![]() ![]() It can be seen in internet chatrooms and forums from the 90s, so it’s safe to assume it was in use in texting slang by this time. It seems to have been in use to some extent for just about as long as texting has been around. Generally, it can be seen as a way of expressing detachment and irritation, of being annoyed about something and/or not really caring about it at all.Īs with many such texting and internet abbreviations, we aren’t really sure when or where this one started being used. So, the abbreviation “WTV” could be used in any one of these contexts and perhaps even more. It’s also often used as a standalone term again trying to show detachment, but at the same time is trying to convey annoyance and even hurt.įor example, if you were having an argument with a friend and you felt you hadn’t done anything wrong, at a certain point they may simply say “WTV” to indicate that they don’t want to argue anymore but that they are still angry with you. The point is that it doesn’t really matter what the other options are. ![]() You might get fed up trying to decide on somewhere so you just say “Let’s just get McDonald’s or WTV”. Say, for example, you were considering where to go to get some food. On the other hand, it can be used in a less dismissive if equally casual way to imply a list of potential things to without having to list more than one actual thing. “I don’t care that he broke up with me, WTV,” for example. The stereotypical way of using the word is in a kind of dismissive way, a way of showing that you don’t care about something or at the very least want to seem detached. ![]() “Whatever” can have many contexts and applications and there are many different situations in which you might use the word. Instead, WTV is an abbreviation of the word whatever, naturally, something very frequently used in texting. WTV doesn’t stand for anything in texting in the sense of being an initialism for a series of words. ![]()
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