English abbreviations in Russian: Бтв, афк, офк - это ...

Americans are known for their desire to shorten words. This is due, as a rule, to the fact that they sometimes do not have time for long, tedious conversations, and for a faster exchange of information some words are reduced.

First, from people from overseas came to us the notorious "okay", which increasingly in the usual language replaces the word "good", now there are more and more incomprehensible combinations of letters, which really can not be understood.

Youth slang

The tendency to use foreign words and abbreviations is usually attributed to the younger generation, in the life of which the Internet communication takes place most of the time, including in English, from which these incomprehensible and illogical sets of letters have been transferred, which are used in everyday life.

Knowing English, of course, it's easy to figure out what's what, but there are cases and much more neglected. If with a reduction like bye and k is easy to understand, then with more complex combinations of letters there are problems. For example, an un-advanced Internet user is unlikely to guess what is behind the combination of "asap", or will long think what is "off."

Slang terminations from English words are mostly common among players in online multiplayer games, because it is there that people often have to communicate on European servers where the most convenient language for interaction is English. Sometimes gamers are so used to such communication that they involuntarily transfer it to their personal lives. And now the interlocutor sits and thinks: what is this strange "brb" or "off"? This is a rather interesting question, which we will try to reveal below.

What do abbreviations mean?

Many people still come to the conclusion that it is much more convenient to use abbreviations than, for example, each time writing "I will depart" or "I will soon". Instead, you can limit yourself to three letters - "brb" or "afk".

The first came from a stable English expression be right back, which means "early return". This is equivalent to the fact that a Russian person will say: "I literally for a minute." Another way to notify the interlocutor of a longer absence is to write him AFK. It stands for Away from keyboard, in the literal sense - "moved away from the keyboard". This reduction is convenient for correspondence and games.

Do not confuse "afk" with a very consonant, but completely different "off", because the definition of the word "off" is quite different. It came from English Of course, which means "of course". Simply put, the interviewee agrees with you absolutely, and he has absolutely nothing to say or add. Often "off" - this is a sarcastic mockery of anything that the interlocutor says. It means that the conversation is over, and you still do not want to listen. It's the same as exclaiming "Well, of course!" And throwing up your hands. Wrong example of using the abbreviation "off" in the meaning "now", "this minute". Although some people use the phrase of course in this sense, this is not the right decision.

OFK as an abbreviation

If the English language is quite simple, then in Russian this combination of letters can mean something quite different. If in the modern Internet "off" - this is a buzzword used by amateurs to "hang around" on the Web, then users closer to the realities can argue with them.

For example, for many, OFC means "official fan club", established by a group of fans and more often engaged in charity on his behalf. Football fans can argue that the meaning of the words "OFC" is directly related to this sport and means either a team from Belgrade or a confederation of football in Oceania. It is undesirable to argue with such people, for to some extent they are right.

Very rarely in Russian, the OFK is the Federal Treasury Body, but such reduction is used only by people close to politics.

Application of abbreviations

Learning what those abbreviations mean, some people start to actively apply them, often not having made sure of the direct meaning of these words. As a result, a person looks very stupid in the eyes of others. Naturally, do not overdo with the use of abbreviations. Before you even actively enter new words into your speech, you should ask what exactly they mean and in what cases they are applicable. Abuse of such fashionable words and at all disfigures the ordinary Russian language.

Abbreviations can play a trick on people because when they find out what "off" is, a person seeks to share it, and sometimes puts it in his speech and is quite inappropriate. In business correspondence such slang is not at all appropriate.