South Dakota’s Most Searched Text Slang Uncovered

I don't know about you, but I am way too old to be learning a second language!

Unfortunately, if I am going to engage in the art of texting these days, I have no choice but to familiarize myself with an entirely new way of communication.

That means trying to decipher the litany of text abbreviations that have replaced good, old-fashioned, fully structured words and sentences.

It's all LOL (laughing out loud) and TMI (too much information) nowadays.

So which abbreviation definitions are the most sought-after in South Dakota?

The word-finding experts at Unscramblerer.com analyzed recent search data from Google Trends for terms related to texting acronyms.

South Dakota's top 10 most searched text abbreviations:

1. FAFO - F--k around and find out.
2. FWB - Friends with benefits.
3. WYF - Where are you from?
4. ASL - As hell.
5. DW - Don't worry.
6. TS - "Tough sh-t" or "Talk soon".
7. MB - My bad.
8. WYO - What you on?
9. TBH - To be honest.
10. ISTG - I swear to god.

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Four of those (FAFO, ASL, TS, TBH) also appear on the Top Ten most searched-for text abbreviations across the country. Here are the other six:

Most searched text abbreviations in America (monthly searches):

• SYBAU (333 100 searches) - Shut your b---h ass up.
• SMH (201 800 searches) - Shake my head.
• PMO (142 500 searches) - "P-sses me off" or "Put me on".
• OTP (82 800 searches) - One true pairing.
• NFS (77 900 searches) - New friends.
• POV (75 100 searches) - Point of view.

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