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Everybody knows that i am a SCP. and needless to say, i am not exactly a chatty person. I don't know what to say after "How are you?". I never used the Gtalk or messenger much. So I was in for a rude shock when i started chatting with a friend the other day.

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Me: Blah,blah,blah,blah

FRD: brb

Me: ?????????????

FRD: You don't know what brb is? lol!!!

Me: lol??

FRD: lol?? ROFL!!!!!

Me: um.....

FRD: ROFLOL!!!!!

Me: um, Are we still talking in English??

FRD: ROFLMAO!!!!

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See? While i was spending my time watching b-grade bollywood movies, a whole new language evolved around me. Suddenly, i feel like a monkey lost in manhattan!

May be its me, but this acronyms get on my nerves sometimes. I mean, i agree that they are useful in conveying our emotions and all that stuff, but i am afraid that we are overusing them. There are people who end their every sentence with a customory LOL! Seriously guyz, when was the last time you ACTUALLY Rolled on the floor laughing out loud?? ( Yes, i've done my research and now i am no more a monkey!). And don't get me started about the stupid expression,"Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off!"!!!

This is not limited to words.I know a certain person who liberally sprinkles his message with question marks and exclamations and ofcourse, stupid smiley symbols. A typical message from him looks like this:

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!! How are you??????????????? busy these days??????????

Got any girlfriends!!! :P :P :P

Now,this message is only two lines. Imagine a message of ten or twelve lines and you get the drift!

Yaar, if you are reading this, be a little frugal with ?s and !s, for the sake of others' eyes....

To all the other chat-savvy people, the next time before you type a lol, please ask yourself, "Am i reaaaalllly laughing out loud? or do i use it just because i think this a "kewl" thing to say??"