Rant number 107
Whilst I was bored earlier, I had a look on twitter. Amongst the various content on there (some funny, most not) I saw various posts about towie.
'what the chuff is towie' I thought to myself and promptly googled the offending phrase. Apparently this was an acronym for the fertile idiot growing compost which is 'the only way is Essex'
Amused I was not - am not and will never be!
I hate this kind of use of acronyms.
It doesn't really save time or effort, it's just a pointless way for idiots to make themselves feel clever.
The Internet, texts and social media are fertile ground for this kind of thing.
The problem is that you have to be told what they mean half the time. Many are hard to guess - if you really have the implication anyway. They are a product of knowledge, not intelligence.
I for instance in my youth thought that 'lol' was a way of conveying sympathy as opposed to its true meaning of 'laughing out loud'
Then there are ones like 'rofl' which sounds like the noise of being sick but stands for 'rolling on the floor laughing'
Even businesses do it, the makers of blackberry phones are 'Research in Motion' or Rim for short.
It's just another example of the dumbing down of language!
I.G.O.M.T
Rant over.
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