Internet these days, has made everything available at a single touch of hand. It has shortened the physical distance in a virtual way. The revolution in internet was initialized by “Social Media” which in point of fact brought forward a broad conception about the usage of internet.
We are social beings and we need social interactions to maintain a healthy life and a healthy mind. Social media has changed the way we used to look into being social. Today being social mostly means being active on social media, having many friends and followers in social media, and having more engaging posts in social media.
Social media is full of “Entertainment” and “Embarrassment” as well. Anything can happen on the internet. Our one mistake can get us into a lump of troubles. And as a social media user, it is sure that we have either been a part or at least have witnessed embarrassing moments of others. And for public figures and celebrities, one wrong post and BOOM! there comes the flood of trolls, controversies and sometimes scandals too.
Imagine you are in a deep conversation with your boss, giving an interview or may be chatting with your crush. And they text you AYOR, FWIW, TTYL or anything like that but you don’t know what it means. Though Google is there to look for the meaning, but still it is quite embarrassing being in such a situation. So getting known to some social media terms might be a saviour for you.
Acronyms used in social media:
BTW – By the way
TTYL – Talk to you later
TYT – Take your time
LOL – Laughing out loud
ROTFL – Rolling on the floor laughing
FWIW – For what it’s worth
POV – Point of view
B/C – Because
AYOR – At your own risk
B4N – Bye for now
DH – Dear husband
DF – Dear friend
EML – Email me later
JK – Just kidding
SFW – Safe for work
OIC – Oh I see
AAMOF – As a matter of fact
TYVM – Thank you very much
AFAIK – As far as I know
IIRC – If I recall correctly
EOD – End of day
EOM – End of message
C&P – Copy and paste
HTH – Hope this helps
NNTR – No need to reply
YAM – Yet another meeting
ICYMI – In case you missed it
TBA – To be announced
B2K/BTK – Back to keyboard
WFM – Works for me
LMK – Let me know
NVM – Never mind
ASAP– As soon as possible
AKA– Also known as
AYDY– Are you done yet
B4N– Bye for now
CSL– Can’t stop laughing
YKN– You never know
WBU– What about you
WBS– Write back soon
TGIF– Thank God it’s Friday
TC– Take care
GC– Group chat
Using short forms depends upon your wish. You can also create your own but understandable shortcuts to make the typing faster.
Some more social media terms you can add to your vocabulary:
Post- anything posted in Facebook, Instagram
Engagement- Action taken by other social media users on you posts e.g. likes, reaction, comments, and shares
Tweet- Anything you post in Twitter
DP/PP– Your display or profile picture
Filter- For editing your pictures in social media
Handle- Twitter account name, also used for Instagram name
Tag- Tagging your friends will make them a part of your post
Hashtag- Used as a way to find content about a specific topic, or as a way to make your content more discoverable to other users. It is written with any word following “#” like #stayhome #visitnepal2020 etc.
Impression- The number of times your posts have been seen by other users.
Share- Sharing the post in a message, group, and community or simply reposting any post.
Twitterati- Twitter users having incredibly large number of followers and who post regularly like celebrities, social influencers, etc.
Followers- The other social media users who can see your posts regularly
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B4N, TC. :)
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