Today, I’ll be doing common Internet abbreviations!

Basically we can see abbreviations everywhere on the Internet

We’ve mentioned some in the first episode

but there are still a lot more we haven’t talked about

So here we are, episode two

This video will mainly be in English

so remember to turn on the Chinese or English subtitles if needed

People are really lazy sometimes

we want to spend the least amount of time

to convey as much as possible

Thus, I present to you, abbreviations and acronyms

In our last episode

we covered a lot of really popular online abbreviations

However, social media and language is always changing

and evolving so fast

that is why we have an endless list to talk about

But of course, as usual

I’ll be talking about the most popular and commonly-used ones

Best Friends Forever 永遠的摯友

Your BFF will be what you call your best friend

Because you love them so much

you’d want to be friends with them for all eternity

Be Right Back 馬上回來

Normally seen when one has to leave a chat for a short while

to do something else

They are promising that

they will be absent for a little while

but what they’re gonna do wouldn’t take too long

Got To Go 先走了

This is somewhat similar to BRB

but GTG, means leaving the chat for good

When you say GTG

it’ll normally mean when you need to do something else

be somewhere else

and therefore need to end the conversation

I Don’t Know 我不知道

People asks questions all the time

Sometimes you know the answer to it

sometimes you don’t

So IDK can be pretty useful

when you wanna prevent other people

from asking too many questions

I Know Right 是不是

This is often said

when you absolutely agree with something someone else said

Personally, this is one of my favorite(s)

You can’t say it as, “I know, right.”

you have to say it like “I know right www~~~~”

Shake My Head 無言傻眼

SMH is normally used

when someone does something so stupid

you’re either disgusted, in disbelief

or so annoyed that you’re at a loss for words

SMH would be to do this

*shakes head*

And you could also add in a facepalm for effect

*facepalm shakes head*

In Real Life 在現實生活裡

IRL basically means in the real world

and not like online, on social media

or in books and movies

You may be commenting on how someone acts in real life

compared to their online persona

Or how an actor or actress really is like

outside of the characters they play in their movies

In My Opinion 我的看法是

IMO in other words mean

what I think about something or someone

You can also add an H in there

making it IMHO

which stands for “in my humble opinion”

But be careful about using IMHO

because purposefully stating something as humble

makes it even less so

and instead a little bit sarcastic

Away From Keyboard 不在電腦前

AFK is often used in a gaming context

written to let people know you’re not available right now

When you say you’re AFK

you are literally away from your keyboard

which equally means you’re away from your computer

This is to let your friends and teammates know

that they should wait for you to come back

Also Known As 又稱為

AKA is used when there are two or more names to someone

and you will use it to make a reference to all the other names

I don’t know why

but the usage of AKA sounds very chuunibyou to me

Perhaps it’s because every time people like to put strange names behind AKA

something like

Hey, it’s Crown

AKA, Sapphire Goddess

Oh!!! It’s kinda like Game of Thrones!

You know how they like to put

tons of AKAs behind their name

Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen

the first of her name

AKA Queen of Meereen

Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea

The Unburnt

Breaker of Chains

and the Mother of Dragons

Phew

Just Kidding 開玩笑

This is pretty easy

and I think most of you know what this means

I think this abbreviation is very complicated

because it has various meanings

1. You really were only joking

2. When you were actually really serious but people didn’t take you seriously

3. When you said something stupid

4. When you said something you regret and you wanted to take it back or cover it up

Laugh My Ass Off 大笑

We use this all the time

and can be seen as a higher leveled “LOL”

When you laugh your ass off

don’t take it literally

but just see it as laughing really, really hard

You can add in a F for more effect

making it LMFAO “laughing my fat ass off”

Roll On The Floor Laughing 笑到在地上滾

Similar to LMAO, ROTFL

is also used to express great amusement or exaggerated laughter

To take it to a degree higher

you can combine ROTFL with LMFAO

making it ROTFLMFAO

"roll on the floor laughing my fat ass off"

But this is so long

you can hardly call it an abbreviation anymore...

So, the above are the acronyms and abbreviations

that I’ve compiled for you today

I hope you learnt something new!

Are there any others that you’ve seen before but don’t know what they mean?

If yes, be sure to tell me in the comment section down below!

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