Lol...

[steakbake]

Just got a *** "LOL" at the end of a work email someone has written to me. If it was in my gift, I'd have the woman's IT access withdrawn as a lesson. Might as well have gone the whole hog and pissed me off with a "whoop whoop".

I noticed that a couple of folk on facebook joined a group recently called "I LOLed at this picture...". Now it's a verb.

This, my friends, truly is the mark of civilization on its way to oblivion.

Don't even get me started on "fails" or "major fail".

Anyone else get pissed off at phrases like these?

[Sylar]

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Just got a *** "LOL" at the end of a work email someone has written to me. If it was in my gift, I'd have the woman's IT access withdrawn as a lesson. Might as well have gone the whole hog and pissed me off with a "whoop whoop".

I noticed that a couple of folk on facebook joined a group recently called "I LOLed at this picture...". Now it's a verb.

This, my friends, truly is the mark of civilization on its way to oblivion.

Don't even get me started on "fails" or "major fail".

Anyone else get pissed off at phrases like these?

You missed out epic fail (for the win!).



txt spk does my friggin head in!

[steakbake]

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You missed out epic fail (for the win!).



txt spk does my friggin head in!

"Epic" fail. I forgot about that one. My bad.

LOL!

[steve75]

'lol' doesnt bother me too much, its just an easy way to putting some sort of emotion into text, and makes sure poeple don't take what you're saying in the wrong way, as tone in text can be very hard to understand.

However I completly agree with fail, epic and ftw! does my nut it! another is the over use of awesome! I swear my little brother is from the states, him and his friends accents and word use is unbelievably american.

[Twa Cairpets]

IMHO

My opinions are never humble.

[Woody1985]

Saying 'My bad' is equally as bad as all those other mentioned.

I once wrote it on here and immediately thought WTF am I doing!

[Hank Schrader]

Fail
Epic fail
Woop woop
Good times/Bad times

All of the above are very c**ty

[Don-hibee]

One that will never annoy me is L T Y F

[lyonhibs]

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Just got a *** "LOL" at the end of a work email someone has written to me. If it was in my gift, I'd have the woman's IT access withdrawn as a lesson. Might as well have gone the whole hog and pissed me off with a "whoop whoop".

I noticed that a couple of folk on facebook joined a group recently called "I LOLed at this picture...". Now it's a verb.

This, my friends, truly is the mark of civilization on its way to oblivion.

Don't even get me started on "fails" or "major fail".

Anyone else get pissed off at phrases like these?

Very much so.

FYI
IMO
ROFL
FWIW
etc etc etc

Grim grim grim.

I've got a mate who had a girlfriend (now ex - obviously ) who would send him texts that we would sit round for hours trying to decipher.

It seemed she was wantonly missing out nouns just for ****s and giggles.

As you say, the beginning of the end linguistically.

[ArabHibee]

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Just got a *** "LOL" at the end of a work email someone has written to me. If it was in my gift, I'd have the woman's IT access withdrawn as a lesson. Might as well have gone the whole hog and pissed me off with a "whoop whoop".

I noticed that a couple of folk on facebook joined a group recently called "I LOLed at this picture...". Now it's a verb.

This, my friends, truly is the mark of civilization on its way to oblivion.

Don't even get me started on "fails" or "major fail".

Anyone else get pissed off at phrases like these?

ROTFLMFAO!

[Don-hibee]

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ROTFLMFAO!

[Hainan Hibs]

"Hey, we're going to (insert name) for pre-drinks"

Pre-drinks? Is it possible to come up with anymore of a twatty phrase?

Also on my current list of annoyances is the way people now put "much" at the end of a statement.

Example : I was quite late for class and someone had the audacity to say "late much?" .

Argh

[steve75]

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"Hey, we're going to (insert name) for pre-drinks"

Pre-drinks? Is it possible to come up with anymore of a twatty phrase?

Also on my current list of annoyances is the way people now put "much" at the end of a statement.

Example : I was quite late for class and someone had the audacity to say "late much?" .

Argh

annoyin-much? i hate this so much, does my tits in, devil spawn of the myspace generation!

[JE89]

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"Hey, we're going to (insert name) for pre-drinks"

Pre-drinks? Is it possible to come up with anymore of a twatty phrase?

I often say pre-drinks or even more annoying no doubt, pre-skite

Much easier than saying "where are we going for alcoholic beverages, before we go for a night out" no?

