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MOBILE: Decoding Texting Abbreviations </h1>
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</b>with a lot of abbreviations and get confused about their meaning? It's like a whole new language!</span></p>
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<b>we've listed a cheat sheet for you </b>of common abbreviations, but first, a funny story...</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>STORY:</b> I recently viewed a video on social media where Tom and Bridget were on a Zoom call. Bridget had asked for the
slides that Tom was working on to be ready <i>EOD</i>. Tom didn't have them as he thought
<i>EOD</i> meant <i>End of December</i>. Bridget was surprised as EOD to her meant
<i>End of Day.</i></span></p>
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<b>Don't assume.</b></span></p>
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Text Abbreviations Cheat Sheet</h1>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>AFC -
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>BRB</b> – Be right back</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>BTW</b> – By the way</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>CM -</b> Call me</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>CT
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>EOD</b> – End of day</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>FTFY</b> – Fixed that for you</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>^5</b> – High-five</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>ICYMI</b> – In case you missed it</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>IKR
</b>– I know, right</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>IDK
</b>– I don't know</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>IG</b> – I guess</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>IMHO</b> – In my humble opinion</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>LMK</b> – Let me know</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>LOL</b> – Laugh out loud</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>NP</b> – No problem</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>NVM</b> – Never mind </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>ROFL</b> - Rolling on the floor laughing</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>*s*</b> - Smile</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>TTYL</b> – Talk to you later</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>TY</b> – Thank you</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>2MI</b> – Too much information</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>2MOR</b> – Tomorrow</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>2M2H</b> – Too much to handle</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>WBU</b> – What about you?</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>WIP</b> – Work in Progress</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>WTG</b> – Way to go</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>YOLO</b> – You only live once</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>YW</b> – You're welcome </span></li></ul>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><i>Getting Less Bold</i></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">I'm getting less BOLD in my writing! By that, I mean that my bolding style of text has shifted away from highlighting the complete,
traditional topic sentence to... <b><i>creating curiosity</i></b>.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The point of bolding used to be</b> to bring forth the most important thought in each paragraph. The purpose was to help
the reader easily skim the article and get the main points without having to read in detail.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">I have come to realize that
<b>there is a more effective way: </b>you can bold the <i>beginning </i>of an important thought so that the reader
<i>starts </i>to read down. They are caught in the thread of a key idea and want to read the rest of the sentence to satisfy their curiosity.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The result is</b> that the important info (not often bolded itself) gets a
<i>more</i> <i>dramatic intro </i>so that the final idea makes a greater impact on the reader.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Now we don't use this technique exclusively</b>. We want to mix things up to keep things interesting and intriguing.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">So, some bolding creates curiosity about what is to come ... and other times, this formatting style includes the full point.
(<b>By the way, </b>highlighting the main idea does not necessarily mean bolding the entire sentence.
<i>Sometimes</i> it is just a <i>partial</i> sentence with the key info.)</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>How do you know if you have bolded the right things</b> to achieve a steady read through the text? Test it! Go back and just
read the bold items and see where you're eyes are led and if you come away with valuable info. You can always go back and edit it. It's not always easy to get it right the first time.</span></p>
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