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In response to "but i talk like that...IRL... -- nm" by Fednog

do you say "IRL" in real life, or do you say "in real life"? I don't mean to be a bitch (it comes naturally), but we just don't much abbreviate here.

Posted by mary christmas (aka amanda) Dec 15 '09, 20:34

like, GLTC or YAIAGF or IANAL or UAI or or LYC IRYS or DLC is fine, but really we don't use abbreviations that you'd find in the wild.

there are more, right? what else is there?

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I actually don't say "In real life" online at all, mostly because I've discovered it's as much of my real life as my, well, real life is. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 20:44
WTF? :) -- nm - Red Nosed Reindeer Poop Dec 15, 20:38 3
- WGAS? - Loosi Lou Who Dec 15, 20:40
- WTC as well. -- nm - mary christmas Dec 15, 20:39 1
  - What does the World Trade Center have to do with anything? -- nm - Red Nosed Reindeer Poop Dec 15, 20:41
IDY, SFTC. obvs -- nm - away in a mafic Dec 15, 20:37 1
- oh, obvs. I totes 4got SFTC. also, BTC. (it is so hard to explain SFTC IDY BTC to people.) -- nm - mary christmas Dec 15, 20:39
yeah i often say "in real life" abbreviated -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 20:37

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do you say "IRL" in real life, or do you say "in real life"? I don't mean to be a bitch (it comes naturally), but we just don't much abbreviate here.

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