GYO Speak Translator

[Hilary B]

ROFL -rolling on the floor laughing
PMSL - in need of Tena Lady with laughing
BTW - by the way
and then there are a few 'pictorial' ones
<)))))>< a fish

(_)? a hot drink (usualy T, the ? is the mug handle)
c(_) a different hot drink (this one is coffee)
C(_) Cocoa

ô¿ô someone looking over a wall....

I got used to playing with those when I used a chatroom (real-time chat, rather than a chatty message board)

[OllieMartin]

<*((((>< - A dead fish
@---/---- - a rose

[Hilary B]

@>-->-- another rose (with thorns)

[Alison]

<)))))>< a fish

(_)? a hot drink (usualy T, the ? is the mug handle)

These are the type I don't see the point of at all, acronyms are all well and good if they save a lot of time with something you're typing a lot but these two take longer than the proper word so only really serve to be a code that a high percentage of people won't understand.

[bubblewrap]

My first wife(RIP) was only 5' tall & was known as a PORG & had a LSB.

[Jeanied]

How about DD for darling/ dear daughter and DS for darling / dear son.
And I don't understand any of those, Bubblewrap!

[bubblewrap]

PORG Person Of Restricted Growth.
LSB Low Slung Bum

[Alison]

How about DD for darling/ dear daughter and DS for darling / dear son.

Those ones used to confuse me until somebody said what they meant and they still make me cringe but I think that's because the word "darling" always conjures up those women who screech all the time, calling everybody "darling" or "sweetie" and doing that hideous mwah-kissy thing which is unbelievably false. I know that's not how people mean it but I can't get the image out of my head

[Jeanied]

Hi Alison - have we met?

[OllieMartin]

Hi Alison - have we met?

Soooo pleased to meet you darling, mwah-mwah x x

[ginger ninger]

Soooo pleased to meet you darling, mwah-mwah x x

Now now Darling, stop being a bad boy, or its stright to bed and no coco.

[Hilary B]

These are the type I don't see the point of at all, acronyms are all well and good if they save a lot of time with something you're typing a lot but these two take longer than the proper word so only really serve to be a code that a high percentage of people won't understand.

The pictorial ones are for fun, not for basic communication......
In chatrooms a cuppa is just plain friendly, or a rose for someone's birthday. Fish (and the 'cat face' one I can never get right) are just a giggle. The ô¿ô is really showing off, because the characters aren't on the keyboard and have to be 'found'<g>

[pdblake]

stop being a bad boy, or its stright to bed

You're not a stripper are you?



Must say I always wondered what DD meant. What does DH mean?

[SueA]

I think DH usually means Darling Husband.
One which had me stuck for a while was IMHO...in my humble opinion!

[pdblake]

I think DH usually means Darling Husband.
One which had me stuck for a while was IMHO...in my humble opinion!

Hmm, I agree with Alison, the darling ones are just a tad cringe inducing