Z-Alphabet

Original Text vs. Gen Z Edition

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What do all the internet acronyms mean?

PSA FYI ICYMI: AMA. OP POV: IRL RN. WYD? HBU? NGL TBH IDK. IMO IMHO AFAIK: BTW TIL. DM? PM? LMK. OMW ASAP; ETA TBD. BRB AFK; BBL. GTG G2G. WTF WTH OMG SMH FFS. IKR OFC. NVM NBD. FOMO YOLO FR FRFR. OOTD TBT. IYKYK. SUS. JK JK. NSFW TW TMI. GG WP GLHF. GGEZ. DC LAG. FPS RIP. EOD EOW. TTYL TTYL. TL;DR: IDK IDC. TL;DR: TL;DR.

[TRANSLATION — ā€œHuman-Readableā€ (allegedly)]. Public service announcement, for your information, in case you missed it: ask me anything. The original poster’s point of view is that in real life, right now, they’re asking ā€œwhat are you doing?ā€ and ā€œhow about you?ā€ Not gonna lie, to be honest, I don’t know. In my opinion—humbly— as far as I know: by the way, today I learned. Direct message or private message me; let me know. On my way as soon as possible; estimated time of arrival: to be determined. Be right back, away from keyboard; be back later. Got to go. What the f*** / what the heck / oh my god: shaking my head, for f***’s sake. I know, right? Of course. Never mind, no big deal. Then the religion: fear of missing out, you only live once— for real, for real for real. Outfit of the day, throwback Thursday; if you know, you know. Suspicious. Just kidding, just kidding. Not safe for work; trigger warning; too much information. Good game, well played, good luck have fun— then ā€œgg ez.ā€ Disconnect, lag, frames per second, rest in peace. By end of day, by end of week. Talk to you later, talk to you later. And the punchline stays the same: too long; didn’t read. I don’t know, I don’t care. Too long; didn’t read— too long; didn’t read.

[FOOTNOTE] TL;DR: The translation is longer, the meaning is the same, and nobody read either version.

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