If you take a poll of all the online bingo players, one of the things that makes online bingo so much fun is the ability to chat with other players from around the world. Of course, trying to chat while simultaneously keeping up with several bingo cards can be hard to do. That’s why most players have turned to chat speak while playing bingo.
Chat speak is kind of like text messaging in that it’s much easier to use commonly known acronyms to convey your message rather than typing in full sentences. The only problem is that if you’re new to chatting, it can be easy to get lost in the alphabet soup that you see flying across the screen.
If you’ve ever spent time in an online chat room, chances are you will recognize some of these. Some are easy to figure out, even if you don’t recognize them, but some are a lot harder to guess. We’re going to talk about the most common ones but there are many more and new ones are being created all the time. Don’t be afraid to ask – the other online bingo chatters are there to help.
1TG is peculiar to online bingo. It stand for “one to go”, meaning the person only needs one more number to hit. Variations can be any number but rarely will you see more than 3TG – it’s those last three that make it exciting. Common phrases that you may have seen elsewhere on the net would be BTW (by the way), NP (no problem), OMG (oh my god) and the ever present, LOL (laughing out loud).
You have ways to send good wishes to your fellow players with GL (good luck), GLA (good luck all) and GLE (good luck everyone). Then there are ways to congratulate them like GG (good game) and WTG (way to go). Of course, not everyone wins so you also need to know BLNT (better luck next time).
Oh, yes, can’t forget CYA (see ya) and CYAL8R (see ya later), can we?
