We use a lot of acronyms and abbreviations when we’re texting. But what happens when you actually say them out loud?
Buzzfeed ran a survey asking people how they say different Internet acronyms, with some pretty surprising results. Here are some highlights . . .
1. LOL: 55% “ell-oh-ell” . . . 36% “lawl.”
2. WTF: 80% actually say “what the [very bad word]” . . . 14% say “double-you-tee-eff.”
3. BRB: 69% “bee-are-bee” . . . 23% “be right back” . . . 7% “birb.”
4. TBH: 56% “tee-bee-h” . . . 38% “to be honest” . . . 5% “tbuh.”
5. LMAO: 77% “ell-em-ay-oh” . . . 11% “ell-mao.”
6. GIF: 67% say it like the word “gift” . . . 31% say it like the word Jif . . . and 1% say “graphics interchange format.”