Infatuation Rules
Infatuation Rules
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To Be Honest Tbh: To Be Honest, the Meaning is Perfectly Clear.
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Read More »Informal written communication is littered with abbreviations that to the uninitiated can be completely opaque. But these abbreviations say so much so quickly that once the initiation has occurred the path to adoption is hindered only by whatever degree of disdain one might feel for such expediencies. The abbreviations are, tbh (er, that is, "to be honest"), so very useful that it can be difficult to decide to eschew them just because they lack a certain elegance. Even the best writers use them informally, fwiw (uh, "for what it's worth"). Though 'tbh' ("to be honest") is well established in informal communication, it appears less frequently in published, edited text. That's why it isn't in the dictionary. The problem, of course, is when one's reader is among those unfortunate uninitiated. If the wielder of the opaque abbreviations doesn't know (or doesn't care) about the reader's uninitiated status, the reader has to either guess at the meaning or wander away to discover it. Not at all desirable, imo ("in my opinion"). (Note: If we wanted to express either an amount of diffidence or a flat-out rejection of diffidence, we'd use imho or imnsho: "in my humble opinion" or "in my not so humble opinion," respectively.) Btw (that's "by the way"), abbreviations like these are not a new phenomenon. We have evidence of OMG ("oh my God") dating to 1917, and FYI ("for your information") dates to at least as early as the 1940s. But it is certainly true that computers (including the ones that are the phones in our pockets) have led to the creation and dissemination of scads of new ones. Afaik ("as far as I know"), most of the other abbreviations mentioned so far date at least to the early days of Usenet, which began in the 1980s. And yet, most of these abbreviations have yet to be entered into our dictionaries. Why is that, you might ask? Well, lexicographers encounter these abbreviations in the same way everyone else does—that is, in informal written communication, and not, as a rule, in the usual environs of good dictionary candidates (i.e., published, edited text like newspapers, magazines, and books). To qualify for entry, abbreviations must demonstrate what any definiendum demonstrates: evidence of an established meaning in sustained, widespread use. That evidence is simply harder to collect when it's concentrated in the texts sent between you and your BFF. That's not the only place they exist, though, and afaic ("as far as I'm concerned"), these are candidates worthy of consideration. Words We're Watching talks about words we are increasingly seeing in use but that have not yet met our criteria for entry.
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Read More »He leans toward you during conversation. People tend to naturally lean toward people they like in conversation, according to Battle. If the guy you like tends to lean his face in closer to yours while he's talking to you or listening to you talk, that's a good sign that he might be into you.
Here's the thing about trying to know if a guy likes you: Sometimes looking for small signs is never going to give you an accurate full picture of what's going on. Some guys will do all of the above with their friends, while other guys will like someone but not do any of the above. "Some folks may be less able to express their attractions as overtly as this," Battle says. "For instance, my shy clients sometimes struggle with externalizing their feelings for a crush even in subtle ways. That means that even though they like someone, it might be harder for the other person to tell. When in doubt, talk about it!" If you're not sure if a guy likes you but is hiding it, just ask him and let him tell you directly how he feels. It sounds scary, but it definitely doesn't have to be! A simple "Hey, I think you're really cool, and I'm kind of into you—are you into me?" is casual, direct, a little sexy, and also nonthreatening. If it's a no, at least you know! And if it's a yes, now the fun stuff begins.
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