![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/do-you-know-your-tldr-from-your-wyll-20-confusing-text-abbreviations/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NINTCHDBPICT000843119473.jpg&description=YOU know what it means when someone LOLs, or says a person slipped into their DMs. But would you know what your friends were talking about if they told you that your message was TLDR, or they insisted something happened and added ISTG? 3 Lots of people don't know what the abbreviations mean when they're used in text messages or on social media Credit: Getty 3 So you can be forgiven if you don't know your ISTG from your WYLL Credit: Getty The abbreviations are two of the 20 most confusing used in text messages, a new study has found. The research, from mobile phone retailer Fonehouse , identified 200 of the most commonly used abbreviations on social media, and analysed Google search volumes to discover how many people are searching for the meaning of each abbreviation. They found that POV - "point of view" - topped the list, with 49,000 searches for "POV meaning" and 29,000 for "what does POV mean?" in the past 12 months. However, the abbreviation is quickly becoming one of the most commonly used on social media, with a staggering 931.8 billion views of videos using the #POV hashtag. Next on the list is SMH - "shake my head" - which is most often used when someone is disappointed, doesn't approve of something or doesn't believe a statement. If you don't know what ASMR means, you're certainly not the only one. It actually stands for Autonomous sensory meridian response, which means the tingling sensation people get when they watch stimulating videos. Anything from whispering, tapping fingernails on a table or even someone screwing up paper can trigger an ASMR response. WYLL is at number four in the countdown, and means "what you look like". It's often used when people are having a conversation via text messages or direct messages - especially if they haven't met face to face before. It is usually responded to by the receiver sending a photograph or video of themselves to the person who asked. An NPC is a "non playable character". The term initially came from video ga){kind=link}
YOU know what it means when someone LOLs, or says a person slipped into their DMs.
But would you know what your friends were talking about if they told you that your message was TLDR, or they insisted something happened and added ISTG?
The abbreviations are two of the 20 most confusing used in text messages, a new study has found.
The research, from mobile phone retailer Fonehouse, identified 200 of the most commonly used abbreviations on social media, and analysed Google search volumes to discover how many people are searching for the meaning of each abbreviation.
They found that POV – “point of view” – topped the list, with 49,000 searches for “POV meaning” and 29,000 for “what does POV mean?” in the past 12 months.