"If you ask me . . ." text

• "This is what I think," in textspeak
• Texter's "if you ask me"
• TLA in Internet comments
• Chat-room qualifier
• "As I see it..."
• ''According to me,'' in e-mail shorthand
• "That's what I think," in chatspeak
• Cyber-abbr. for "seems to me"
• "I think," to a texter: Abbr

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thar \Thar\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A goatlike animal ( Capra Jemlaica ) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow ...