Throwing something out of rage. Also used as an exclamation for being excited. Not Gonna Lie. Nodding My Head; an expression of agreement. No Strings Attached. Short for Original Gangster;a compliment for someone who is exceptional or authentic.
Shaking My Head. That Feeling When. Too Tired to Talk. Short for win. Their loss is our w. Where are you at? What are you doing? You Know the Score. You know the vibe. Terms used in place of the medication Adderal.
Break Green. A term that means to share marijuana with others. An attractive man, usually older, who conveys a sense of power and dominance. Terms used to describe being high on drugs. It can mean party or get drunk. Terms used in place of marijuana. To hook up for casual sex. Is he a smash or a pass? Adjective for a person desperate for attention or sex. Terms short for Xanax, a sedative used to treat anxiety.
See You For Sex. Go Away Leave Me Alone. Get Off My Back. Get Some Weed. Kill myself, Kill Yourself. One Night Stand. Spice or K2. Code for synthetic marijuana, which can be more harmful than actual cannabis. Want to Trade Pics? A well-dressed, attractive man of any age. Some Instagram users, however, won't give a TBH if they don't have anything nice to say about the requester, which they believe is honest enough to fit the original meaning of TBH.
If a user is looking for something more genuine, they may ask for a "tbh and rate. Due to the scoring nature of this request, the TBH will be more honest than complimentary. A brave user may ask for a "tbh, rate, and date. Instagram is full of terms related to the platform and the users who use it, and it can be confusing for a newcomer.
Be sure to study up on the common Instagram terms everyone should know to understand what people mean. Some users also report that TBH stands for "to be heard. In this instance, TBH is used to indicate a post of someone who wants to be heard. This can be a personal problem or an issue with the world that they want to bring up and receive recognition for.
However, this usage of TBH isn't as well-known as the other two. As such, if you do use TBH to mean "to be heard," you may confuse users who think it means "to be honest". Note: If we wanted to express either an amount of diffidence or a flat-out rejection of diffidence, we'd use imho or imnsho : "in my humble opinion" or "in my not so humble opinion," respectively.
Btw that's "by the way" , abbreviations like these are not a new phenomenon. But it is certainly true that computers including the ones that are the phones in our pockets have led to the creation and dissemination of scads of new ones.
Afaik "as far as I know" , most of the other abbreviations mentioned so far date at least to the early days of Usenet , which began in the s. And yet, most of these abbreviations have yet to be entered into our dictionaries. Why is that, you might ask? Well, lexicographers encounter these abbreviations in the same way everyone else does—that is, in informal written communication, and not, as a rule, in the usual environs of good dictionary candidates i.
To qualify for entry, abbreviations must demonstrate what any definiendum demonstrates: evidence of an established meaning in sustained, widespread use. That evidence is simply harder to collect when it's concentrated in the texts sent between you and your BFF. Subscriber Account active since. The Washington Post recently profiled a year-old girl and focused on her social-media use. She explained that on Instagram, a "tbh" is used to say something nice about your friends.
While "tbh" still means "to be honest" or sometimes "to be heard," it's no longer associated with an insult "I'm just being honest! In The Washington Post's example, the teen girl, after getting her likes, would then write a simple "tbh you're pretty" on commenters' pictures.
It was still a little confusing, so we turned to today's teens to break it down further for us. I asked a few Instagram-savvy high-schoolers to explain to me through text, where else? A TBH post on Instagram. Instagram Sammy, a high-school freshman, tells Tech Insider that her friends will usually write "you're nice" or "you're funny" after tbh, and if they want to make a connection, sometimes they'll toss in a "we should talk more.
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