Well, maybe it is not very good to start a blog with a question... A person does not understand what I mean by saying "it". What is "it" in this question? What will this man write about? Anyway.... I want to ask about such a phenomenon as Internet slang. I think all of use use it more or less when we write our blogs, comment on someone's blog or just communicate with our friends in Skype, ICQ and so one... All these "ROFL"s, "LOL"s, "WTF"s, "DWAI"s and so one... How often do you use them? Do you like writing such shortenings in your comments for example? I must admit, that "LOL" is my favourite. Lol! I found out that there would be the whole dictionary of such shortenings and words which are called to be Internet slang. Here are some examples from that dictionary (a lot of them were unfamiliar for me before!!):
WHACK - Bad
VANILLA - Unexciting, conventional
UNDERCARRIAGE - Crotch
TTUS - Talk To You Soon.
TTLY - Totally
SWM - Single White Male
SWAGGER - A person's style
STELLA -- Flirty girl
SMASH -- Have sex
RIFRAF --- Common people, trailer trash
POTUS --- President of the United States
PARTY POOPER -- A person who ruins the mood with their attitude
NMO --- Not My Opinion
N1 -- Nice One
MW4MW --- Man and Woman looking for another Man and Woman
LYLAF --- Love You Like A Friend
LOLZA --- LOL
LEES --- Very Attractive Man/Woman
KOTC --- Kiss On The Cheek
JFYI --- Just For Your Information
INORITE -- I Know, Right?
HOLLAND ---- Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
HAG --- Unattractive old woman
FO SHO --- For Sure
EBONY ---- Dark skin tone
BOOTY CALL --- Call for sex
ALOL --- Actually Laughing Out Loud
What do you think? Do you have your favourite one? And can you use it in your daily life, not on the Internet?
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Internet vs Cinema.
Do you like going to the cinema? As for me, I try to go there as often as it is possible. Well, if the film is interesting for me of course. I think that nothing can be compared with the impressions from a big screen, wonderful effects and sound. The atmosphere of the cinema is magical. All people come there with the only one goal: to take a great pleasure from what they see. It is like a tradition already: to invite a girl to the cinema, to buy a pop corn and cola (or something else – it is up to you tastes of course) and admire the film….
That is why I was a little bit surprised when yesterday the friend of mine refused to go to the cinema with me to watch the new film “2012” because, as he said, he would better watch it at the computer soon. He will wait a little till the time this film will be possible to download from the Internet at some torrents and he will watch it in a cozy home atmosphere. Moreover, he will save the money which he would spend for a ticket if he went with me! I was confused!
From the one hand, I understand the fact that for many people it is more comfortable to watch films at home. But from the other hand, I do not understand how a monitor screen can be compared with the magical cinema atmosphere where you feel yourself as if you are a part of the film you watch?
Where do you prefer to watch new movies, my friends?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Internet as a way to create a family.
Have you ever thought about the following fact: today less and less people want to flirt, get acquainted, date and get married in reality. What do I mean? I mean that many young (well, also not very young) people prefer to meet someone on the Internet, communicate there and only after that meet this person in reality. What is that? The fear of being not attractive enough for the opposite sex??
Look around. There are so many different dating sites on the Internet where hundreds and thousands of people have their profiles and try to meet someone, to corspond with someone with the aim of finding their second halves. There are even virtual churches where you can get married with your second half (even if you did not meet it in reality) on the Internet. I was a witness of such a wedding: both bride and groom did not meet each other in reality and got acquainted at one forum. They decided to create a virtual family and they even had a certificate (virtual of course) of their marriage. So, everything is legal.
My friends, what do you think? Is it the end of real families??
P.S. Well, certainly, the Internet can be very useful for finding your second half if you are a very shy person who lives in a small village and practically does not have any chance to meet your love. But virtual wedding and family life?? What for?
