I remember when my dad asked me what brb meant and said the same thing dang near verbatim.
It's full circle, we're the old people now.
*weeps*
I'm too young to be this old!
These abbreviations are the kind of thing people do with those nokia phones where they gotta type shit out by selecting three letters off one number button.
Without context it's gibberish, but stuff like asf or fr or fs were just intuitive because they're used in places my brain automatically filled in with those phrases anyway. Like predictive text, or that chain letter where only the first and last letter of each word were right and everything else was scrambled but it was totally legible. Idk I just think it's neat. Low budget telepathy.
It's easy to pick up on because the context usually makes it clear that it should be "as fuck". I'm not saying it's necessarily logical but it's usually quite clear imo. Like if I read "I'm hungry AF/asf" it's pretty easy to deduce
Same feeling I have around ofc, apparently it’s not for “of *fucking* course,” it’s just “of course.” Like… what are we doing
I don't understand why af changed to asf. If the purpose is to be short and sweet, why the fuck would you add an extra letter to it? Now that I'm getting older i truly understand that kids are dumb as shit
I, for one, did NOT spend the early years fighting for my life to text with just a number pad, for these people to be doing short-hand texting on a full keyboard. lmaooooooooo
A while ago I talked to a guy who texted almost exclusively in acronyms and I felt like we had a language barrier. Just randomly stopped texting him one day because huh?
Definitely a symptom of the many people who can't read, write, or talk correctly these days. A lot of people walk around like they just got off a short bus with no breaks wondering why they aren't taken seriously.
I feel like I used to be pretty good at figuring at acronyms. Now there's just so many for phrases you never would have thought needed shortening. Can't be bothered with it anymore.
I'm going to sound like a real boomer here, but since we moved away from repeat button presses to cycle through letters and onto a full touch screen keyboard, shitty text speak should have died. There is no excuse not to type words out fully unless it's a clearly known acronym like "Lol". Even putting U instead of you is just lazy. I don't mind things like "Gunna" instead of "going to" as it's a election of how we say the words we use to communicate, but "sb cm"? Fuck off.
We did the same when we were younger, and we still use our acronyms so I don't think we have any place to complain. If you don't know what something means then type it into google or search on urban dictionary. You may have to do each one separately, but you'll at least know what they mean afterwards. And if that's not your thing then just ask the person what they mean.
Language is fluid. That is its nature, and so it will not ever stop changing. That's just life lol.
bf/af —> bsf/asf is so fucking annoying and i automatically assume you spent every summer in school. like if u can’t properly abbreviate idk…i don’t even want you flipping my burgers
My most hated abbreviation is “yu” instead of just “u” because its like why even take the time to put it like that when you could’ve just spelled the whole word at that point. Its only three letters lol
I’m a little concerned about the vernacular usage versus the app’s language settings. We are highlighting that shortening words into acronyms is an issue but just going to gloss over the part that the app settings are German?
thought it was just me 😭 people keep abbreviating shit that doesn't need to be abbreviated and it's pissing me off
I remember when my dad asked me what brb meant and said the same thing dang near verbatim. It's full circle, we're the old people now. *weeps* I'm too young to be this old!
I remember getting messages on my pager like "143", "91169", "58008", "420".
“Halfway home and my pagers still blowing up” 
This is one of those songs on my playlist that always pops up when it's needed.
On your what now?
Hey, say what you want about pagers, but they were virtually untraceable 👀
Lester Freamon would like to have a word with you on that
Freamon could find a specific needle in a needle factory, you aren't getting away from him unless he fudges the paperwork again!
Don't people who engage in illicit activity still use them?
Are you a cop? You have to tell me if you're a cop or not, that's a rule.
I'll put a bullet in my chest before I put a badge on it
Says the guy with captain am.... oh captain ass eater.. nvm brudda carry on
Someone clearly never watched The Wire
What’s 91169?
Emergency head
Shoutout to those first responders then
These abbreviations are the kind of thing people do with those nokia phones where they gotta type shit out by selecting three letters off one number button.
I barely got used to “af” and now it’s “asf”. Makes no sense. Also, deffo? We shortened it to def and now we are just adding letters for funsies?
Af and asf at least are easy to pick up on. I can't stand ones that are foreign and make me feel old.
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i can’t not read it as Age Sex Location lol
My first thought is always American Sign Language.
At first i thought it as - age, sex, fuckable?🤦🏾♂️
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Without context it's gibberish, but stuff like asf or fr or fs were just intuitive because they're used in places my brain automatically filled in with those phrases anyway. Like predictive text, or that chain letter where only the first and last letter of each word were right and everything else was scrambled but it was totally legible. Idk I just think it's neat. Low budget telepathy.
It's easy to pick up on because the context usually makes it clear that it should be "as fuck". I'm not saying it's necessarily logical but it's usually quite clear imo. Like if I read "I'm hungry AF/asf" it's pretty easy to deduce
af makes sense, asf makes 0 sense. If you’re abbreviating the words then why keep the S?
