Phrases you rarely hear in real life but see on the Internet frequently? (song, quote)

[ragnarkar]

(Besides Internet slang.)

I don't remember anyone saying "it is what it is" in real life but I see it all the time on message boards on the Internet (and not just this one.)

[btownboss4]

well i think thats more because your exposed to many more regional dielects on line than in real life.

[Fred314X]

People don't use the word "tweet" as much in real life as they do on the internet.

[tpk-nyc]

Originally Posted by ragnarkar

(Besides Internet slang.)

I don't remember anyone saying "it is what it is" in real life but I see it all the time on message boards on the Internet (and not just this one.)

That's more of a business expression.

[Larksong]

Originally Posted by ragnarkar

(Besides Internet slang.)

I don't remember anyone saying "it is what it is" in real life but I see it all the time on message boards on the Internet (and not just this one.)

It's said around where I live all the time. The local craft stores even have cute little signs with "it is what it is" on them. Must be a rural thing

[SusqueHappy]

Hm, well I overhear a lot of internet slang in real life now, like 'lol' and 'rofl' and 'brb'

If I wasn't an internet user myself I'd think 'kids these days' have their own new language

Anecdote: I read an anecdote that someone's mother thought that LOL meant "lots of love" and sent out an email to the family that 'Grandma died this morning, LOL'

But no one actually *says* 'laughing out loud' in real life

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Larksong

It's said around where I live all the time. The local craft stores even have cute little signs with "it is what it is" on them. Must be a rural thing

Nope. I hear it in meetings all the time in New York City.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by SusqueHappy

Hm, well I overhear a lot of internet slang in real life now, like 'lol' and 'rofl' and 'brb'

If I wasn't an internet user myself I'd think 'kids these days' have their own new language

Anecdote: I read an anecdote that someone's mother thought that LOL meant "lots of love" and sent out an email to the family that 'Grandma died this morning, LOL'

But no one actually *says* 'laughing out loud' in real life

I was bitsching about something at work one day and I said "TFB". It was interesting to see who laughed and who looked puzzled.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by SusqueHappy

But no one actually *says* 'laughing out loud' in real life.

But didn't we used to, before "LOL" became so frequently used with texting and the Internet? Laughing out loud usually meant something was funny enough to actually laugh out loud, as opposed to simply thinking to oneself that something was humorous.

LOL seems to have a whole different connotation than LMAO.

[SusqueHappy]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

But didn't we used to, before "LOL" became so frequently used with texting and the Internet? Laughing out loud usually meant something was funny enough to actually laugh out loud, as opposed to simply thinking to oneself that something was humorous.

I thought about that too, and didn't people actually laugh out loud, not say 'laughing out loud'

So the emoticons that were intended to represent the non-verbal are replacing (or enhancing?) the original expression

I wonder how many times a person exclaims "LOL" instead of actually laughing nowadays?

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