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I just heard a man in his 40's talking about his daughters BFF. He actually said BFF. It's amazing how internet and text shortform has effected our language. I mean 20 years ago noone would know what any of this meant.

FTW
WTF
O RLY
Y RLY
IAWTC
OMG
RTFM
IDK
AFK

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2 months, 2 weeks ago by Libby W.

16 Replies

  • Nick D. replied May 8th
    If I heard a guy in his 40s say "bff" I'd be very creeped out :)
  • Sean L. replied May 8th
    I only say bff if I'm making fun of someone ... it cracks me up when ever i say it ....lol!
  • Kent G. replied May 8th
    I'm in my forties... well I'm forty. I know what all those things mean from usage.
  • Libby W. replied May 8th
    @ kent I was using him as a reference point because 20 years ago he was 20 and no one at the time knew what any of that meant.

    Also it striked me funny he was using bff it reminded me of the cell phone commercials.
  • clarke t. replied May 8th
    after one of those commercials recently which had BFF used heavily, I think ppl now think it can b used in general context

    I had to look up 'IAWTC,' the rest r easy.

    @Libby - 20yrs ago nobody was IRC'ing or IM'ing or TXT/SMS'ing; so they didn't even exist....except maybe RTFM, OMG, ROFL, ROFLOL, IMO,IMHO, or WTF in forums/listservs/nntp.
  • Dan B. replied May 8th
    I'll bet 20 years ago they used WTF in DARPANET!

  • Libby W. replied May 8th
    how old is wtf?
  • clarke t. replied May 8th
    @ libby - RTFM, WTF, and LOL have to be the oldest I'd think.
  • Libby W. replied May 8th
    I was trying to find dates but so far I can only comfirm FAQ as coined in 1982

    http://en.wikipedia.or...
  • joe c. replied May 8th
    I know a girl who named her cats ROFL and LMAO.

    It also annoys the shit out of me when I see people using ETA as "Edited To Add".
  • Libby W. replied May 8th
    ETA as edited to add. heh thats confusing and annoying. I wanted to buy two goldfish once just so I could name them Icon and Avatar.
  • clarke t. replied May 8th
    I think ud have to look into the BOFH archives to find most of them.
  • clarke t. replied May 8th
    here's a rather interesting list.
    http://mandrivausers.o...
  • Parth S. replied May 8th
    I am very unaware what most of them mean - can some one please decipher this for me??
  • Parth S. replied May 8th
    scratch that !needcaffeine has helped me - god bless you clarke!!!
  • Mark J. replied May 8th
    As an old fart, I too would be offended by one of my peers using BFF, because the sentiment it expresses is more of a teenager kind of thing. Some of the others have been around long enough to have been established into the fogie culture, so they don't annoy as much. And I can say with absolute certainty that in the mid-80's, when I was a technical specialist supporting the use of specialized modeling software in the Transportation planning field, the use of RTFM was already in high gear. Believe me! There was no internet, but there were technical support calls, and really, isn't that all anyone would need for begin using this gem?

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