[ArabHibee]

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I often say pre-drinks or even more annoying no doubt, pre-skite

Much easier than saying "where are we going for alcoholic beverages, before we go for a night out" no?

But isn't going for alcoholic beverages part of the night out?

[GhostofBolivar]

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I often say pre-drinks or even more annoying no doubt, pre-skite

Much easier than saying "where are we going for alcoholic beverages, before we go for a night out" no?

You aren't going for pre-drinks then, are you?

You're going for drinks.

[JE89]

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But isn't going for alcoholic beverages part of the night out?

Suppose it is. But I always consider the night out, as being in the club. Pre-drinks is simply preparing for ths.

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You aren't going for pre-drinks then, are you?

You're going for drinks.

Again, I suppose you are right. But it's before the actual night out, therefore 'pre'.

However I can understand why you folk have questioned this. Does seem pretty silly when I actually think about it. Will still say it however

[Steve-O]

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Suppose it is. But I always consider the night out, as being in the club. Pre-drinks is simply preparing for ths.



Again, I suppose you are right. But it's before the actual night out, therefore 'pre'.

However I can understand why you folk have questioned this. Does seem pretty silly when I actually think about it. Will still say it however

You young 'uns are off your heid.

Drinks in the boozer before going to a club are as much a part of the night out as going to the club!

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This is heading down the long road of pedantry, but your point only stands if the "pre-drinks" are had somewhere else. Usually I talk of "pre-drinks" (although I won't anymore after hearing it back to myself) when people in my flat meet in the kitchen and have some bevvy before all heading out. It's not part of the "night out" because we haven't even left the kitchen yet.

I can't fathom why it even needs a name?

I would just say "we will have a few drinks in the house before heading out" rather than "hey dudes, come to mine for pre-drinks before the club, it will be wicked, BOOYA!"

[Rory89]

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You aren't going for pre-drinks then, are you?

You're going for drinks.

I confess I actually say this.

The pre is referring to the night out, not the drinking of alcohol. When I think about it it sounds quite twattish, but it does still make sense, pre-night out drinks, as opposed to pre-drink drinks.

[steakbake]

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I confess I actually say this.

The pre is referring to the night out, not the drinking of alcohol. When I think about it it sounds quite twattish, but it does still make sense, pre-night out drinks, as opposed to pre-drink drinks.

But surely, even if you call it pre-drinks and it happens before the main event, it's still part of the night out? Pre-night out drinks would probably involve going out the night before for a warm up. Or much earlier in the day then meeting up later on?

[Hainan Hibs]

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I often say pre-drinks or even more annoying no doubt, pre-skite

Much easier than saying "where are we going for alcoholic beverages, before we go for a night out" no?

I'd rather say something like "we're going to Tam's for drinks before going to a club" as I can keep my dignity and self-respect

[hibsdaft]

i use tbh because i am lazy. is that allowed?

[ArabHibee]

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i use tbh because i am lazy. is that allowed?

tbh, yes.

[HibsMax]

I don't mind acronyms; language evolves and it doesn't necessarily mean the end of civilisation. What I don't like is text speak where people abbreviate words into letters or numbers. I understand why some people do it, it saves time writing "u r" versus "you are" but personally speaking, I'll take the extra few seconds to spell out a word.

LOL is not more offensive, to me, than :). I would feel kinda stupid writing "Laugh Out Loud" in response to something funny someone had written.

[Diclonius]

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Just got a *** "LOL" at the end of a work email someone has written to me. If it was in my gift, I'd have the woman's IT access withdrawn as a lesson. Might as well have gone the whole hog and pissed me off with a "whoop whoop".

I noticed that a couple of folk on facebook joined a group recently called "I LOLed at this picture...". Now it's a verb.

This, my friends, truly is the mark of civilization on its way to oblivion.

Don't even get me started on "fails" or "major fail".

Anyone else get pissed off at phrases like these?

No.. I'm 18.

Get over it, lol.

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To be fair, it took me a wee while to figure out how to delete this "signature" from my iPhone.

On the subject, what are AFAIK, fail and epic fail?

Thanks in advance.

AKAIK - As far as I know.

A fail is self explanatory. An epic fail is a fail so truly bad that it becomes awesome. Think "so bad it's good."

Hope that clears things up for you.

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