Search Results: texting abbreviations

Girls, guys, please learn me the meaning of the symbols often used at the end of text messages, like :D, :P, >3, :O and many others?

Many of you use these in their answers. Previously I asked a question on GAG on text message abbreviations. Which many of you answered with lots of useful feedback! So, this time the question is which symbols you use at...

Hans222

Master Age: 50

Other

Do you think text talk outside of text messages is annoying?

Here lately I keep running across people who tlk lyk dis all over social media sites and it personally annoys the crap out of me to the point I want to comment and ask politely to actually spell things out because it's...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Society & Politics

Are you around people who talk in text? What are some abbreviations you hear spoken most? They drive me nuts! How about you GAG?

I understand texting something in abbreviated terms or text short-hand...but talking like that? In academic, business, or professional settings?

CRamos3

Yoda Age: 44

Society & Politics

How many text message abbreviations do you know?

I'm not good in it. My knowledge end with "4U" or "fyi" or some smilies... so I propose you test me and pump those answers full of first class text message code! I'll do my best to decode them :-)

Hans222

Master Age: 50

Girl's Behavior

Do you judge someone based on their texting habits?

This: "hi hw r u wht u do" and this: "hi, how are you and what do you do?" are different. And I totally judge someone based on their texting habits. I'm no grammar nazi, but proper punctuations and not too many...

Daph81

Guru Age: 38

Dating

Are past behaviors good indicators?

I've been with my girlfriend for 4 months now. We almost broke up once due to miscommunication. A week before we had the break-up talk, she started acting differently. She started doing the following: -Distancing herself...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Flirting

Signs of attraction below?

1. Called your name out when playing game like pictionary 2. Stare passionately and intensely into your eyes 3. staring afar and looked away when you caught him 4. turn shy, in my case, like turning himself to the wall...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Flirting

Signs of interest from outgoing guy like this?

Teenage boys, if they like you but don't talk to you what's their sign of interest, pls focus on non verbal ones and determine the following maybe 1. Called your name out when playing game like pictionary 2. Stare...

Kpopmanic

Xper 5 Age: 30

Dating

My boyfriend started acting weird. What's your opinion?

I'm 20, he's 31. We've been dating for 4 months. Whenever I'm around him, I feel SO loved. He holds me, tells me he loves me, is romantic, stares at my eyes with the sweetest face ever. He introduced me to his entire...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Other

Does anyone else get bothered by people's grammar?

I'm not talking about people doing things like ending sentences with prepositions. I mean things like people's overall terrible grammar (double negatives for example), compounded by laziness, text talk, "lolspeek", leet...

Anonymous

(36-45)

I'm not talking about people doing things like ending sentences with prepositions. I mean things like people's overall terrible grammar (double negatives for example), compounded by

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Abbreviations-- are they bad?

Recently I started to really abbreviate while texting and I do it because it saves a lot of time and it's so much easier. do you guys think that abbreviating and using things such as "U" for you and are "R" for looks bad?...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Dating

Guys: Should a girl worry if you start to use abbreviations?

My guy friend and I text a lot. We have been texting each other for several months now, but just recently started having deeper, more personal convos, him really opening up to me. He typically texts me back within a...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Dating

Guys: Do you typically type out every word when you text?

Guys: Do you typically type out every single word when you text or do you use abbreviations? Also, are you more likely to type everything out like on Facebook since you have a full keyboard, instead of texting? Thanks!

Anonymous

(30-35)

Dating

GUYS: Can a girl assume a guy doesn't like her if a guy doesn't text her first after a 2-3 weeks?

Can a girl assume a guy doesn't like her if a guy doesn't text her first after a 2-3 weeks after their last convo? There's this guy I've known for awhile and he started hanging out with me a few years ago. (He really...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Dating

Guys: How do you text a girl you like verses a girl you aren't intereted in?

Do you typically use smilies\haha's in texts? Do you usually actually type every word out, or do you typically use abbreviations such as idk, ttyl etc.? How many words approximately are your texts if you like the girl and...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Guy's Behavior

What is his deal, does he like, what should I do?

This guy and I recently started talking again. when he texts me he usually sends like a smiley face after everthing. we recently hungout and we watched a movie, we were flirting and stuff but he made it seem like I had...

EmmaJean

Xper 5 Age: 34

Dating

He asked me to marry him and we haven't even been on a date.

A man said "Will you marry me?" I found it rather hilarious. I said something along the lines of "you silly damn fool." I have never even went on a date with the man. We have only spoke once. We keep in contact through...

DearerMerit

Xper 5 Age: 34

Relationships

Illiteracy in the younger generation?

Ok, most of you are in your late teens and early twenties. Do you think I am unreasonable for wanting you to use English correctly? Yes, I use text and IM, and I use abbreviations, too. But I know what is correct, and I...

Anonymous

(45 Plus)