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CUL8R, TTFN, BBL - And More Of The TOP 25 ABBREVIATIONS

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Realty Works Temecula BRE No: 01233850

I'll admit that now and then someone will send me an abbreviated message or even an abbreviated comment on my blog....and I will have to search the Internet to find out what it means.

I remember the first time someone sent me GBU, and ROTFL, I didn't know what they were....Here's a site that will help you out if you are like me and get text messages that are abbreviated, and don't know what they mean.

***The one I get most is from my boys,

is a simple, "K",

in the response of something I am asking them to do!!!

      

 

     Rank   Abbrv       Phrase                     Count

 

      1     BTW         By The Way                    65

      2     BRB         Be Right Back                 61

      3     FYI         For Your Information          52

      4     OIC         Oh, I See                     51

      5     TTFN        Ta Ta For Now                 48

      6     FWIW        For What It's Worth           48

      7     BBL         Be Back Later                 47

      8     LOL         Laughing Out Loud             46

      9     AFK         Away From Keyboard            45

     10     IMO         In My Opinion                 45

     11     TTYL        Talk To You Later             43

     12     AFAIK       As Far As I Know              43

     13     ROFL        Rolling On the Floor Laughing 43

     14     OTOH        On The Other Hand             42

     15     IMHO        In My Humble Opinion          40

     16     ASAP        As Soon As Possible           40

     17     IRL         In Real Life                  39

     18     IOW         In Other Words                39

     19     GMTA        Great Minds Think Alike       38

     20     CU          See You                       38

     21     IC          I See                         32

     22     NRN         No Reply Necessary            28

     23     CUL         See You Later                 27

     24     GR8         Great!                        27

     25     BFN         Bye For now                   25

 And here's the entire list!

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Comments(11)

Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Jane - shame upon me, I knew hardly more than 5 out of this list. thanks for the entertaining list

Sep 27, 2011 03:57 PM
David Spencer
Keller Williams Northland - Kansas City, MO
Show Me real estate in Kansas City

Now people won't talk to one another. They just stare at their phone because the person on the other end can't write or is to lazy to write. When is the last time you had a conversation with your hands folded?

Sep 27, 2011 03:58 PM
Steve, Joel & Steve A. Chain
Chain Real Estate Investments & Mortgage, Steve & Joel Chain - Cottonwood, CA

Jane,

I too find the daily use of these abbrevations increasing.

Thanks for sharing the short list.

Steve

Sep 27, 2011 04:00 PM
Mary Macy
Top Agents Atlanta Metro - Roswell, GA
Top Agents Atlanta Metro

It is very hard to communicate in this enviornment.  Proper English that we grew up with has went out the window

Sep 27, 2011 04:52 PM
Steve Stenros
Poway,La Jolla,Del Mar,Mira Mesa,Carlsbad,Escondido,Temecula - San Diego, CA
CREIA MCI, ICC, ACI Home Inspector,San Diego

Wow, Jane! Talk about being caught in a generation gap! What happened to good old-fashion English?!

Sep 27, 2011 05:12 PM
Tom Arstingstall, General Contractor, Dry Rot, Water Damage Sacramento, El Dorado County - (916) 765-5366
Dry Rot and Water Damage www.tromlerconstruction.com Mobile - 916-765-5366 - Placerville, CA
General Contractor, Dry Rot and Water Damage

My boys give me a hard time because I text in full words for the most part, apparently it is a waste of time to do that. Thanks for the post Jane.

Sep 27, 2011 07:42 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

LOL, it's amazing how often we use some of these now.  Thx for shaing.  There ware several i here I forgot and a couple I didn't know.

Sep 27, 2011 11:50 PM
Denise Roberts
New Colony Properties, LLC - Pinehurst, NC
e-PRO, REALTOR - Specializing in Pinehurst, NC Area

Jane - When I'm texting with my 11 yr old niece, I have to look some of these up on the internet, too!  I think I knew less than half on this list here....ugh.  It's like learning a whole new language.  Thanks for sharing!!!

Sep 28, 2011 01:40 AM
Sidney Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula
Realty Works Temecula - Temecula, CA
Realty Works Temecula

Jon:  Now, you have no excuses.

David:  "Oh the times they are a changing".

Steve:  You're welcome...TTFN

Mary:  Just think of it as "Short Hand"....it's here to stay.

Steve:  English still has it's place but I have to agree that texting entire words and sentences is too cumbersome.

Tom:  Get with it then and type back some of these to your kids, it's kind of fun.

Debbie:  I didn't know hardly any of them either.

Denise:  Wow, an 11 year old.....I guess the younger ones will really know these by heart!

 

Sep 28, 2011 11:03 AM
Vickie Nagy
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate - Palm Springs, CA
Vickie Jean the Palm Springs Condo Queen

Helpful for me. Thanks! I knew only about a third of them. I read an article last night that said 1/3 of all people prefer texts to phone calls. Yikes!

Sep 29, 2011 05:34 AM
Pacita Dimacali
Alain Pinel - Oakland, CA
Alameda/Contra Costa Counties CA

Thanks for posting.

I know quite a few, but didn't realize I don't know a lot!

This was a very useful list.

Sep 30, 2011 07:13 PM