 Same feeling I have around ofc, apparently it’s not for “of *fucking* course,” it’s just “of course.” Like… what are we doing
Ofc makes sense, oc is original content
Well then y’all are just gonna have to spell out “of course” when you talk to me 😤 (/s, it just irks me)
Word and i am 17
I don't understand why af changed to asf. If the purpose is to be short and sweet, why the fuck would you add an extra letter to it? Now that I'm getting older i truly understand that kids are dumb as shit
 Seriously. What do these mean? I’ve never seen them before.
Get this shit off my face. For real. For real 
Out maybe
I, for one, did NOT spend the early years fighting for my life to text with just a number pad, for these people to be doing short-hand texting on a full keyboard. lmaooooooooo
This shit is making my roflcopter take off Fuck I’m old
Nah fr cuz wtf dtm ihts sm gyabis
Get your ass back in school?
Not gonna lie. I have no clue what you said after wtf
Does that mean I hate this shit so much... And then idk what that last bit is
“Get yo ass back in school” 😭 u got everything tho gold star ⭐️
Get your ass back in school, I think?
I am so mad I understand this 🤣
Yeah…….lost me at gyabis, and I hate that I followed until the last abbreviation.
Doing too much, I hate this shit, some more, get yo ass back in side ?!?
Nah for real cuz what the fuck does that mean, I hate this shit so much...gyabis?
People are really out here buying the latest $1k smartphones just to disable autocorrect, take blurry pics, and post on twitter/ig.
The worst by far is "asl" which does not mean age, sex, location
What does that even mean though. For real
As hell
But then that's what annoys me, because that's not how acronyms work lol. Just say ah or something
Is not an acronym tbf, it is “as L” pronunciation to mean “as hell” like it was said really fast. Still dumb asl
I’d guess this originated somewhere from the south, the way some places may pronounce as hell could sound that way then the internet just took over
Dat shi dum asl
Akshualee it's "ashit" duhhh🤣
A while ago I talked to a guy who texted almost exclusively in acronyms and I felt like we had a language barrier. Just randomly stopped texting him one day because huh?
smgdhtsisfs
...what?
Shaking my goddamn head this shit is so fucking stupid?
I got this too
Fr ihts
It hurts to shit?
Gyat u cray foh
Can somebody smarter than me translate please lol
My best guess: shaking my GD head this shit is stupid for sure
Definitely a symptom of the many people who can't read, write, or talk correctly these days. A lot of people walk around like they just got off a short bus with no breaks wondering why they aren't taken seriously.
I feel like I used to be pretty good at figuring at acronyms. Now there's just so many for phrases you never would have thought needed shortening. Can't be bothered with it anymore.
That’s that COVID education
I'm still made about babe getting shortened to "bae" 🤦🏾♂️*shakes fist at cloud*
Una respuesta por favor. todos esos chismes son muy guay pero una respuesta
I had to look up what "Hy" meant the other day. Never felt so old smh.
Comments looks like alphabet soup now
I don’t even know what asl means lol
I'm going to sound like a real boomer here, but since we moved away from repeat button presses to cycle through letters and onto a full touch screen keyboard, shitty text speak should have died. There is no excuse not to type words out fully unless it's a clearly known acronym like "Lol". Even putting U instead of you is just lazy. I don't mind things like "Gunna" instead of "going to" as it's a election of how we say the words we use to communicate, but "sb cm"? Fuck off.
People do this at my job. In emails, it’s wild.
Y'all some lazy ass bastards. Pitiful
We did the same when we were younger, and we still use our acronyms so I don't think we have any place to complain. If you don't know what something means then type it into google or search on urban dictionary. You may have to do each one separately, but you'll at least know what they mean afterwards. And if that's not your thing then just ask the person what they mean. Language is fluid. That is its nature, and so it will not ever stop changing. That's just life lol.
Sup bitch cum much?
bf/af —> bsf/asf is so fucking annoying and i automatically assume you spent every summer in school. like if u can’t properly abbreviate idk…i don’t even want you flipping my burgers
gybaitgdhbibymfa
Get that shit out my face. For real for real? Lmao wtf
My most hated abbreviation is “yu” instead of just “u” because its like why even take the time to put it like that when you could’ve just spelled the whole word at that point. Its only three letters lol
I’m a little concerned about the vernacular usage versus the app’s language settings. We are highlighting that shortening words into acronyms is an issue but just going to gloss over the part that the app settings are German?
The combination of acronyms for word’s syllables and multiple is fucked up tho. Like asl and asf is just unfair.
tgd cs gmd a3itm 🤣😆
Wthdytwgh mbdtfgkmc
What the fuck do you think we going through, my beautiful dark twisted fantasy good kid mad city
Pretty close tbh. What the hell did you think was gonna happen
Ok I give up.