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hello. i wanted to know how the following abbreviations mean what the mean.
see https://bigblueball.com/im/acronyms.asp
how does “143” translate to “love ya!”???
how does “86” trasnlate to “to desert/to leave”???
thanks!!!!:DAs far as 143..it should translate to I (1 for the one letter I) LOVE (4 for the 4 letters in love) YOU ( 3 for the 3 letters in you) yea its kinda cheesy. and i guess 86 works the same way with the number of letters…but that still doesn’t make sense.
BRB = be right back
another common one along those lines is BBL = Be back laterAs for the 143 or 86 i have no idea where those came from
Some of the acronyms/abbreviations were made up by the deaf/hearing impaired – when they use a special telephone typewriter, called Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD) to communicate with another deaf/hearing impaired on the phone, before such were introduced to the Internet. I think his name was John Gregg, the one who invented shorthand.
I remember reading somewhere that the Internet was invented by a deaf/hearing impaired man then employed by IBM some two decades ago. I’m trying to find some info on him.
86 comes from bartending/restaurant slang. If something is 86ed, then it is out of stock, hence the relation to deserting or leaving.
143 and 86 things just sound dumb. By the way, I’ve found an error at that page will mentioned. The sitd (still in the dark) is mentioned twice, the first time it is mentioned should be taken off. I can’t believe how many of these I’ve never heard of! I can’t believe that “cya” can also mean cover your a**! Imagine saying “cya” to say bye and the other person could think you mean cover your a**. Of course, cya meaning bye is the used much more.
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