Can you name the common chat acronyms?

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Chat Acronyms (Common) Quiz

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Published: January 11th, 2008
Category: Entertainment
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Tags: Translation Quizzes, chat, common, acronym

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	foreverfreebird:	Sep 26th, 2008 at 19:57 GMT	22 points
	? I didn't use caps or even spaces between all of the words, and my answers were accepted just fine...

	Lindsay:	Sep 28th, 2008 at 22:45 GMT	14 points
	Same here, I had no problem not using caps.

	davidr:	Oct 4th, 2008 at 15:30 GMT	32 points
	Some of them (WTF, BTW, FTW) seem to need spaces. And "remember" should be a synonym for "recall".

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	AeroE:	Oct 13th, 2008 at 05:53 GMT	111 points
	Some of these are not so common

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	agneso:	Nov 3rd, 2008 at 19:51 GMT	11 points
	wow there are a lot of words l didnt know.

	Pippy:	Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:48 GMT	12 points
	dude who uses just a second or not in my backyard or if i recall correctly...seriously and how can you not know what TGIF is. I think anyone in the world of working should know what that is so i would say that it is more common than most of these

	DirtyKash:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 03:12 GMT	56 points
	wtf? lol omg. idk...

	swjm:	Nov 24th, 2008 at 19:38 GMT	1 point
	I typed in Mind Your Own Business, with variations on capitalization, and it was never accepted......what the hell?

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	BAKEOKE:	Dec 19th, 2008 at 10:51 GMT	13 points
	i got owned. i've never used half of those acronyms. Maybe i'll have to start

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	kamikazepig:	Jan 9th, 2009 at 22:39 GMT	3 points
	pretty hot and tempting makes no sense. nobody in their right mind would ever think gtg meant "good to go" as opposed to "gotta go" if i recall correctly?! no need to comment. decent quiz otherwise, i got 24 but felt sick that i knew them. especially for the win. i want to punch anyone who ever says that, it's almost as annoying as 24-7. maybe even more annoying.

	blossom114:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 17:20 GMT	-1 points
	Yeah I don't know some of these, I got 22.. FWIW I've seen a lot, but I didn't know what it meant.. should have asked. Had no idea what PHAT meant, and a lot of them if I want to say it, I'll just type it out... seriously just a second takes me JUST A SECOND to type.

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	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 23:22 GMT	51 points
	First of all, most of these are not acronyms. An acronym is an abbreviation that forms a new word, like NASA, NATO. You can't pronounce "BRB," it's just an abbreviation. Second, some of these are not chat acronyms/abbreviations. TGIF, NIMBY, and phat all existed pre-Internet. And "phat" is not an acronym, it was just a slang word. Later, people decided form a backronym and say it stood for "pretty hot and tempting." But anyone who actually writes or says that is a douchebag.

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	Renee Witgenstein:	Feb 12th, 2009 at 16:27 GMT	7 points
	lol. I actually had the hardest time with "Ftw" because all i've ever used it (or heard it used as) is "F*** the world". I've never in my life heard it used for "for the win".

	samila:	Feb 16th, 2009 at 14:34 GMT	4 points
	I use the Internet and chat everyday and have never seen half of these used. Go figure.

	zaphraud:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 19:46 GMT	14 points
	JFGI = Just Forget It. The google thing was made up by some marketing chump types, and its apparently sticking because I guess it works in all the same places, sorta (Forget it. If you care anyways, google it. Etc.) Also since when is PHAT "Pretty Hot and Tempting"? LOLWUT?? That sounds like it came out of one of those BS "Self Esteem" pamphlets (funded by General Mills and Kelloggs, of course) that they hand out to teenagers these days. Chatroom use of "PHAT" is almost identical to the way its used in rap/R&B counterculture, and definitely not an acronym. Also, FTW was "**** The World" in late 1980s IRC Chat. Don't know when "For The Win" replaced it, but it was at least 20 years later ...

	zaphraud:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 19:51 GMT	10 points
	Oh and yeah, my mother taught me TGIF in the 1970s. Its totally pre-ARPAnet/Internet.

	ADubya:	Feb 19th, 2009 at 06:29 GMT	2 points
	i agree with beer slayer

	BigLarry:	Feb 20th, 2009 at 11:45 GMT	1 point
	NSFW should also be Not Suitable For Work

	TheTrainguy:	Feb 20th, 2009 at 22:31 GMT	16 points
	As Far as Im Concerned? Really? Never heard of that one. Maybe I should have Just F***ing Googled It...

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	asdf:	Feb 21st, 2009 at 18:29 GMT	7 points
	I too thought NSFW was 'not suitable for work'. The quiz should at least accept both submissions.

	Rzeziol:	Feb 24th, 2009 at 18:24 GMT	22 points
	Isn't AFAIK (know) more popular than AFAIC (concerned)?

	BigThing:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 18:11 GMT	18 points
	The fact that there's an acronym for In Real Life speaks volumes to me.

	MissInformed:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 23:05 GMT	9 points
	Should also take "If I Remember Correctly" for IIRC, please.

	Peanut:	Mar 3rd, 2009 at 15:03 GMT	35 points
	Should also take "arse" in "laughing my ass off"... to appease us Brits :P

	TIMTEBOW15:	Mar 3rd, 2009 at 23:55 GMT	-3 points
	some arent that common. u 4 got EMS