Mumbo Jumbo of Letters

Mumbo Jumbo of Letters

          One night, I’d read an article from the Manila Bulletin dated March 18, 2012. I just caught a glimpse of this mumbo jumbo of letters from that one page of newspaper in our trash so I picked it up. I finally found out the meaning of those acronyms some of my friends are using in their comments or statuses in Facebook.

          “The mumbo jumbo of letters that was the status of a young friend in Facebook had me baffled. Was it a typo? Then after consulting with netizens and denizens, I learned there’s a new set of acronyms that could rival those that I knew (and use haphazardly) when I was a teenager. “

What The… F a r t?

ROTLF (Rolling On The Floor Laughing)

FTW (For The Win)

ILY (I Love You)

IMY (I Miss You)

IMYSM (I Miss You S o Much)

LMAO (Laughing My Ass Off)

BV (Bad Vibes)

GV (Good Vibes)

BTW (By The Way)

OMG (Oh My God/Gosh)

WTH (What The Hell/Heck)

BRB (Be Right Back)

GTG (Got To Go)

RFS (Reason For Selling)

IKR (I Know Right)

IDC (I Don’t Care)

HBD (Happy Birthday)

HB (Heart Broken)

CHINA (Come Here I Need Affection)

LIBYA (Love is Beautiful, You Also)

INDIA (I Nearly Died In Adoration)

BURMA (Between Us, Remember Me Always)

FRANCE (Friendships Remain And Never Can End)

EGYPT (Everything’s Great You Pretty Thing)

YEMEN (Yugyugan Every Morning Every Night)

MANILA (May All Nights Inspire Love Always)

BALIWAG (Beauty And Love I Will Always Give)

MALABON (May A Lasting Affair Be Ours Now)

IMUS (I Miss You Sweetheart)

PASIG (Please Always Say I’m Gorgeous)

TONDO (Tonight’s Our Night, Dearest One)

PASAY (Pretty And Sexy Are You)

CANADA (Cute And Naughty Action that Developed into Attraction)

KOREA (Keep Optimistic Regardless of Every Adversity

Thanks to Ms. Isabel C. De Leon of the Manila Bulletin for making this article published.