Theos-Talk Archives (January 2004 Message tt00244)

I wonder what makes you think this list is any different?
IROFL BIKWYSMB "ROFL" . . . Now, that's RF DYT?

In a message dated 01/15/04 1:59:20 PM, stevestubbs@yahoo.com writes:

>--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
>
>> christinaleestemaker wrote:
>
>> > Hi Adelasie.
>> > What means : ROFL ?
>> 
>> It comes from the early days of online chatting, when slow typists 
>> and slow interfaces made it convenient to use abbreviations for 
>> commonly used phrases. It stands for "Rolling On the Floor Laughing".
>
>Actuall it comes from before then, in the days of slow walking and 
>slow talking, when people dies of boredom waiting for people to say 
>anything and then died of disappointment when they did say something 
>and it was apparent they STILL had not said anything. The fact that 
>this state of affairs still continues on other chat lists (but not 
>this one) is not a coincidence.
>
>As for the real meaning of ROFL, I heard it from a sailor years ago, 
>but he was so embarrassed he had to wait until there were no other 
>sailors around to communicate it. He had no problem cursing like a 
>sailor, but ROFL - well, now, that was just too much. Even the 
>initials of ROFL are just positively ROFL IMO IYKWIM.