The massively popular social-media photography and video platform Instagram debuted in 2010, purchased by Facebook in 2012. If a friend asked you if you were attending a party that you weren’t super excited about, you could text back IG, showing reluctance or skepticism. Consider FWIW one of the most snarky-but-still-polite text abbreviations out there, because it’s a great opener, translating to for what it’s worth.
The eye-rolling, passive-aggressive-y version of I guess is heightened in texting and online in the 1990s–2000s. Here is the list of Facebook abbreviations in English: BBL: Be back later BFF: Best friend forever BRB: Be right back BTW: By the way CTN: Can’t talk now CYE: Check your email dI: Download GMV: Got my vote IMHO: In my humble opinion IMO: In my opinion IRL: In real life J/K: Just kidding NP: no. I guess emerges at least by the late 1600s to express moderate or ironic certainty (e.g., I guess I’ll just look it up in the dictionary … or The English language, I guess, is just going do whatever it feels like). Submitted by Linh Ngo from Austin, TX, USA on.
See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude. This you use when you have come to know the person well, and want to take the relationship to the next level. Enough of online dating now let’s see each other. See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of). Just reply with, ‘Sure, TTYL’ (talk to you later) and get on with your day.
The verb guess, for “estimate” or “suppose,” dates back to Middle English. Origin: possibly from the word 'agitate.' She ags everybody. Those using the abbreviations do so as a tactic for speed in text communication, a university professor on linguistics said, while others just choose to do so because they are a code that older people dont quite understand.