Text messaging has spawned a lot of abbreviations. LOL means laughing out loud and its big brother is ROTFLUTS: Rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak. TMI (too much information) should not be confused with TMWFI (take my word for it).
As sports recruiters increasingly use text messaging to reach athletes, I wonder whether we’ll see newspaper recruiters follow suit, and whether journalists will need to develop their own abbreviations for text-message recruiting.
Some we should add for text-interviewing:
DCUWCU: Don’t call us, we’ll call you.
ATYBC: Are these your best clips? (Of course not, silly!)
RTFP: Read the ***** paper. (already in use)
CNUPGN8?: Can you paginate?
TGS: This is great stuff!
CU$?: Can you cover business?
(YOU): We have a nurturing climate.
WMD: No, it’s not what you’re thinking, it’s “What’s my deadline?â€
U/Q: You are over qualified.
HSCYS: How soon can you start?
What are your ideas?
GTG
