The Rise of TLA

Rich O Brien

Is it just me? Or are Three Letter Acronyms (TLA) out of control?

OMG PPL UVE JST LOL WTF!

If you can read that then the answer is YES

It does make me think what does TIG stand for?

jeff hammond

Is it just me? Or are Three Letter Acronyms (TLA) out of control?

OMG PPL UVE JST LOL WTF!

If you can read that then the answer is YES

It does make me think what does TIG stand for?

omg, lol, & wtf are tlas
the others are abbreviations of sorts.. lots of people seem to text like that.

either way, yeah, it's a bit over the top but i try not to worry about it.. i feel like if i start complaining about it then i'll be the old guy.

tig- tongue In groove ?

Mike Lucey

TIG is short for tiger, one of his personality attributes

dale

The trouble is though, as you age you need a whole new set of TLA's, perhaps these will work.(And please don't DWI)

ATD: At The Doctor's
BFF: Best Friend Fainted
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CBM: Covered By Medicare
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
FYI: Found Your Insulin

    GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
    GHA: Got Heartburn Again
    HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
    IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
    LMDO: Laughing, My Dentures Out
    LOL: Living On Lipitor
    LWO: Lawrence Welk's On
    OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
    OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
    ROTFL... CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up
    SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
    TTYL: Talk To You Louder
    WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
    WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again
    WTP: Where's The Prunes?
    WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil

TIG

@mike lucey said:

TIG is short for tiger, one of his personality attributes

It might be because I'm a backward git ?

It's just my initials!!!

mitcorb

Wait a minit-- git is not in the list.

Mike Lucey

@tig said:

@mike lucey said:

TIG is short for tiger, one of his personality attributes

It might be because I'm a backward git ?

...... that tiger says that while wagging his tail

utiler

@dale said:

BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth

Often used in retirement villages..... along with:

OIJSMA - Opps, I Just Shit Myself Again.....

Rich O Brien

or...

YFGIIDHADTIDY = Ya flaming Gallah, if i didn't have a dicky ticker, i dong ya! (Alf Stewart)

utiler

Now I'm like; totally embarrassed...