Look around. There are so many different dating sites on the Internet where hundreds and thousands of people have their profiles and try to meet someone, to corspond with someone with the aim of finding their second halves. There are even virtual churches where you can get married with your second half (even if you did not meet it in reality) on the Internet. I was a witness of such a wedding: both bride and groom did not meet each other in reality and got acquainted at one forum. They decided to create a virtual family and they even had a certificate (virtual of course) of their marriage. So, everything is legal.
My friends, what do you think? Is it the end of real families??
P.S. Well, certainly, the Internet can be very useful for finding your second half if you are a very shy person who lives in a small village and practically does not have any chance to meet your love. But virtual wedding and family life?? What for?
Monday, November 2, 2009
Is the Internet melting our brains?
[From an interview with Dennis Baron, author of "A Better Pencil".] ...
Computer socialization -- is this putting an end to face-to-face human interaction? Or does it let us expand our social networks when face-to-face communication is not possible, either because of geographic distance or some other barrier? Obviously, there are people who will reject these kinds of things out of hand and say the only meaningful communication is the one that I can have face-to-face with someone, who say calling Facebook "friends" friends is the end of the meaning of friendship.
On the other hand, I survey my students all the time about this, and there's confirming data from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that, in fact, what people are using programs like Facebook and e-mail and chats for is to reinforce friendships and to maintain friendships across distance. My students say I did this semester abroad and the only way I could keep in contact with my friends was through Facebook, and stuff like that. I don't think for most people it replaces anything. I think it extends it. But certainly, there are people who want to say, look I have 15,000 Facebook friends and look how popular I am.
Computer socialization -- is this putting an end to face-to-face human interaction? Or does it let us expand our social networks when face-to-face communication is not possible, either because of geographic distance or some other barrier? Obviously, there are people who will reject these kinds of things out of hand and say the only meaningful communication is the one that I can have face-to-face with someone, who say calling Facebook "friends" friends is the end of the meaning of friendship.
On the other hand, I survey my students all the time about this, and there's confirming data from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that, in fact, what people are using programs like Facebook and e-mail and chats for is to reinforce friendships and to maintain friendships across distance. My students say I did this semester abroad and the only way I could keep in contact with my friends was through Facebook, and stuff like that. I don't think for most people it replaces anything. I think it extends it. But certainly, there are people who want to say, look I have 15,000 Facebook friends and look how popular I am.
Monday, October 5, 2009
The Internet advertising has overtaken the television one in Great Britain.
The first half of 2009 has shown us that the inputs to Internet advertising exceeded the inputs to television advertising for the first time.Reuters Agency reports about this fact. In general, 1.75 billion pounds (2.81 billion dollars) was spent to the online advertising in the first half of 2009. This represents 23,5% of all advertising costs and it is 4.6% more if compared to the same period of the last year. The part of television advertising was 21,9%. For comparison, the cost of advertising on the screens in the field of interactive media sales accounted for 18.5% of all advertising spending, but on the mailing list - 11,5%.
In early June 2009 it became known that the cost of advertising on television in the UK fell to its lowest level since 1980’s. The Billets research company announced that prices for television advertising will be reduced by 16% by year-end. Thus, the average cost basis, required to make a TV movie watched by 1000 adults, will be only 4.16 pounds sterling. At the same time, analysts advise not to invest in the Internet, because virtual projects are becoming less and less profitable. This was written in July by Wall Street Journal.
Which advertisement do you believe more? TV or Internet one?
In early June 2009 it became known that the cost of advertising on television in the UK fell to its lowest level since 1980’s. The Billets research company announced that prices for television advertising will be reduced by 16% by year-end. Thus, the average cost basis, required to make a TV movie watched by 1000 adults, will be only 4.16 pounds sterling. At the same time, analysts advise not to invest in the Internet, because virtual projects are becoming less and less profitable. This was written in July by Wall Street Journal.
Which advertisement do you believe more? TV or Internet one?
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