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icewindandboringhorror · 2 years

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still have no idea what “icymi” stands for and refuse to just look it up, I simply read it a different way every time I see it (”I can you me I”, “It cant young men inside”, “I could you mine I”, “I can your more information”, “I count your man in”, “Icy Me”, “If can you my eyes”, “International conference yearly (???)”, “I consider you most important”, “I call you me if”, etc) and move on, at peace with the fact that my brain will always interpret it as silly gibberish

#like at this point i dont even want to know #i like the puzzle of mentally reading it comepletely differently each time because no reading i come up with ever sounds #right or 'sticks' lol #I also heard somewhere that 'ofc' is actually supposed to be 'of fucking course' even though I always just read it as 'Of Course'#not that I really ever use abbreviations when I speak because I feel they're too vague (at most I might use idk for ;i dont know'#or 'bc' instead of 'because' if I'm in a rush or something but never much else) so I haven't ever actually said 'ofc' but #I definitely have been reading it wrong if the 'fucking' being part of it is indeed true lol #Same with I had no idea what 'iirc' meant for like... years and would just see people use it #I mentally always read it as just 'IRK' or though it was 'if i really cared' or 'isnt it really cool' lol but those never made since in #context .#*sense #OR HOW long it took me to know 'nye' was new years eve #I legit always thought it had something to do with new york #like a festival held there or something #because I knew it often seemed like the pictures posted along side it contextually were often people drinking or in fancy clothes #Happy New York Event everyone! lol #I think sometimes it's more fun to not know things because then your life is full of happy little suprises and learning new random facts #I was like 20 yrs old when I realized the brand of clothes and shoes and etc. often labeled 'Polo Assn' was Polo Assocation #instead of Polo Assassin. And literally just this year realized that the red lobster biscuit things are 'Cheddar Bay Biscuits' instead of #'Cheddar BAKED Biscuits'. Also always thought the 'Mason Dixon Line' was the 'Mason Dixie Line'#Forever thought 'Cirque Du Soleil' was 'Circus Olay'. And that #that thing where people say 'Smile for candid camera!' was 'for CANDY camera!'#I learn new things everyday and it is a whimsical exploration of culture rather than a flow in my understanding lol #ANYWAY I keep seeing the little banner at the top of the tumblr dashboard with the advertisment that says icymi in it #the most common way I read it is like short common words but gibberish - 'if can your most it' or 'i can you me i'#sometimes my brain interprets it as a longer more complete seeming phrase #but usually its the tiny nonsensical ones #never anything actually cool like 'I Craft Your Malevolent Image' though. just boring stuff. internal conference of Michigan or something #'Infernal Curse You Must Internalize' 'It Carries Youthful Misguided Ignorance' 'Intense Craving Yearning (for) Mulberry Ice-Cream'#'I'll Consider Your Meddling Inquiries'

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