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Ferret Mailing List writes:
> >From issue 571:
> >From: [log in to unmask]
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> >Geri, they think the fridge is God? ROFLMAO!!! LOL! That's a good one.
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> I second that emotion! (with all due respect to Smokey Robinson :). Maybe
> I'm just not net-traveled enough to recognize these. From the context I
> would guess that LOL means Laugh-Out-Loud, and based on that I think the
> LMAO in ROFLMAO might be Laugh-My-A**-Off, but I can't think what the ROF
> means. Am I right about the rest? Please clue us in.
Yes, you're on the right track. ROF is Rolling on the Floor. I've also
frequently seen ROFL with the MAO added :-)
Some of these abbreviations seem to be more common in some groups than
others, on misc.kids we use a lot of YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary),
IMHO (In My Humble Opinion), and IMNSHO (In My Not So Humble Opinion).
*Tigger*
[Posted in FML issue 0593]
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