LEARNING THE LINGO - Page 7

VanSleepy · ‎10-05-2010

@libbyannE wrote:
@LTT1 wrote:
@Shanus
IMHO-- In My Humble Opinion
DBIL -- dear brother in law/
DSIL-- dear sister or son in law
DGCs-- dear grand children
DGS/DGD

FYI For your information

IDK-- I Don't Know

Isn't this crazy? But it CAN save time occasionally
News to me, except for the old FYI. Dbil? Why is everyone "dear?" I thought they were abbreviated named. Silly... spell it out!

While I get that SIL, etc., is time saving, I also wondered why everyone is dear. At first I thought it meant deceased.

raven-blackbird · ‎06-03-2010

@VanSleepy wrote:
@libbyannE wrote:
@LTT1 wrote:
@Shanus
IMHO-- In My Humble Opinion
DBIL -- dear brother in law/
DSIL-- dear sister or son in law
DGCs-- dear grand children
DGS/DGD

FYI For your information

IDK-- I Don't Know

Isn't this crazy? But it CAN save time occasionally
News to me, except for the old FYI. Dbil? Why is everyone "dear?" I thought they were abbreviated named. Silly... spell it out!

While I get that SIL, etc., is time saving, I also wondered why everyone is dear. At first I thought it meant deceased.

@VanSleepy @libbyannE

AND............what IF they aren't dear........what if they are no where near close to being dear...........are they TBDSIL (that big dummy sister/son in law)....LOL..................................raven

We're not in Kansas anymore ToTo

VanSleepy · ‎10-05-2010

@raven-blackbird I have a TSILWNTTA- that sister-in-law who no one talks to anymore

libbyannE · ‎10-27-2010

@raven-blackbird wrote:
@VanSleepy wrote:
@libbyannE wrote:
@LTT1 wrote:
@Shanus
IMHO-- In My Humble Opinion
DBIL -- dear brother in law/
DSIL-- dear sister or son in law
DGCs-- dear grand children
DGS/DGD

FYI For your information

IDK-- I Don't Know

Isn't this crazy? But it CAN save time occasionally
News to me, except for the old FYI. Dbil? Why is everyone "dear?" I thought they were abbreviated named. Silly... spell it out!

While I get that SIL, etc., is time saving, I also wondered why everyone is dear. At first I thought it meant deceased.
@VanSleepy @libbyannE

AND............what IF they aren't dear........what if they are no where near close to being dear...........are they TBDSIL (that big dummy sister/son in law)....LOL..................................raven

@raven-blackbird

Chuckling here. (No, not LOL. Just a quiet chuckle.) You are funny!

raven-blackbird · ‎06-03-2010

@VanSleepy wrote:
@raven-blackbird I have a TSILWNTTA- that sister-in-law who no one talks to anymore

@VanSleepy

OK.........seeeeee that's what we are talkin about..........who do we write to, to have them include that in the internet lingo.............geeze we could create a whole other volume.........WISTIRSIL (when I see them I run SIL).........the CSTFBTMASIL (can't stand the fool but they married anyway SIL)...........see what I mean LOL.......................................raven

We're not in Kansas anymore ToTo

juperier · ‎10-21-2014

After reading through all the posts, I want to share a few more thoughts...

In many ways these abreviations have in effect become new words. Why not just spell them out? My understanding is that a lot of them originated in the context of phone texting. If I'm texting you and we both know what I'm saying, why on earth wouldn't I abreviate instead of trying to hit all the correct teeny tiny letters? It also becomes kind of a secret code so that the sender can let the recipient know something that they can't come right out and say because of others in the room.

There have always been abreviations. We just learned them so long ago that we take them for granted. If you see "MD" after someone's name, do you even think about why it doesn't say "Medical Doctor" instead? Some, like "MD," are almost universally understood by those speaking English. Others may be limited to those in a specific field. Heck, when I was in college, I had my own abbreviations that I used when taking notes.

Why is there so often a "D" for "dear" (I've also known it to mean "darling"),when referring to relatives? My guess would be that some actually do really love and respect the relative. For others, it's probably meant more sarcasticly. Stil others may be using it to be polite and/or simply because it's become the standard.