Today I was just going through the Web looking for the meaning of chatting phrase 'ciao'. I discovered that it's not like any other chat acronyms but is an italian verbal salutation and greeting meaning 'goodbye' when used in English.
And then I thought of browsing through the list of chatting abbreviations we generally use.I googled the phrase "chatting abbreviations" and was thrown up with 3,310,000 search results. The third one led me to www.mistupid.com/internet/chattalk.htm.
I was particulary verifying the acronyms CYA,CU- the ones closer to ciao. And Oh God!! I found that 'CYA' means 'Cover your ass'. Really?? I have been using this phrase throughout my chatting years to gracefully say 'goodbye' to my chatting partners on Y!, gtalk and Sametime!!I always meant it as 'C U After'. I was confused for a moment.
But I had seen many of my frnds - a lot of female frnds too- also using the same phrase and hopefully with the same intention as I.They udn't have meant 'Cover You Ass'.Scarry Feeling!!
To reconfirm, I googled' CYA' and followed the second search result. It took me to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYA and from there I moved onto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases.
And then I had a sigh of relief.The list confirmed that CYA also means 'CU After'.Phew!! A big realization indeed.'CYA' means 'Cover Ur Ass' as well as 'C U After'.Usage is contextual.
A lot of Confusion!!
And then I thought of browsing through the list of chatting abbreviations we generally use.I googled the phrase "chatting abbreviations" and was thrown up with 3,310,000 search results. The third one led me to www.mistupid.com/internet/chattalk.htm.
I was particulary verifying the acronyms CYA,CU- the ones closer to ciao. And Oh God!! I found that 'CYA' means 'Cover your ass'. Really?? I have been using this phrase throughout my chatting years to gracefully say 'goodbye' to my chatting partners on Y!, gtalk and Sametime!!I always meant it as 'C U After'. I was confused for a moment.
But I had seen many of my frnds - a lot of female frnds too- also using the same phrase and hopefully with the same intention as I.They udn't have meant 'Cover You Ass'.Scarry Feeling!!
To reconfirm, I googled' CYA' and followed the second search result. It took me to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYA and from there I moved onto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases.
And then I had a sigh of relief.The list confirmed that CYA also means 'CU After'.Phew!! A big realization indeed.'CYA' means 'Cover Ur Ass' as well as 'C U After'.Usage is contextual.
A lot of Confusion!!
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