Today I’ll be introducing some common English acronyms!

今天要來介紹網路上流行的英文縮寫！

Welcome back to Crown’s vocabulary series~

歡迎回到滴妹的日常單字系列～

Last episode we introduced the Moon Festival vocabulary

那上一集我們介紹了中秋節的英文單字

today, I’ll be teaching some

今天則是要教大家

popular acronyms that you’d see on the Internet!

網路上流行的英文縮寫有哪一些！

This series will mainly be in English

那這個系列主要會是用英文來去呈現

so remember to turn on the subtitles if needed

所以如果有需要的話，記得開中文字幕喔！

Social media is such a big part of our lives nowadays

社群媒體如今佔據我們生活的一大部分

We go online to get our daily dose

我們常常上網去接收每日一劑的

of entertainment and information

娛樂及資訊內容

However, sometimes we might see

但是有時我們可能會看到

a lot of words on the Internet

很多在網路上的英文字

that we’re not so familiar with

而我們卻好像對它們不是很熟悉

among them are the acronyms

其中就包括英文「縮寫」

You know it’s not real English vocabulary

你知道它們不是真的英文單字

they’re just letters put together

它們就是一些字母放在一起

to form somewhat of a word

然後組成的像是單字的單字

But what do they mean?!

所以它們到底是什麼意思？

What do YOU (acronyms) mean?!

你到底是什麼意思？(對英文縮寫問)

What do you mean~~~

你是什麼意思～～～

So today I’ll be introducing

因此今天我要介紹

some really common and popular acronyms

哪一些很常見很流行的英文縮寫

that people normally use

是大家通常都會用的

For Your Information 供你參考

For Your Information 供你參考

This is pretty straight-forward

這蠻直接了當的

I’m giving you some information

我要給你一些資訊

that you might wanna know

那這資訊可能就是 (我認為) 你想知道的

or might be interested in

或是你感興趣的

Before Anyone Else 北鼻寶貝

Before Anyone Else 北鼻寶貝

So the person you’re calling BAE

所以你叫 BAE 的那個人

is your first priority

就是你的最優先順位

and you put them before anyone else in the world

你會把他們放在全世界人的第一個

Laugh Out Loud 大笑

Laugh Out Loud 大笑

LOL basically means laugh out loud

LOL 基本上就是大笑的意思

other times it might mean

其他時候或許會是代表

the popular online game, League of Legends

很紅的線上遊戲，英雄聯盟

and sometimes people might misuse it

不過有時有些人可能會誤用這個縮寫

like this funny text message here

就像是這邊的簡訊一樣

You Only Live Once 人生只有一次

You Only Live Once 人生只有一次

This acronym is used

這個縮寫是用來

to encourage people to do

鼓勵人們去做

what they normally won’t do

他們通常不會做的事

and just give it a go

然後就勇敢嘗試一下

Cuz you only live once, so no regrets

因為你的人生只有一次，所以不要後悔

By The Way 喔對了

By The Way 喔對了

By the way is something you’d say

會說 by the way 的時候就會是

when you wanna add additional info

當你想要加額外的資訊時

If you want to annoy someone

那如果你想要整 (鬧) 某人

just type “btw”

就打 “btw" 三個字

followed by…nothing

然後就結束這回合

As Soon As Possible 越快越好

As Soon As Possible 越快越好

You’d often see this in e-mails or text messages

你會常在信件或者簡訊裡看到

when you are required to reply

意思是需要你回覆

or answer at your soonest convenience

或者是回答，而且盡可能快一點

To Be Honest 說實話

To Be Honest 說實話

This acronym is used

這個縮寫會用在

before you say something completely truthful

你要說實話前

Pro tip!

要點！

When you see this

如果你看到這個縮寫

be prepared to get insulted

可以做好 (可能會) 被汙辱的心理準備

Throwback Thursday 舊照重PO

Throwback Thursday 舊照重PO

At first this was a commonly used

一開始這是一個常用的

# hashtag on Instagram and Twitter

#標記方式，而且起始於 IG 跟推特上

now you can see it almost anywhere

現在你幾乎在哪都可以看到它

You use this when you share a picture

用的時機是，當你想要貼一張照片

to “throwback” to an earlier time of your life

去重溫一下陳年往事的美好，就可以寫上這個

and is usually posted on Thursdays

而通常都是在星期四發文

Pretty cute, right?

