Need even more definitions? Ask the Editors 'Everyday' vs. What Is 'Semantic Bleaching'? How 'literally' can mean "figuratively". Literally How to use a word that literally drives some pe Is Singular 'They' a Better Choice? The awkward case of 'his or her'. Take the quiz. Our Favorite New Words How many do you know? True or False? Test your knowledge - and maybe learn something a Too many and you look immature. I had a friend who was texting with a girl and every single message she sent contained the winky face.
It's like she was outsourcing her texting to a seventh grader. Or that her emoticon had some kind of palsy. And if you're male Any ratio higher than one emoticon per one hundred texts is pure poison. Using ellipses in a text is your way of saying what you either can't say yet because it'd fall under the "too soon" umbrella , or what you are afraid to say because you're afraid you'll seem disagreeable or high maintenance.
Check out this example:. Yeah, Kickboxer 4 could work It's clear what that text really means: "I'd rather die than see a movie about the underground world of kickboxing, and you're an idiot for suggesting that we go see it. I'd rather see a romantic comedy. And now, because this has gotten a little awkward, I think we should meet at the theater so I have an escape plan. You can also use ellipses in a positive way, to get the person's imagination going:.
Had maybe a few too many drinks last night That text takes three statements and just loads them with sexual undertones thanks to the ellipses. Unless a guy sent that text. Then it's just kind of odd.
Question marks have a tendency to stack onto each other. And with each stack the meaning changes. What time do you want to meet up? Simple, unassuming, and friendly. Gets the point across, elicits a response, but also drives toward a solution.
What time do you want to meet up??? Feels impatient, childish. It's an aggressive question: It demands a response, and suggests that the response had better be to your liking. What time do you want to meet up???? Cycles back to playful. Now it's a joke.
If you God forbid talked to the person on the phone, you might sing-say that entire question. What time do you want to meet up????? Too many. To save time and energy and avoid carpal tunnel of the thumbs, hundreds of different texting slang, or internet slang, words and texting abbreviations have come into play. The problem is, there are so many, if you don't know them all, you might think someone is speaking a foreign language! Texting slang involves both symbols and special abbreviations that mean certain things.
Check out an alphabetical list of some of the most popular texting slang words and phrases. Texting slang goes beyond abbreviations and acronyms to include symbols and images too.
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