LOL stands for 'laughing out loud'. BTW is 'by the way'. FYI is an older short-hand term meaning 'for your information'. When texting became popular as well as IM, the concept of LOL emerged since it would be easier to have different laughs by using short hand. There are also emoticons that can show this same emotion such as the little guy that rolls around on the floor laughing. LOL is popular because it is a cuter way to say you are laughing heartily rather than just laughing.
'By the way' is another saying we have used for many years, but in the online world most of us do not wish to write the entire saying out especially when texting. It takes too much time to type it out on those small keyboards thus it has become BTW.
FYI is as mentioned one of the oldest short hand terms around. FYI has been around for more than 30 years. The reason for it is unclear other than to be quick with speaking. Those who hear FYI often know that it is to replace 'for your information'.
Those who have used the full key phrase often do so with a sarcastic tone meaning to be slightly rude. It does not have to be though, since tone can also make it positive. We are telling you this for your information. Most of us, to get the informal jargon correct, just use FYI. You will see FYI in many places and not just emails, text and other electronic mediums.
There are plenty of other short-hand words that can be used to be quicker when texting just as we used to use short hand for taking notes in a business or in school before the idea of computers and electronics were around.
'By the way' is another saying we have used for many years, but in the online world most of us do not wish to write the entire saying out especially when texting. It takes too much time to type it out on those small keyboards thus it has become BTW.
FYI is as mentioned one of the oldest short hand terms around. FYI has been around for more than 30 years. The reason for it is unclear other than to be quick with speaking. Those who hear FYI often know that it is to replace 'for your information'.
Those who have used the full key phrase often do so with a sarcastic tone meaning to be slightly rude. It does not have to be though, since tone can also make it positive. We are telling you this for your information. Most of us, to get the informal jargon correct, just use FYI. You will see FYI in many places and not just emails, text and other electronic mediums.
There are plenty of other short-hand words that can be used to be quicker when texting just as we used to use short hand for taking notes in a business or in school before the idea of computers and electronics were around.
