Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Re(2): Salinger and Gere

Yours Faifthully,
 
as nobody is continuing this thread, I must suppose I succeeded in making
everyone sleep!
Good job, isn'it.
I'm not doing it again, I promise.
CC

 everyone sleep!
LOL

LOL
There you are: what does LOL mean? I don't understand this kind of
abbreviations you normally use, would you be so kind as to explain them to
me?
CC

what does LOL mean?
Avevo conservato il vecchio post di Paolo F. (ma che formichina previdente
sono), eccolo qui:
AKA    Also Known As                     anche noto come
ASAP  As Soon As Possible              al più presto possibile
BBS     Bulletin Board System           sistema di messaggi in rete
BTW    By The Way                           per inciso
FAQ    Frequently Asked Questions   domande ricorrenti
FWIW For What Is Worth                   per quello che vale
FYI      For Your Information              per tua informazione
F2F      Face To Face                          faccia a faccia
IMAO  In My Arrogant Opinion          secondo la mia arrogante opinione
IME    In My Experience                      stando alla mia esperienza
IMHO In My Humble Opinion             secondo la mia umile opinione
IMO    In My Opinion                          secondo me
IRC     Internet Relay Chat                  sistema per chiacchierare
IRT     In Replay To                            in risposta a
LOL    Laughing Out Loud                   ridendo a crepapelle
NG     News group
OT      Off Topic                              fuori tema
OTOH On The Other Hand               d'altro canto
TIA     Thanks In Advance               grazie anticipato
WRT  With Respect To                   con rispetto a
E poi ancora:
ROTFL                       rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLASTC             rolling on the floor laughing and scaring the cat
ROTFMAO               rolling on the floor laughing my ass out
Ciao
Anna

Cristina Ciocca ha scritto nel messaggio ...
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Laughing Out Loud
Rolling On The Floor Laughing (And Scaring The Cat)
Rolling On The Floor Laughing (My Ass Off)
In My Humble Opinion
As Far As I Know
Also Known As
ecc.
Ciao
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching

thank you very much, I've printed it.
CC

 ROTFMAO               rolling on the floor laughing my ass out
E' la parte mao che non avevo mai sentito... out da che? Non rotola? Non
ride?

> ROTFMAO               rolling on the floor laughing my ass out
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 dtb
Dear Bambi,
thank you for giving us the (usual) good word.
I just add that there is this very useful site
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
where it is possible to find the meaning of a galaxy of acronyms.
For ROTFL there are 28 entries (and no ass out, sorry Paolo).
ROTFL  Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLAPMP  Rolled On The Floor Laughing And Pissed My Panties
ROTFLASTC  Rolling On the Floor Laughing and Scaring the Cat
ROTFLAWMP  Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Wetting My Pants
ROTFLBTC  Rolling On The Floor Laughing, Biting The Carpet
ROTFLH  Rolling On the Floor Laughing Hysterically
ROTFLMAO  Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMAOAPIMP  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off And Peeing In My
Pants
ROTFLMAOAPMP  Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off and Peeing My Pants
ROTFLMAOPIMP  Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off Peeing In My Pants
ROTFLMAOPMP  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off Peeing My Pants
ROTFLMAOSHISTC  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off So Hard I Scared
The Cat
ROTFLMAOTIP  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off 'Till I Pee
ROTFLMBFAO  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Big Fat Ass Off
ROTFLMBO  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Butt Off
ROTFLMFAO  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Freakin' Ass Off (polite form)
ROTFLMGDFAO  Rolling on the Floor Laughing My Gosh Darn Friggin' Ass Off
ROTFLMGDHO  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Gosh Darn Head Off (polite
form)
ROTFLMHO  Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Head Off
ROTFLMMFAO  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Mother Freakin' Ass Off (polite
form)
ROTFLMTOTIME  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Tush Off Tears In My Eyes
ROTFLOL  Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLOLSHIH  Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud So Hard It Hurts
ROTFLOLTIME  Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud Tears In My Eyes
ROTFLOLTNTPIMP  Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud Trying Not To Pee In
My Pants
ROTFLOLWABIMH  Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud With A Beer In My Hand
ROTFLPIMT  Rolling On The Floor Laughing Pain In My Tummy
ROTFLSTC  Rolling On The Floor Laughing, Scaring The Cat
I hope this will not give birth to a flourishing of acronyms on the ng.
IMHO, ROTFL is nice and in some way useful, composing monsters like
ROTFLOLWABIMH  or ROTFLMAOSHISTC  it's a childish exaggeration (IMNQSHO :-))
Giorgio

 Does this make the meaning any clearer?
ROTFLMAO!
Yes, it definitely does...
Scusate tanto, an "out" slipped out.
Anna

> IMAO  In My Arrogant Opinion          secondo la mia arrogante opinione
Ho letto un IMBO (bloated) che preferisco.

 Anna
PS Paolo non c'entra, la fesseria l'ho scritta io di mio pugno, scusate, ci
tenevo...
AA (Anna Again)

Anna

>Cristina Ciocca ha scritto:
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Dear Buongiorgio,
The reference to the 'useful site' has already found its way into the draft
version of the FAQ's currently being compiled for it is as you say, most
useful.
I was saddened to read however, the following possibility for the acronym
ROTFLOLWABIMH:
     Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud With A Beer In My Hand
It goes without saying, I trust, that the undersigned is of the firm belief
it should stand for Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud With A BOLLY
In My Hand. I can only conclude that whoever compiled the list, had perhaps,
had one too many (Bollies that is) and being slightly confused, made the
error.
However, like you, it is to be hoped the NG won't suddenly find itself
flooded with any of the variants you so helpfully listed.
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 Does this make the meaning any clearer?
Se dico di no faccio la mia solita figura da cioccolataio?!??!?!? ;)
slang & bad word sono fuori del mio limitato vocabolario "computer
oriented"...
I'd need a translation in Italian and few examples, of course ain't talking
about neither "to roll" nor "to laugh" ;))
Ciao

 Adesso che ho capito la sigla, posso dire: aò, ma che te ridi? ;-))))))))
Scusa, mi sono appena svegliato! :)))))))

> Does this make the meaning any clearer?
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about neither "to roll" nor "to laugh" ;))
Si puo' dire "ain't" qui' dentro??
Comunque, cos'e' che non hai capito?
E' come il nostro "pisciarsi addosso dal ridere".
In america e' usato un po' per tutto, peggio ancora e' "the shit out of me"
che non e' ovviamente da prendere alla lettera, ma nel senso di... boh, una
cosa esagerata.

Scusa, mi sono appena svegliato! :)))))))
AH AH AH

 E' come il nostro "pisciarsi addosso dal ridere".
Beh non conoscendolo semplicemente non riuscivo a tradurlo!!!! Cosa intendi
con "e' usato un po' ovunque"? Esempi?