Sad as it may be, youth slang baffles not only the older generation, but also middle-aged people. Perhaps there are still those who are not affected by the Internet culture, but not even an hour they will join the general stream. In a word, for all those who are interested, today we are considering the question of what “bb” means.
The mystery will open today
In fact, there is no secret here. You only need to know a little English, which has given many, many such abbreviations. Why this happened, we will analyze a little later. In the meantime, we need to understand what “bb” means.
There is such an English word bye. But usually they say bye-bye. The reader may notice that in the English expression two letters b. Therefore, it is easy to guess that in written communication on the Internet only two “b” remain from farewell. So we get our expression. “BB” in “VK” is a farewell. It would seem that one could spend a little more time and write a Russian version of the phrase summarizing the conversation, but, unfortunately, our language does not imply such brevity, at least when it comes to the Internet language.
What can the great and mighty offer?
Do not think that our language is completely hopeless, it also wants and, most importantly, may be in trend. There are reductions in personal and public holidays, for example, DR and NG. As it is easy to understand, the decoding here is: “birthday” and “New Year”. By the way, the object of our study does not have a full-fledged Russian analogue. But we’ll talk about this later, but for now we’ll make a hit parade of the most interesting abbreviations of Russian origin:
- kmk (as it seems to me);
- Liu (love);
- thank you; thank you;
- pzhlsta (please);
- right now or schA (now);
- ? s (question);
- ! t (answer).
So we, too, are not bastards. This is not to say that such a code is suitable in wartime, but in peace, an uninitiated person will definitely not understand anything. Especially in those expressions where a question mark or exclamation point is used. In other words, the question of what “bb” means is not the most difficult one yet.
True, there are some misunderstandings. For example, the abbreviation ATP evokes political associations. We once had such a party. But the rest of the abbreviations, both Russian and English, are needed then to save time.
Is there any harm from this form of communication?
All writing people are very annoyed by this trend, and this is understandable. Imagine how much a philologist, journalist or person is studying who has decided to independently comprehend the wisdom of his native (or maybe foreign) language, and then these abbreviations. There is only one harm from such a truncated form: people do not practice in the Russian literary language, but the same communication suffers, which becomes one-dimensional, superficial and instrumental. Someone may say that all this is an old age grumbling, and in general, as long as this language remains in the Internet space. no harm to anyone. Indeed, if a person is keen on an online game, it’s easier for him to write “bb” (which means this reduction, we’ve already sorted it out) than typing “goodbye, friends!”. In addition, “friends” may not understand, because reductions are part of the youth culture.
As a result, you should not worry about the language, it has the ability to cleanse itself. And if some parts of modern slang will remain for centuries, then, then, so be it, and these elements are necessary for the language as an organism.
Other most interesting English expressions accepted on the Internet
Whether we like it or not, our language still does not dictate fashion, the language of Faulkner and Hemingway dominates the Internet. True, writers would probably be horrified if they knew what happened to him. But, anyway, these are modern realities, and we must comply with them. The list is as follows:
- TNX (thanks) is the same as thank you;
- NP (no problem), “no problem” - the usual remark on gratitude;
- XOXO - hugs and kisses, that is, "hug-kiss";
- OMG - Oh, my God, that is, “Oh god!”;
- AFAIK - As Far As I Know, that is, "as far as I know."
Of course, there are a lot of such abbreviations, we chose only the most little-known ones, and also did not decipher the emoticons.
In conclusion, it must be said that, even if a person is fluent in modern slang, he should not abuse it. But if he is in an environment in which a certain speech culture is adopted, then asking and teaching everyone to read and write is also not worth it. A similar manner can set up an environment against you.
To speak or not to speak? The answer is: when you can use the full-fledged Russian language, it is better not to neglect it. In the end, if you do not practice the language, then you can forget it, this applies even to the native language.
So, we have figured out what “bb” means in slang. Now the reader will not be lost either in Internet chats or among teenagers, but will, so to speak, be on the crest of a wave.