TXT Competition winners
The winner of The Irish Times texting essay competition for school students is Conor O'Loughlin (17) (Read his entry here), a 5th year pupil at Coláiste Chríost Rí, Turner's Cross, Cork. Second place goes to Maedhbh Ni Lorcain (15) (Read her entry here), a student at Coláiste Íosagáin, Stillorgan Road, Booterstown, Co Dublin.
The competition was judged by Irish Times journalists Tom Moriarty, Patsy McGarry and Sorcha Hamilton.
Dictionary
- AFAIK ... As far as I know
- AML ... All my love
- ASAP ... As soon as possible
- ATM ... At the moment
- BBS ... Be back soon
- BF ... Boyfriend
- BFN/B4N ... Bye for now
- B4 ... Before
- CUL8R ... See you later
- CYA ... See you
- D8? ... Date?
- FWIW ... For what it's worth
- FYI ... For your information
- F2F ... Face to face
- GAL ... Get a life
- GF ... Girlfriend
- GMTA ... Great minds think alike
- GR8 ... Great!
- HBTU ... Happy birthday to you
- HOAS ... Hold on a sec
- HU... How you doing?
- H&K ... Hugs and kisses
- IC ... I see
- IDC ... I don't care
- IDK ... I don't know
- ILU ... I love you
- IRL ... In real life
- J4F ... Just for fun
- LOL ... Laughing out loud
- LTNS ... Long time no see
- L8R ... Later
- MSG ... Message
- MYOB ... Mind your own business
- NE1 ... Anyone
- OIC ... Oh I see
- OMG ... Oh my God
- PCM ... Please call me
- QT ... Cutie
- RLR ... Earlier
- ROFL ... Rolling on the floor laughing
- RUOK ... Are you okay?
- SRY ... Sorry
- THX ... Thanks
- TMB ... Text me back
- W@ ... what
- 10Q ... Thank you
- :-) ... smiling
- ;-) ... kidding or teasing
- :- ( ... not happy
- :-- D ... laughing
- :-- I ... determined
- I - O ... yawning
- : - / ... sceptical
- >:- ( or : - II ... angry
- : - @ ... shouting or screaming
- : - C ... disappointed
- :' - ( ... crying
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