Is "prolly" a word?

[chicagodisneyfan]

Prolly used in text messages is one thing.

To use anywhere else makes one sound ignorant.

There is someone on a website I frequent who makes a big deal of their college education yet uses prolly all the time.

 

[Quiksilvr]

If "prolly" is not a word, then neither is "ressie" (one of the DIS terms that annoys me to no end) and both should be stricken from usage.

 

[Boo'sMom]

Is "prolly" a word?

prolly not

 

[tinkntraining]

Maybe I am missing something and prolly is a word?

IDK -- I'll have 2 ask my BFF Jill. BRB.

 

[4greatboys]

It sounds stupid to me. I don't use it talking, texting or on the boards.

 

[LuvOrlando]

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[MickeysMommy]

NO, it is NOT a word and one of my biggest pet peeves. I *hate* to see people use it!

 

[Disney Ella]

If you are trying to text with as few letters as possible, why not spell it "proly"? After all, "probably" only has one "l".

 

[KristaTX]

NO, it is NOT a word and one of my biggest pet peeves. I *hate* to see people use it!

It's funny you used the asterisks-for-emphasis thing on this thread. That relatively new usage of the "*" is one of my online grammar pet peeves .

I don't text or write "prolly", but it may sound like I am pronouncing it that way sometimes. For instance, if I said something aloud such as, "I'm probably going to go to the store and then fix dinner later" might sort of sound like "I'm prolly gonna go to the store and then fix dinner later." There are all kind of things wrong with that sentence, but it's just how things come out sometimes. I'd never write it that way, though.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Well, we're all using it and we all understand what it means, thus, in English - it's a word!

No, seriously, English has no gatekeepers. Even if a word is new, or slang, or otherwise unconventional, if the people using a combination of letters and the people hearing or reading that particular combination of letters know what the particular combination of letters means, then the combination of letters is a word.

Words get invented in our language all the time. They're no more and no less valid as words than older words.

Now, are these new words appropriate in some settings?

Prolly not. But they're still words.

 

[Bluestars]

I can understand why people would use abbreviations for words when they text without a keyboard, but I can't understand why people type out these stupid words on message boards. Prolly is a very annoying word to read.

 

[Magic Mom]

Not yet. But it prolly will be soon.

ur prolly rite

 

[stashbin]

Some slang terminology I have seen and heard in the high schools:
Lefted as in "I lefted my wallet in the store."
Falling as in "She had falling down the stairs."
Malnutrished for Malnourished
Cuz for Because
Lookeded for looked
and of course prolly for probably.

There are so many other ones but I can't think of them right now because I am trying to. Most of them don't bother me but this new way of using past tense words is ON MY NERVES!!!!!!!!

 

[Charade]

no

 

[luvmy3]

Some slang terminology I have seen and heard in the high schools:
Lefted as in "I lefted my wallet in the store."
Falling as in "She had falling down the stairs."
Malnutrished for Malnourished
Cuz for Because
Lookeded for looked
and of course prolly for probably.

There are so many other ones but I can't think of them right now because I am trying to. Most of them don't bother me but this new way of using past tense words is ON MY NERVES!!!!!!!!

None of these other than "cuz" are slang terms, they are just signs of poor grammar IMO.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Probably and Prolly.

Type them out and you'll see with your fingers why texters use prolly.

"Probably" goes back and forth across any keyboard using letters all over. "Prolly" is rhythmic and it flows well. It also contains letters that are more on the right side (for right-handers) versus the right and left side (ping-ponging) on the keyboard.

 

[PADISFAM]

No, it's not a word. And I find it annoying as heck wen people use it, especially adults. It's makes them sound dumb truthfully.

& it made it past three pages

(unless it was a real typo--but I think you were being )

 

[LisaR]

Some slang terminology I have seen and heard in the high schools:
Lefted as in "I lefted my wallet in the store."
Falling as in "She had falling down the stairs."
Malnutrished for Malnourished
Cuz for Because
Lookeded for looked
and of course prolly for probably.

There are so many other ones but I can't think of them right now because I am trying to. Most of them don't bother me but this new way of using past tense words is ON MY NERVES!!!!!!!!

What the heck? Are you serious? My kids would get a swift whack upside the head if they said lefted or lookeded. That is just bizarre.

 

[KristaTX]

Some slang terminology I have seen and heard in the high schools:
Lefted as in "I lefted my wallet in the store."
Falling as in "She had falling down the stairs."
Malnutrished for Malnourished
Cuz for Because
Lookeded for looked
and of course prolly for probably.

Most of those are atrocious, but a lot of people say "cuz", and it's not new . As in, "She took a nap cuz she was tired."? I admit I say it sometimes when I get lazy with my speech .

It's kind of like "y'all". It's just a very informal shortened form of a word - one that is mostly used in informal speech and not in writing. It's not a grammatical or spelling error like the other ones. "Prolly" is kind of like that, too, now that I think about it. Although how people tend to say it now is more of an exaggeration than just lazy speech.

 

[PrincessSuzanne]

I guess I am ancient because I just can't get the way people "talk" on the web or in texting. Ain't was our wrong word when I was in 7th grade (long time ago). The first time I have ever seen "prolly" was here on the DIS and I just thought the person didn't know how to spell probably.

I don't get most of the abbreviations that the texters use anyway and my teen knows not to text me that way, because she will get WHAT back and she hates that. I have caught myself saying OMG to DH, though

Suzanne