Kiernian,

Back twenty years ago when I first started seeing “SMH” it was “So. Much. Hate.”

As in “I really dislike that.”

As in “So, everybody unanimously said they want sheet cake for office birthdays and management decided to double down on the day old donuts again anyway? So Much Hate.”

errer,

I thought I was nuts in remembering that it meant so much hate at one point

Kiernian,

I think it was the original meaning when it was brand new and still very niche.

Part of me wonders if it made it onto one of those “Parents! Know these abbreviations!” memes where they purposely list the acronyms incorrectly (LOL–Lots of Love) and then got more popular that way.

drislands,

I love it lmfao (lost my flannel at Orlando)

NeatNit,

\o/

meaning: holding up hands in celebration

I thought: stylized lol

SturgiesYrFase,
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o7

captain_aggravated,
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I genuinely thought SMH meant “smack my head” as in facepalm. Which works in context, both mean I am dissapoint.

kwedd,

I thought it meant “so much hate”.

Meron35,

I thought <3 was a set of balls

captain_aggravated,
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And E> is a set of cyborg balls.

ArbitraryValue,

…and why do kids these days say ooh-wooh?

Venator,

It’s spelled uwu

Kolanaki,
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OwO

UwU

They’re actually face emojis. First is eyes open, second is eyes closed.

Venator,

But what face is this meant to be: lol?

Kolanaki,
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It’s the referee signaling that the field goal was good.

Enkrod,
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UwU, OwO and OwU represent Cute Face. It is used to express various warm, happy, or affectionate feelings, often with an overtone of arousal.

letsgo,

I know someone who insists LOL means “lots of love”.

His text “My mother-in-law died last night LOL” still fails to parse.

loomi,

So much hate

(Until I figured out this acronym a couple years back, the internet was a much angrier place for me. )

SadSadSatellite,

That’s what I thought it was until right now

state_electrician,

I still can’t believe it doesn’t mean that.

taiyang,

I am gonna steal FTFY, so whenever I use that, remember that’s what I’m saying to you.

answersplease77,

Fuck That Fuck You actually works in every context where FTFY is used

Venator,

OMW should be “oh my word”

Kolanaki,
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“Oh my! Word?”

Venator,

Nah its more like oh! My word!

Kolanaki,
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What the hell do cats look like in your neck of the woods? 🤨

bolexforsoup,

I always read TFW as “the fuck when”

snooggums,
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The First Walrus.

philthi,

I was essentially certain that this meant: “their face when”

Enkers,

I thought it was “that feel when…” like in the memes.

Both kinda work, though.

fulcrummed,

TFW… SMH Not sure I can unlearn “that face when… so much hate”

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks,

If you haven’t tried that better oxygen, you should get down to your local oxygen bar ASAP (Always Slippy As Peppers).

taiyang,

The best I’ve got is O3.

Grass,

ffs: fuckfuck shit

xlash123,
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I always internalize SMH as suck my head

Enkers, (edited )

Pretty sure that was the original meaning; see also SMDH. The head shaking is the kid friendly version.

Edit: I was mistaken. :o

can, (edited )

I’m pretty sure this can’t be true lol

Edit: decided to look into it further and found this page with an interesting tidbit from 2013 regarding dilution of Google search results:

While finding out what SMH stands for took about 10 seconds, it’s what I noticed along the way that really struck me - Google’s search results for SMH. I always like to examine interesting first page search results whenever I run across them so we can all better understand the direction search is headed. Before I dive into the details, take a look at the screenshot (click to enlarge):

https://www.vtdesignworks.com/uploads/blog/SMH-Google-Search-820x1024.png

See how these results differ from regular old Google search results?

  • Merrill Lynch Semiconductors HOLDRS ETF stock quote results at the top, complete with buttons to change the date range as well as links to details on SMH at Google Finance, Yahoo! Finance and MSN Money.
  • The “Knowledge Graph” area to right has image (logo) and text links to the Google+ page for the Sydney Morning Herald. Just below is a photo, excerpt and link to Sydney Morning Herald’s most recent Google+ post.
  • Also in the knowledge graph is “place” preview info for Sarasota Memorial Hospital (another “SMH”). As with most things in the knowledge graph, however, this just links you to search results for “sarasota memorial hospital”, whose website domain is smh.com
  • Back in the organic results, we see both the Sydney Morning Herald and Sarasota Memorial Hospital, along with related twitter accounts, Urban Dictionary definitions for SMH, etc. Also smh.org - South Mental Health. Lastly there’s an app in the itunes store for the Sydney Morning Herald
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