For Ladies

Hi Ladies, the other day a student asked me if e-mails in English had abbreviations as the ones he used to read and write in Portuguese. Well, here is the answer!

Um rápido dicionário de abreviaturas e siglas, sem qualquer pretensão de ser completo, porém há umas bem engraçadas . 

AKA - also known as (também conhecido como) 

AFK - away from keyboard (longe do teclado) 

ASAP – as soon as possible (assim que possível)

BAK - back at keyboard (de volta ao teclado) 

BRB - be right back (volto logo) 

BTW - by the way (por  falar nisso)

CU - see you (até mais) 

CUL - see you later (até logo) 

FAQ – frequently asked questions (perguntas mais frequentes)

FWIW – for what it is worth (pelo que vale) 

FYA - for  your amusement (para sua diversão) 

FYI- for your information (para sua informação) 

GMTA – great minds think alike (grandes cabeças pensam de forma semelhante)

GR&D - grinning, running and ducking (sorrindo, correndo e esquivando-se) 

HHOK - ha, ha, only kidding (Ha, ha, só uma brincadeirinha … ) 

HHOS - ha, ha, only serious (ha, ha, só uma coisa séria … ) 

lAC - in any case (em qualquer caso) 

IMO - in my opinion (em minha opinião) 

 IMHO - in my humble opinion (em minha humilde opinião) 

IMNSHO - in my not so humble opinion (em minha não tão humilde opinião) 

IMAO - in my arrogant opinion (em minha arrogante opinião)

IOW – in other words (em outras palavras) 

LOL – laughing out loud (gargalhando)

MOTD-message of the day (mensagem do dia)

NRN – no response necessary (não precisa responder)

OTOH – on the other hand (por outro lado)

PITA – pain in the ass (pé no saco)

PMJI – pardon my jumping in (desculpe a minha intromissão)

POV – point of view (ponto de vista)

ROTFL - rolling on the floor, laughing (rolando no chão de tanto rir)

ROTFLOLPIMP – rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, peeing in my pants (rolando no chão, fazendo pipi nas calças de tanto rir)

RSN - real soon now (logo, logo)

RTM – read the message (leia a mensagem)

RTFM - read the fucking manual (or message)!  (Ieia a p …. do manual (ou mensagem)!)

SIFOTC - sitting in front of the computer (sentado na frente do computador)

TIA – thanks in advance (agradeço antecipadamente)

TTFN – ta ta for now (por enquanto é só)

TTYL – talk to you later (falo com vc depois)

WB – welcome back (bem-vindo de volta)

WTG – way to go  (é assim que se faz!)

WTH – what the hell (que diabos)

Colaboração: Milton Vilela

Hi Ladies,

I have to apologize. It is terrible to leave a woman waiting, imagine a whole lot of them. Anyway, after some time out, I am back and this blog is as well.

I have been watching this entire crisis issue on the news and at first it was freaking me out. I lost 25% of the students at my English school (Talk to Me – Personal English) and was prepared for a long and terrible recession. Although I said to myself: I don’t care!!!  Yes, that is right; I don’t care about any worldwide crises. I don’t give a damn if big companies are bankrupting nor if there are first world countries having cash flow problems. I decided to take care of my own issues!!!  What I am trying to say is that if I don’t take care of my own business (and you should do the same) the crises will last forever! It’s the “think globally, act locally” slogan taken to the limits.

So, let no global crisis get you. Grab life and work by the horns and show who the boss is!

I am glad to be back.

See you later ladies.