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Embarrassing misconceptions you've had about internet acronyms...

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Title says it all.  When you were new to the internet and internet lingo, what are some things you mistakenly believed were meant by acronyms?

I'll start.  When I was very new to forums and such, I used to think (and I know this is stupid and obviously not right) that QFT meant "Quit fucking talking".  I know its weird but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what else it could have meant! Until I looked it up of course

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^ LOL. Everybody knows it means "quipped Frink today".

as in...

TV's Frink said:

Yeah, we've seen it.  It sucks cock.

 QFT

VIZ TOP TIPS! - PARENTS. Impress your children by showing them a floppy disk and telling them it’s a 3D model of a save icon.

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I don't really have any, but I know a story of someone who thought "LOL" meant "Lots of Love" and sent a bunch of people texts telling them someone they knew had died, adding "LOL" at the end of all of them.

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RicOlie_2 said:

I don't really have any, but I know a story of someone who thought "LOL" meant "Lots of Love" and sent a bunch of people texts telling them someone they knew had died, adding "LOL" at the end of all of them.

 Haha! That's so funny, except it almost feels like it's in bad taste to think it's funny.  Lol...

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timdiggerm said:

I still don't know what ITT means

 "In This Thread"

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I went years think POC stood for piece of crap,I was really embarrassed when I learned most people meant it to mean person of colour.

Then again learning that did clear up a few misunderstandings I had.