AITA
What Does AITA Mean in a Text?
AITA means "Am I The Asshole?." It's used on social media platforms and forums, notably Reddit (r/AmItheAsshole), where it is used as a question (often rhetorically) when someone asks for an opinion on whether or not they have behaved badly towards another person. Participants respond with judgments like "YTA" (You're The Asshole), "NTA" (Not The Asshole), "ESH" (Everyone Sucks Here), or "NAH" (No Assholes Here), providing reasons for their decision. The forum serves as a modern-day moral compass, offering insights into social etiquette and the complexity of human relationships through collective reasoning.
- A person asking if they're wrong for not wanting to share their inheritance with their sibling. (NAH.)
- A tenant wondering if they're the asshole for complaining about their neighbor's loud music at night. (NTA.)
- An employee questioning if they're in the wrong for calling in sick to attend a concert. (YTA.)
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When I write AITA, I mean this:
AITA is popular on social media platforms and forums, notably Reddit.
Summary of Key Points
"Am I The Asshole?" is the most common definition for AITA on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Here is some more information about AITA.| AITA | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | Am I The Asshole? |
| Type: | Abbreviation |
| Guessability: |  3: Guessable |
| Typical Users: |  Adults and Teenagers |
An Academic Look at AITA
AITA is an initialism abbreviation, as it is pronounced one letter at a time. Other examples of initialisms are AI ("Artificial Intelligence") and EW ("Electronic Warfare"). Initialisms are different to acronyms, which are abbreviations spoken as words (e.g., GOAT ("Greatest Of All Time"), NATO ("North Atlantic Treaty Organization").
Example of AITA Used in a Text
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Search All Abbreviations Beginning With The Letter A AIB (am I bothered?) AMIRITE (am I right?) BDONG (bad and wrong) CMIIW (correct me if I'm wrong) FUBAR (f*cked up beyond all recognition, f*cked up beyond all redemption, f*cked up beyond all repair, f*cked up by army regulations, f*cked up by assholes in the rear) HAISTK (how am I supposed to know?) WWWY (what's wrong with you?) YNW (Young New Wave (Young Nigga World), you're not welcome, you're not wrong)Quiz
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