In Italy too, more and more users are using some acronyms borrowed from English in their conversations. Here’s what they mean and how to use them
Linguists and sociologists have been repeating it for years: the Internet has changed the way we communicate. Especially with regard to writing. Let’s think about chats: we express ourselves in a simple and immediate way, replacing words with short but meaningful characters. It saves time and even space.
Among the most used “monosyllables” we find above all the acronyms in English, some of which have now become part of our language. Abbreviations that it has become essential to know if you want to understand a conversation fully and thus avoid incurring in poor figures. And it would be wrong to think that these new anglicisms are only used by the younger age groups, children of the new technologies: the linguistic changes in fact concern everyone and are manifested in written conversations of any type and kind. Even in less informal ones. If you don’t want to be left behind, it’s therefore important to learn a few. Here is a list of the most used acronyms on the Internet.
The most used acronyms on the Internet
ASAP: acronym for “as soon as possible”.
GMAB: “give me a break”, useful when you want to ask someone to leave us alone, to give us a break.
HAND: the word means hand, but the acronym stands for “have a nice day”. We might use it to end a conversation.
OMG, which stands for “oh my God”. It can be used to express astonishment, surprise.
ILY: “I love you”. Among the most commonly used, it needs no translation.
JFTR: “just for the record”.
JK: “just kidding”, which translated would be “I’m just joking” or is “just a joke”.
LMK: “let me know”.
LTNS: “long time no see”, meaning “long time no see!” We might use it to introduce a conversation
LOL: “laugh(ing) out loud”, literally means “I’m laughing” or “I’m laughing really hard”. It can be compared to our “hahahhaha”.
BRB: “be right back”, meaning “I’ll be back very soon”.
CU: “see you”, the C plays with the English pronunciation of the word see and means “see you”. Often used to end a conversation.
DND: “do not disturb”. Set it as a status when you don’t want to be disturbed by your contacts.
These are some of the most used acronyms in internet chats and conversations. You’d better learn them as soon as possible, in fact ASAP.