Gifted Typist

Here are the Gifted Typist, we value good typing and clear communication. We don’t like slippery weasel words that try to candy-coat and mislead. In this spirit we give you some translations for words you might find in personal ads. As it turns out fun doesn’t always mean fun. We’ll start with women’s personal ads [...]

More IMglish for you. You have to wonder how these IMgishisms are really used. How would you feel if your sweetheart declared their undying love for you in an instant message that said:ITIAIL MHBFY my heart bleeds for you LUWAMH love you with all my heart LULAS love you like a sister LUWAMH love you [...]

Imglish is a real-time language. Often you’re back and forth with someone on another computer or mobile phone. It’s important to let the other person know when you are leaving so as not to leave them hanging. My favourite sign-off is ttfn or ta ta for now, a Britishism in circulation long before the days [...]

The world is abuzz with buzz words these days and a typist has all she can do just to keep up. The Buzz is a new series for Tuesdays. It is offered to keep you stay abreast of the latest buzzwords bombarding the language. NINJA loans: The lending industry latest offering: No Income, No Job [...]

IMglish is about finding things out and finding them out fast. And if you really need to know what Jesus would do… there’s an Imglishism for that too. WC                          who cares? WWJD                   what would Jesus do? WYSITWIRL      what you see is totally worthless in real life WTH                      what/who the heck WYI                       when you in? WUF                      [...]

Past posts on Imglish lessons (10) What with all the kerfuffle of getting the new GT site up and running, the sick little typist, work and other things that life chucks at an earnest typist, I’ve been remiss with the IMglish lessons. So without further adieu, I give you another batch of personal ad Imglishisms. [...]

SWF* is a standard lingo in the world of personal ads IMglish, but personal ads are swimming in IMglishisms, some of which you may know, others you may not. It’s important to understand this special IMglish dialect lest you don’t find what you’re looking for, or worse, you end up with something you weren’t looking [...]

Sometimes you have have to tell your txt partner how you’re feeling about things. This Imglishisms might help to convey happiness or something even better. VBG very big grin VEG very evil grin WEG wicked evil grin SFETE smiling from ear to ear SETE smiling ear to ear HHO1/2K ha ha only half kidding HHOK [...]