People Who Use Text Speak

Doco for documentary.

Merch.

Sesh for session

Veggies!

OP why exactly do these shortened words bother you. I am here to listen. Please share.

Av for avenue.

R3 Ok seas for session is spoken by a cunt by anything. It’s just shorten slang and quick and easy. Why does it upset one?

R6 Really? People have been saying that since the 70s. No?

“Bish” for nasty cunt bitch whore.

Veggies has been said for decades. Not text speak!

We really need to get to the root cause of why this upsets many. I’m here to listen. We can’t fight this together.

R7 it’s text speak. Nobody said sesh until then.

The last time I heard someone say "LOL" by pronouncing it I reflexively punched the person in the face.

And then I said, "Sorry, Grandma. But you should fucking know better."

Boffo at the BO

“Merch” predates the internet by decades. I used to produce department store commercials in which we were urged to show the merch constantly.

It is disrespectful of listeners, the people with whom the self-absorbed, socially retarded perpetrators are supposedly attempting to engage.

Know your companions and/or audience. It's a simple as that. We all practice different idioms and degrees of formality or jargon in our speech. If you leave someone incompletely informed, perplexed or insulted, it's on you.

And if you insist on continuing to be rude by being inflexible, someone eventually is going to show you why we need better laws against weaponry.

My puss stnks.

MARY ^

"The hood" is not text-speak but its users do deserve to be strangled with Spike Lee's colon.

"Sando" for sandwich and "'za" for pizza deserve the death penalty.

As an antique dealer’s daughter I can second “merch” predating OP.

“Skid” for twenty-three skidoo. It drives be absolutely batty.

Doggo for dog. Why did they make the word longer? Leave it to dogs to find a way to be even more annoying.

R9 I’m pissing my pants laughing 😂

R22 lmfao

^^r23

[quote]"Bish” for nasty cunt bitch whore.

R9, this showed up in the first place because so many bulletin boards NOT named DataLounge – and aimed at a younger audience – censor profanity. Maybe back when Tumblr was first getting going?

While I'm generally extremely nice to my friends, I had to stop one in her tracks when she LITERALLY said, "B T dubs." (Short for "btw.") Fortunately I have expressive eyebrows.

Congrats

Congratulations is not too long to acknowledge somebody's good fortune or achievement. When you shorten this word it feels like you just want to put half the effort into this acknowledgement. I find that lazy and rude. I'm probably overanalyzing it, but 'congrats' is a true pet peeve for me.

R27 what are you on about, fool?

Wtf is wrong with "veggies"? It's been around since the Cretaceous period.

[quote]Wtf is wrong with "veggies"?

Everything.

[quote]Veggies has been said for decades. Not text speak!

Definitely moron speak, though.

R6 and R8 From several decades before the 70s….

Sometimes I wonder how some of you make it through the day.

OIC

(get it?)

R35 the question is do you??

These kids with the slang. Horrible. "23 skidoo, solid sender, and how, what's it to ya bub," and all other manner of ill use of the English language, it's terrible!

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