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[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago

"Sm" seems too short but "smth" has been used for decades.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago
[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 11 points 9 months ago

I still don't know what that means , but I always read it as "Shit in My Hands"

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 6 points 9 months ago

i think it's 'shaking my head'

[-] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It's def shaking my head (in disappointment). I used to think people were misspelling stg (I swear to god) in reddit til I asked there one day.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

On your standard keyboard accidentally typing m when you meant t would be quite tricky.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I guess that's what it means now

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months 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."

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months 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.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months 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.

[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

It was a figure of writing in old chatrooms and bulletin boards.

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