With the popularization of instant messengers, a special language gradually emerged, which includes acronyms, abbreviations, emoticons and a more concise form of transmitting information. All this allows people to more accurately convey the emotions experienced at a particular moment and “revive” communication a bit, compensating for the lack of visual and audio contact.
What does SMH mean in American vocabulary?
SMH is the acronym for shake my head, which literally means "shake my head." Usually this expression is found in written speech, especially among young people, and is actively used in electronic correspondence and various social networks (in posts, comments to posts, hashtags, private messages). Talking with a person in person, you just shake your head, slap yourself on the forehead with your palm or roll your eyes. You must also keep in mind that older people most likely will not understand you. Slang expressions enter speech very quickly and are also quickly replaced by other, more modern ones. And the expression itself is better to use with peers, since what SMH means will not allow you to be courteous and polite, for example, with your grandmother.
The abbreviation SMH is applicable when the interlocutor said something that you strongly disagree with, or you are disappointed with his actions or events, or the situation itself seems frankly stupid and ridiculous to you. For instance:
- A friend writes that she is on a diet, how she wants to lose weight, and seizes her sentimental story of fried potatoes with lard and candy. She can be answered: SMH, Dasha. If you want to be thin, you need broccoli, but not what you're eating now (if you want to lose weight, you need broccoli, not what you eat now).
- Or a brother uploads a photo to the network, where he once again made a face, and he is already sixteen. SMH, right!
What other meanings?
Besides the aforementioned use, what does SMH mean yet?
There is, for example, such the oldest daily newspaper and news site The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. If you enter a query into any search engine, then several results will display it.
Much less often, but SMH is still encountered in the meaning of so much hate (I hate it).