Communicating with Abbreviations

   

There's nothing I enjoy more than playing a game with someone online and when it's over, having them thank me by way of typing "gg" [good game] or -- even better -- "thx" [thanks]. This allows me to take out my old Little Orphan Annie decoder ring and translate their idiotic shorthand into real human language.

Of course, it's completely understandable why these people don't spell out their words the way the rest of us language-based people do. It takes an incredibly long time to type each of the letters required for "Thank you for the game", whereas "gg" is a matter of simply tapping the G key twice. And with all that extra time, these individuals are assuredly seeking cures for major world diseases, composing beautiful works of art, and making their community a better place.

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ASAP
as soon as possible
BTW
by the way
CU
See you
CUL8R
See you later.
NP
no problem
LOL
<Laughing out loud>
ROFL
<Rolling on floor laughing>
IMO
in my opinion
IMHO
in my humble opinion
OTOH
on the other hand
AFAIK
as far as I know
AFAIR
as far as I recall
THX
thanks

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GL
Good luck
GLHF
Good luck, have fun!
GG
Good game / great game (usually used at the end of the game, sometimes implying resignation when used first)
TFTG
Thanks for the game.

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