very common on like
Twitter and Facebook and Instagram very
common on social media and other social
media portals DM direct message so for
example on Twitter we can send public
messages among users but to send a
direct message means other people cannot
see that message so a DM is a direct
message to someone so in a sentence you
could say DM me your email
dress so those are 10 internet and
texting phrases you can try a few of
these out in the video right now if you
want to below the video in the comment
section if you have any questions or if
you know of other internet and texting
phrases and you have no idea how to use
them or what they mean though be careful
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law ok law lol yeah I used but I’m more
I use hey ha ha ha
more than I use law yeah this is me
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