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Internet Slang and Acronyms quiz

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Question 1 of 3Easy

Which feeling does the F in FOMO name?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What do you call someone who reads but never posts?

    Answer: Lurker

    Why: On early dial-up bulletin boards, lurkers used up scarce line time without posting, so operators often barred them.

  2. 2 Medium

    How do Thai users type a laugh online?

    Answer: 555

    Why: Five is pronounced 'ha' in Thai, so 555 reads 'hahaha', and longer strings of 5s mean a bigger laugh.

  3. 3 Hard

    Whose 1854 book has the earliest known 'brain rot'?

    Answer: Henry David Thoreau

    Why: Oxford chose 'brain rot' as its 2024 Word of the Year after more than 37,000 people voted, 170 years after Walden.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which gesture does each X in 'XOXO' stand for?

    Answer: A kiss

    Why: The O is the hug; X has stood for a kiss in letters since at least the 1700s.

  5. 5 Medium

    Whose sketch gave junk email the name 'spam'?

    Answer: Monty Python

    Why: Early Usenet users compared floods of unwanted posts to the sketch, where a Viking chorus about Spam drowns out all other talk.

  6. 6 Hard

    In which century was 'unfriend' first used as a verb?

    Answer: 17th century

    Why: In 2009, 350 years after that 1659 use, the New Oxford American Dictionary made 'unfriend' its Word of the Year.

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