<p>thanks mootmom</p>
<p>I like you definition better, and not having seen the original context I should not have put my 2 cents in. Sorry.</p>
<p>( Got to keep looking at the stars, rather than the gutter.)</p>
<p>thanks mootmom</p>
<p>I like you definition better, and not having seen the original context I should not have put my 2 cents in. Sorry.</p>
<p>( Got to keep looking at the stars, rather than the gutter.)</p>
<p>LOL, Rich! I didn’t grow up in a prison yard. “In the A**” ain’t exactly in my lexicon. For fu–ing out loud! :D</p>
<p>*** omg u rents r bn so skwar cant u layoff afaic u rents hav know lif bcuz ur lways on cc tonite u shud do nething els bt cc dos ne1 evn hav a job l of ur fubb</p>
<p>gth n gal</p>
<h2>adbb</h2>
<p>[translation]
Big F***ing Deal</p>
<p>What the f<strong><em>! Oh my gosh. You parents are being so square. Can’t you lay off? As far as I’m concerned, you parents have no lives because you’re always on CC. Tonight you should do anything other than CC. Does anyone even have a job? All of you are f</em></strong>ed up beyond belief.</p>
<p>Go to h*** and get a life</p>
<h2>All done, bye bye</h2>
<p>:) I couldn’t resist writing that! Jmmom, thanks for reposting the link. I wouldn’t have been able to use all of my abbreviations otherwise!</p>
<p>P.S. The first three letters are w, t, and f</p>
<p>sluggbugg - (and all)</p>
<p>Sorry for lowering the tone of the discussion. :o</p>
<p>Thanks, Yemaya! I sure needed the translation!
So, let’s see. We have British English (with variants, including BBC, Cockney and regional); we have American English; pidgin English (me no speakee Eng-rish), commercial English (Krispy Kreme and nite lite come to mind), valley girl English, and IM English. Other variations on English as she ought to be, like, you know, written but obviously isn’t?</p>
<p>LOL (laugh out loud :)), Marite! I realized that a translation would be necessary when I looked over my post and discovered that I did not know what half of my abbreviations meant!</p>
<p>Thanks for the great link, jmmom!</p>
<p>Don’t forget Ebonics, marite. :p</p>
<p>1 C3|2741n|y H0p3 n0 0n3 U535 L337 5p34K 4nyM0|23
:p</p>
<p><em>proudly steps up to guess</em></p>
<p>I certainly hope no one uses _eet speak anymore ??</p>
<p>Oh, very impressive! I can barely read it myself since I cheated and used a translator, hahaha.</p>
<p>I’ve actually gotten better at figuring out these abbreviations since our state begin allowing individualized license tags. Sitting at a stop light or in a traffic jam is plenty of time to play ‘translate that plate.’ But some of the cyber stuff still throws me.</p>
<p>The best license plate I read was ML8ML8. Sitting in traffic, I felt it spoke for me!</p>
<p>I recall reading an article–I think it was the WSJ center column–a few years ago about state employees whose job it is to decipher vanity plate requests to make sure they aren’t encoded obscenities! It was hilarious the lengths to which people would go to try to get around this, particularly in states that have front plate requirements–so they have to have personnel who are good at thinking in mirror image–as in rear view mirror image–to make sure the plate doesn’t say some form of “F you” when read backwards. Wish I could find the article again. In the meantime, read this cautionary tale before you order your vanity plate.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/16/man_with_tipsy_plate_faces_dui_charges/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/16/man_with_tipsy_plate_faces_dui_charges/</a></p>
<p>but, deus~, what is the missing letter?</p>
<p>In England, there was a famous porn star who’d managed to get a license plate for her Jaguar that read FU2. :(</p>
<p>Hey, Marite – Was the license plate, ML8ML8, on a white Rabbit? ![]()
No problemo, Rich. It kept me laughing all evening. Oops, is “no problemo” on the grammar police hitlist?! I beg your pardon, steamed broccoli and gentlecarrots. I have to leave, now. :p</p>
<p>“leet,” short for “elite.” :)</p>
<p>Here, translate this:</p>
<p>0111010001101000011010010111001100100000011101000110100001110010011001010110000101100100001000000110100101110011001000000110011101100101011101000111010001101001011011100110011100100000011000100110111101110010011010010110111001100111</p>
<p>^^ apparently, we’re stumped
.</p>
<p>Translation: binary code :D</p>
<p>(does that count?)</p>