Acronyms

Oh yes, acronyms/initialism. The first one I ran into online was "IM." I was in a chat room, and someone says to me, "IM me!" At the time, I had no idea what that meant, so I replied, "I am me, too..." After that, I started using all the basic ones, such as "lol," "brb," "ttyl," "nm," and "g2g." Well, it wasn't long before those started to annoy me to no end--when I used them, that is. While I still see people using those all the time, I don't really care anymore, as long as I don't hear people saying "O M G!" in real life.

I rarely use them, with the exception of "ttyl" at times, although I do prefer a simple, "Bye!" In my sarcastic moments, I purposely say, "AHAHAHA! Yeah, I'm lawling," or other sentences involving the pronunciation of "lol" in actual conversations, although it's more of a spoofy thing. I have yet to hear someone say "L O L" in real life, and I really hope I never do. Otherwise, I'll have to give this person a dose of sarcastic "lawling."

How ya doing, buddy?