Chathand or chatcut is the expression used to describe internet chat lingo that is typed in shortcut, or shorthand form.
It'
s often an acronym of commonly used words. In more complex form, it can also be a word that sounds like a chathanded term as an acronym, as is defined by the example expressions given. It can also be a phonetically spelled variation of a word or acronym. There are many different expressions and variations, but all mostly originated from chatroom lingo.
Example:
-"1337" meaning "leet", or "elite", a term that originated from the movie "hackers", and is used as an expression to define a group or individual that is considered to be a
hacker(
s).
acronym form-
-"lol" meaning "laugh out loud"
-"
brb" meaning "be right back"
-"fml" meaning "fuck my life"
-"
omg" meaning "oh my god"
-"
wtf" meaning "what the fuck"
-"ily" meaning "I love you"
complex acronym form-
(refer to acronym form for definitions)-
-"el oh el" meaning "lol"
-"
bee ar
bee" meaning "
brb"
-"eff em el" meaning "fml"
-"oh em gee" meaning "
omg"
phonetic form-
-"ur" meaning "you'
re" or "you are"
-"orly" meaning "Oh really?"
-"bai" meaning "bye"
-"
ghey" meaning "homosexual"
Examples of chathand usage:
"Some people call it "speaking IM", others call it "bad grammar", for those that like semantics, it'
s called "chathand".
"FFS, carb0n and RF are crashing stickam again?
wtf, they swear they are so 1337."
"Michy is hot as fawk, she says ily 2 me, I jizz in my pants."
"oh em geee, stfu and gtfo you perv, stop
fucking IM'ing me!"
"o rly? how can I stfu in a
chat where I'm not even talking, I'm typing u fucktard."
"fml, I had a test to study for and forgot."