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Wow TIL, I have been staring at i18n for decades and never really investigated what it meant lol
haha same. I went years knowing from technical osmosis that it meant "supporting other languages" but I never knew what it represented or why it had numbers in it. There are so many acronyms in tech I think inevitably some of them fall by the wayside for everyone.
Still at a loss as to what ""Sk8er Boi" is short for.
"skateboarder"
I am so mad right now
This is actually the least stupid example of this type of abbreviation
It still fucking works wtf
My ESL brain is obliterated
I’m sorry but that isn’t abbreviation, that’s straight up encryption
Edit: ok I was lost, I read the Wikipedia page and it makes sense now lol
i18n: 18 stands for the number of letters between the first i and the last n in the word internationalization
N0o one is happy about this.
Yeah this is total g7h…
What psychopath invented this nonsense? I want to send them my next therapist bill.
You mean your t7t b2l?
“To” becomes “t0o,” but “too” is “t1o.”
motherfucker → m10r
asshole → a5e
buttmonkey → b8y
scumbag → s5g
spankmankerjankwanker → /s(.ank(er)?)*/
buttmonkey → b8y
I'd read b8y as "baby", so absolutely ❤ this. Was this intended, am I an idiot for not reading the others as anything?
is this why transaction is tx?
\/\/04# d00dz!!!!!!1!!!1one!!
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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