The Trouble with Interpreting Acronyms

Question

MSW?! (Mom say what?!)

Texting acronyms can stump even the best parents:

Mom: Your great-aunt just passed away. LOL.
Son: Why is that funny? Mom: It’s not funny, David! What do you mean?
Son: Mom, LOL means Laughing Out Loud.
Mom: I thought it meant Lots of Love. I have to call everyone back.

~
Daughter: I got an A in Chemistry.
Mom: WTF!
Daughter: Mom, what do you think WTF means?
Mom: Well That’s Fantastic.

~

Mom: What do IDK, LY & TTYL mean?
Son: I don’t know, love you, talk to you later.
Mom: OK, I will ask your sister.

Source: lifebuzz.com

 

Link: http://www.rd.com/jokes/computer/

Answer 1

Good one Marianne! I get confused by those at times myself!   

Comments

Lol - you should have seen a certain game with acronyms.

Answer 2

I thought WTF stood for Wolfram  TetraFluoride. 

Comments

O'Kay, O'Tink...ima start using that now, and say OTHER TINK TOLD ME it stands for Wolfram Tetra Flouride...

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@ Virginia,

If O'Tink said so, it must be so. 

There once was a fairy, O'Tink,

Who drove lots of people to drink.

She KNEW all her compounds

(Could TELL from the bomb sounds),

That didn't explode, but they'd STINK!

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It's beautiful, O'Tink...(sigh)

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@T(h)ink

Indeed - Chemistry is one of the essential "resources" - !

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@T(h)ink

For your German roots; some "Spiegel reader comments" - very sarcastic and critical:

http://www.spiegel.de/forum/spam/spam-satire-bei-spiegel-online-thread-922-163.html

and some info about certain emissions:

http://www.stupidedia.org/stupi/Furz

http://www.stupidedia.org/stupi/Diverses:Furzverbot_in_Deutschland

Salomon der Weise spricht:
Laute Fürze stinken nicht,
aber die so leise zischen
und so still dem "Po" entwischen,
Mensch, vor denen hüte Dich,
denn die stinken fürchterlich.

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@ Marianne,

Salomon macht' einen Furz,

Leider war es doch ein Schurz.

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@T(h)ink

Lol - wait a minute: which one?

This kind:

or:

or was it "Sturz", or "zu kurz" ?

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@ Marianne,

None of the above.  A 'Schurz' is German slang for the English slang 'shart'. 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shart

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-gellman/the-shart-heard-round-the_b_746948.html

Answer 3

Okay Marianne, here is the grandaddy of the acronyms...I saw this one, and took a while Googling to learn what it means...

ILYSMIFLIGTE

Ready? Wait for it...

I Love You So Much I Feel Like I'm Going To Explode...

Comments

Wow - wonderful!

This is one of the nicest!