Aolbonics
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of AOLbonics alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 2 The practice of speaking using numbers, or using short phonetic spellings as a shorthand to save on keystrokes. Internet, dated, rare, uncountable
"Sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh with you last post. I didn't realize that you were posting from AOL. Let me translate to something that an AOLer would understand. Uuuh, da DSmZ areN;t br0king wh'n dey R' st00k. it's duh fazt 0nez. This has been a production of AOLbonics."
Example
More examples"Sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh with you last post. I didn't realize that you were posting from AOL. Let me translate to something that an AOLer would understand. Uuuh, da DSmZ areN;t br0king wh'n dey R' st00k. it's duh fazt 0nez. This has been a production of AOLbonics."
Etymology
Blend of AOL + Ebonics, since the Internet service provider AOL was often regarded as having a high proportion of barely literate Internet users.
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