• Dasus@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Well that’s a different thing, as it’s not an abbreviation, but an acronym. Which is why that actually gave me pause after years of using “smth” online, because I always read “smh” as “something” instead of “shaking my head.”

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        20 hours ago

        It always bothered me because “shaking my head” isn’t even a figure of speech people say, so how the fuck can you use an acronym form of the expression.

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          20 hours ago

          Much like how gifs work, I presume.

          Like you just imagine someone shaking their head. Just kine you imagine someone smiling when I type :)

          The thing is, shaking ones head isn’t as universal of a symbol as smiling. Some cultures have nods and shakes the other way around. Which seems somewhat weird.