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Yes!! I think is high time i come out of my shell of ignorance. And i am pretty sure, i am not the only person undergoing this dilema. But lets say i am the bravest among them to have voiced it out.

While reading posts and comments on Nairaland, i do come across lots of abbrevations and acronyms that appears very ambiguous for my liking. It sometimes causes a disconnect in comprehending the writer's (poster or commenter) message. Examples include:

1. OP:

Lately i came to understand that they are actually referring to a person who creates a post. But what is the origin of the abbreviation OP?

2. WTH:

please what does this mean?

3. ROTFL:

Haba!, which one is this again? Sometimes i feel like i didn't go to school.

4. Lolss and Lolzz:

Even though i happen to know this, i honestly don't know its origin?

5. WTF:

Initially i thought this meant 'WaiT First' but as time goes on, it doesn't make meaning in some comments i read, thinking that was the meaning.

6. ATM:

This is the latest i am seeing in nairaland now. For God sake, i know ATM to be Automated Teller Machine. But Nlanders has another meaning now


7. BTW:

When i was in secondary school, i used it as short form of the word 'BETWEEN' but now it obviously means something else to Nlanders.

There are many more, but these are the most commonly used i can remember.

Please somebody should keep we the learners up to speed with the meaning of these abbreviations so that we won't always be left behind.

Thanks in anticipation of a kind gesture from a good samaritan.

petokey:
Yes!! I think is high time i come out of my shell of ignorance. And i am pretty sure, i am not the only person undergoing this dilema. But lets say i am the bravest among them to have voiced it out.

While reading posts and comments on Nairaland, i do come across lots of abbrevations and acronyms that appears very ambiguous for my liking. It sometimes causes a disconnect in comprehending the writer's (poster or commenter) message. Examples include:

1. OP:

Lately i came to understand that they are actually referring to a person who creates a post. But what is the origin of the abbreviation OP?

2. WTH:

please what does this mean?

3. ROTFL:

Haba!, which one is this again? Sometimes i feel like i didn't go to school.

4. Lolss and Lolzz:

Even though i happen to know this, i honestly don't know its origin?

5. WTF:

Initially i thought this meant 'WaiT First' but as time goes on, it doesn't make meaning in some comments i read, thinking that was the meaning.

6. ATM:

This is the latest i am seeing in nairaland now. For God sake, i know ATM to be Automated Teller Machine. But Nlanders has another meaning now


7. BTW:

When i was in secondary school, i used it as short form of the word 'BETWEEN' but now it obviously means something else to Nlanders.

There are many more, but these are the most commonly used i can remember.

Please somebody should keep we the learners up to speed with the meaning of these abbreviations so that we won't always be left behind.

Thanks in anticipation of a kind gesture from a good samaritan.

OP- Original Poster

WTH- What the hell.

ROTFL- Rolling on the floor laughing

Lolz/lols- laughing out loud

WTF- What the fvck

ATM- At the moment

BTW- By the way

i wonder ooooo my dear u never even confuse reach me. Cos i had to rush and get an abreviation dictionary b4 i could understand u.... Se me see trouble wat is FTC

Bozzax:
OP- Original Poster

WTH- What the hell.

ROTFL- Rolling on the floor laughing

Lolz/lols- laughing out loud

WTF- What the fvck

ATM- At the moment

BTW- By the way

Good job. OP I hope you know the answers now.
BTW, have a nice day.

delishpot:
Good job. OP I hope you know the answers now. BTW, have a nice day.

Have a nice day too.

delishpot:
Good job. OP I hope you know the answers now. BTW, have a nice day.

Have a nice day too.

Bozzax:
OP- Original Poster

WTH- What the hell.

ROTFL- Rolling on the floor laughing

Lolz/lols- laughing out loud

WTF- What the fvck

ATM- At the moment

BTW- By the way

My brother thanks for the enlightenment.
BTW , what about FTC according to alphajerus?

petokey:
My brother thanks for the enlightenment.
BTW ;-), what about FTC according to alphajerus?

FTC- First to comment.

Bozzax:
FTC- First to comment.

thanx bro!

My fellow Nlanders that has other abbreviations, please spit them out oh! Bozzax is here to help us out.

Whats LMAO?

petokey:
Whats LMAO?

laughing my azs out