WTF does this mean?

singular · 06-11-2009, 06:07 PM

This is a stupid subject for a thread, but I've searched and haven't found an explanation for the ever popular

emoticon on this website.

WTF does

mean?

Here are some I came up with:

I hate Microsoft Word
I love Microsoft Word - why don't you use it?
I'm tired of holding up this stupid icon for Microsoft Word
I hate Bill Gates
You sound like Bill Gates
I hate George W.
I love George W.
You look like George W.
What????
Why????
Who????

So does anyone have a good explanation?

Thanks!

ejazbmw · 06-11-2009, 06:10 PM

i think it just means "word" like the slang term either you must be really old if you thought it meant any of the ones you listed

shahsk30 · 06-11-2009, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ejazbmw

i think it just means "word" like the slang term either you must be really old if you thought it meant any of the ones you listed

+1

boymonkey · 06-11-2009, 06:25 PM

TiAg335i · 06-11-2009, 06:27 PM

wtf? have u been living in a closet for most of your life?

singular · 06-11-2009, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ejazbmw

i think it just means "word" like the slang term either you must be really old if you thought it meant any of the ones you listed

I'll fess up to being relatively guilty on the age accusation.

However, I've worked with twenty-somethings all my computer-oriented career. I even have college-aged kids. I've been surfing the web since before Al Gore "invented" it. Never saw this emoticon on other websites.

ejazbmw · 06-11-2009, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by singular

I'll fess up to being relatively guilty on the age accusation.

However, I've worked with twenty-somethings all my computer-oriented career. I even have college-aged kids. I've been surfing the web since before Al Gore "invented" it. Never saw this emoticon on other websites.

haha its cool man i have a feeling once i start getting older I'll have no clue what most of the new slang terms mean, its bound to happen.

singular · 06-11-2009, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ejazbmw

haha its cool man i have a feeling once i start getting older I'll have no clue what most of the new slang terms mean, its bound to happen.

Or should I say

?

My parents are still trying to wrap their minds around "cool".

MCMLXXXIX · 06-11-2009, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by singular

Here are some I came up with:

I hate Microsoft Word
I love Microsoft Word - why don't you use it?
I'm tired of holding up this stupid icon for Microsoft Word
I hate Bill Gates
You sound like Bill Gates
I hate George W.
I love George W.
You look like George W.
What????
Why????
Who????

those are some awesome guesses

deamon32 · 06-11-2009, 07:44 PM

WOOORD!

jhv · 06-11-2009, 08:08 PM

Scorpion · 06-11-2009, 08:22 PM

The stuff came you came up with is pretty funny lol.

SE3P_to_E90 · 06-11-2009, 09:59 PM

I'm surprised you knew those things were called emoticons... but you didn't know "word."

SE3P_to_E90 · 06-11-2009, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phiberglass

The word and emoticons go further back than when the internet was first introduced.

<-- n00b/oblivious

ideliver · 06-11-2009, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiAg335i

wtf? have u been living in a closet for most of your life?

+1...my 6 year old knows this

Aurora Bearialis · 06-11-2009, 11:50 PM

wizzerd???!?!?!?! Are you fer realzzzzzz lol I don't speak that way BTW and BTW is By The Way

darkphantom · 06-12-2009, 12:44 AM

wow, pointless thread. I shall enlighten you:

Goonch - man-eating catfish!

Crimson92 · 06-12-2009, 11:05 AM

this thread, in fact, is a

MrAdams · 06-12-2009, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phiberglass

The word and emoticons go further back than when the internet was first introduced.

?

MrAdams · 06-12-2009, 11:20 AM

"Word" can be used in a couple different ways.

as a question
yo the party was off the chain yo!!
Word? = really?

to agree
Yo I love grape soda!!
Word... = I agree

anyone else chime in and add...

singular · 06-12-2009, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phiberglass

The word and emoticons go further back than when the internet was first introduced.

Emoticons before the internet? Sure, probably even before the teletype.

The particular smilie

- nope. Since MS Word came about only in the '80s, but this particular version of the W icon came about probably in the mid-nineties. The MS guys on this board can be more exact. I'm not sure when email programs supported smilies, but I would assume no earlier than the mid to late nineties. Maybe they were supported earlier on the CompuServe or AOL boards.

So when did "word" become vernacular? Before the internet? IMO it seems unlikely. Does anyone have an authoritative reference?

Got to talk to my IT guy about installing Word 2002.

Spec 1 · 06-12-2009, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1989baby

"Word" can be used in a couple different ways.

as a question
yo the party was off the chain yo!!
Word? = really?

to agree
Yo I love grape soda!!
Word... = I agree

This is probably your best definition. It's been a part of my generation's slang since I was... hell, at least 10 yrs old. I'm 25

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