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you to miss any! So with that said, let's get on with the video! Welcome to 2021. Now
chances are, every single day you have conversations using this thing and because in 2021
we want things done quickly,, we don't have time to type words! So instead we abbreviate.
Now, whether it be with text conversations or on Twitter or on TikTok, we abbreviate
a lot of things in the English language. So I'm going to give you some very common abbreviations
that I see all the time. You don't have to use these to sound like a native speaker but it's
good if you can understand them because chances are you're going to see them a lot. So let's go!
Okay, let's have a quick recap. OMG stands for oh my god and you use it when you are shocked about
something. TBH stands for to be honest and you use it as a casual way of saying I'm being honest
here. LMK means let me know, CBA means can't be arsed and this is a really informal way of saying
I can't be bothered, I don't want to do it, I don't want to deal with it, I can't be arsed.
A lot of young people use this one. IRL means in real life. OOTD is outfit of the day and I
see this on social media when people are posting about what they're wearing for the day and BTW
is by the way, so when you're adding another comment to something you might say by the way.
Then we have IMO which is in my opinion and also these little fire emojis and we use that to say
something is fire, it's hot, it's really good. RN is right now. IDK is I don't know. HMU means
hit me up and that's like something you would say if you want someone to reach out to you,
you want to do something, you're bored. LOL is laugh out loud, IDC = I don't care
and TBF is to be fair, it's like something you add on the end if you're being honest.
Smh is shaking my head and you'll say it if you're disappointed with someone or something. Okay so
OOMF can either mean one of my friends or one of my followers, if you're using it on Twitter.
And then spill the tea is an interesting phrase I put in there. So tea is like gossip,
so if you spill the tea on someone you explain the gossip, you gossip about someone.
ICYMI is in case you missed it. POV is point of view. BRB is be right back and TTYL is talk
to you later. And there you go, all of those abbreviations I have seen, I have used a lot
of them, they are the most common ones. A lot of places on the internet will tell you that things
like this: are popular abbreviations for texting, but we haven't really used this since about
2010. People don't tend to use numbers anymore when it comes to text language and text slang
so things like gr8, l8ter - no. Actually what I've noticed is that now a lot of people just
say words fully, they don't abbreviate as much. Younger generations, they tend to use things like
shaking my head or one of my friends, um, things like that. Younger generations tend to do that but
people just spell words a lot more and they just say words correctly now. So don't worry if,
you know, you can't remember any of these. Um, you don't need to use them to sound like a native
when you're texting, you'll be fine. But being able to understand them and being able to know
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