Internet Acronyms + Dinosaur Comics June 6, 2008
Posted by symbolicgodzilla in comics, entertainment, internet speak.Tags: acronym, blogosphere, comic, comics, criticism, culture, dinosaur comics, entertainment, kik, language, web comic, webcomic, wiki, wikipedia
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So a long time ago a friend of mine and I decided that we were sick of LOL. Luckily, at the exact same moment, I accidentally typed “KIK” which, if you’ll take a moment to inspect your keyboard, you’ll notice is exactly one keystroke to the left of you’re standard LOL. Thus we began an Internet revolution to convince all of our friends to do the same. It did not travel far at all, though maybe now if I get some help from the “blogosphere” we can continue the uphill battle. This special version of Internet laughter will show off not only your amusement, but also your uniqueness from the norm of society. It’s almost like ironic laughter, only less pretentious.
I also noticed that Dinosaur Comics recently posted this comic about needing to expand the emotional range of their Internet acronym speak (click the comic to enlarge it):

I think I need to get ready to incorporate IMMOGBNR into my vocabulary. Maybe someone should start a wiki for these phrases. Maybe on Wikipedia?