What Does ‘XQ’ Mean and Why Did Your Friend Use It on Messenger? – Idioms

It may be that while you were chatting with a friend, she wrote to you shortening long words or he has sent you only letters, this phenomenon of language is called ‘Idioms’ and although the use of idioms has increased in the digital age, it is something that has existed for a lifetime.

These new idioms of the digital age arose from the creation of instant messaging platforms. (Messenger or WhatsApp for example) There was a need to communicate in a faster and easier way and it is something normal, even accepted by the RAE. In fact, emojis on WhatsApp have a meaning in our conversations.

Currently the digital world has modified the language too much, not only Spanish, in English we see examples such as ‘How r u’ abreviatura de ‘How are you?’. And although the words will be counted, it does not really mean a deformation of the language, but a new way of communicating on a digital level, the so-called Internet slang that is only used in chats and social networks.

What is the reason why your friend wrote ‘xq’ when he answered you?

Why your friend wrote you ‘xq’? easy, let’s go back to the example of the contraction of the sentence ‘how are you’. In English the letters ‘R’ and ‘U’ sound the same as the words ‘Are’ and ‘You’, so English speakers use them as an abbreviation of the sentence, writing it in this way ‘How r u’.

In Spanish something similar happens, when we are going to multiply we use the sign ‘x’, This sign in spoken language is called ‘por’, the ‘q’ is a contraction of the syllable ‘que’, therefore the meaning of these two letters together (xq) is the same as the written sentence ‘por que’. So if your friend has sent you this internet idiom, it may be possible that he did not understand what you meant.

What other abbreviations are often used in social media chats and what do they mean?

The idioms or internet slang is quite broad, too. Language is something that is constantly changing and transforming and on the Internet, written language is very varied, with countless jargons, idioms and abbreviations.

With all the existing types of meanings that go changing and adapting to each language, to each country, even in each city and community, it adapts to its people and the way they use it. Next we will show you the most used in Messenger and WhatsApp such as XD, so that you do not get confused when receiving a message from your friend through Messenger.

XD

It is one of the most used slang worldwide, because adapts to all types of culture, no matter what language you speak, it is also one of the oldest, when emojis weren’t that popular, or you had to write combinations of letters and codes to make them appear.

It is thus a primitive emoji, long before there were keyboard apps with emojis, if you look closely you can see that it looks like a very smiling face ‘XD’, it expresses an exaggerated laugh. In fact, when you receive a comment “X2” on Facebook it implies that it also agrees with the aforementioned.

Bss

Now what does ‘Bss’ mean? You can get an idea, if you go back to the example of the contraction of the words, ‘Bss’ is used as a way to abbreviate the word ‘Kisses’, by eliminating the eyo, and implying with consonants what it means, you can use this slang when you want to show affection or affection to your friends.

Qtl

This is another abbreviation sample, unlike ‘bss’ which abbreviates the word, this abbreviation contracts two words Do you remember the example of ‘How r u’? . Well, it’s basically the same, but in Spanish it means ‘que tal’, ‘Qtl = que tal’ easy and simple to remember for the next time.

Tmb

Finally we have this fairly simple and very, very used abbreviation, It could be said that it is more used than ‘qtl’, since it expresses more how we feel with the other person, that we feel in a similar or equal way. ‘Tmb’ means ‘also’, very easy right.

Now you know what words to use when your friend talks to you on Messenger and when it comes to following the conversation, it will be more fluid.