蠻可愛的吧？

Frequently Asked Questions 常見問題

Frequently Asked Questions 常見問題

You probably know what this means

你或許早就知道它是什麼意思

but you might not know that it’s

但你可能不知道它不是縮寫時是

“frequently asked questions”

“frequently asked questions”

F*ck My Life

Fuck My Life

What's the Chinese for this...?

中文是什麼...？中文是...XD?

When everything is going so wrong

當你的正好處在水逆時

you just kinda wanna give up on life

你就突然有點想要放棄人生

You’d be like, fml

然後你就會想說，fml

Thank God It’s Friday 感謝老天是星期五了

Thank God It’s Friday 感謝老天是星期五了

TGIF, I think this is what everybody

TGIF，大概所有人

would shout out in joy every week

每個禮拜都會這樣歡呼

when they reach Friday

只因為他們撐到星期五了

It’s finally the end of the working days

終於工作日全都結束了

and here come two whole days of rest and fun

開時迎接兩整天的休息跟玩樂

Not for us though, we work 7 days a week

但是我們沒有，我們一個禮拜工作七天嗚嗚

RSVP (Répondez S'il Vous Plaît) 希望你能回覆

RSVP (Répondez S'il Vous Plaît) 希望你能回覆

(I don't think that's English~)

(那個不是英文吧)

This is not English, but French

這不是英文，而是法文

and is normally seen on invitation cards

通常會在邀請卡上面看到 (像是婚禮邀請函等)

It just means, “respond if you please”

它的意思就是「若你願意請回覆」

so you’d take it as an invitation

所以你就可以把它當作一個邀請

to respond to whatever was asked of you

你去做一個回覆的動作

Talk To You Later 晚點聊

Talk To You Later 晚點聊

Also a very common term on the Internet

也是一個網路上常見到的縮寫詞彙

normally used at the end of a chat

通常出現在聊天結尾的地方

When you say TTYL

當你說 TTYL

you’re ending the chat until another time

代表你要走了，直到下一次再聊

Now that you’ve learnt all these

現在你已經都學會這些

popular internet acronyms

網路上流行的英文縮寫

you can try them out

你可以試著用用看

on your social media platforms

寫在自己的社群媒體上

There are still a lot of acronyms on the Internet

網路上還有很～多～其他的英文縮寫

so if you’d like to learn more

所以如果你想要知道更多

or if you think I missed out any important ones

或者是你認為我漏掉了那些超～級～重要的縮寫的話

tell me in the comment section down below!

就到下面留言區留言跟我說吧！

If you like this video, please give me a thumbs up!

如果你喜歡這個影片，請幫我按個讚！

If you would like to see more videos

那如果你想要看到更多的影片

Please click on the button to subscribe to our YouTube channel

請按這邊的按鈕訂閱我們的 YouTube 頻道

We have new videos up every Monday and Thursday at 9PM

我們每個禮拜一跟四的晚上九點都會有新影片喔

We also have Instagram and Facebook

那我們在 Instagram 跟 Facebook 也都有帳號

You can find us using 阿滴英文 or Ray Du English

可以用 阿滴英文 或者是 Ray Du English來找到我們

And that’s a wrap, thank you guys for watching as always

影片就到這邊結束，謝謝你們一直以來的觀看

and I’ll catch you guys next time! See ya!

那我們就下次見！掰掰一～

British accent here (來個英式英語)

British accent here (來個英式英語)

Can you bring me some water (可以給我點水嗎)

Can you bring me some water (可以給我點水嗎)

Here. I have some water here (這裡。我這裡有些水)

Here. I have some water here (這裡。我這裡有些水)

Hermione (妙麗) Harry (哈利)

Hermione (妙麗) Harry (哈利)

Come here (過來這裡)

Come here (過來這裡)

(I know my British accent is totally not on point ><)

(好啦我知道我英國腔完全不像&gt;&lt;)