The Top Acronyms We’ve Googled Include FML, SMH, and LWKY
Google went back through 15 years of data, and looked at the year searches for different acronyms peaked. So, when they took off and we started using them. See how many of these you know . . .
2009: FML . . . short for “[Eff] My Life”
2010: FTW . . . For the Win
2011: SMH . . . Shaking My Head
2012: YOLO . . . You Only Live Once
2013: OOTD . . . Outfit of the Day
2014: (Careful!) THOT . . . a mean one about women, “That Ho Over There.”
2015: TBH . . . To Be Honest
2016: WYD . . . What You Doing?
2017: TFW . . . That Feeling When
2018: It’s the only year they didn’t list one for.
2019: FOMO . . . Fear of Missing Out
2020: FYP . . . “For You Page”.
2021: 1437 . . . short for “I Love You Forever”. “I” has one letter . . . “Love” has four . . . “You” has three . . . and “Forever” has seven.
2022: IYKYK . . . If You Know, You Know
2023: BFFR . . . Be [Effing] for Real.
2024: LWKY . . . I low-key already forgot what that one means.
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