# "ig" as shorthand for "I guess" -- you seen this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292 "2026-09-22T21:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292/21 "2026-09-23T16:21:39Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Getting them to capitalize the first word in a sentence is an uphill battle. I don’t even understand how this happens with autocorrect. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292/22 "2026-09-23T18:35:56Z")
I don’t recognize ig but think I would get it from the context. It reminds me of some msg shorthand used in online poker chats that people (ok, me) seem to pick up. Ex: nh = nice hand, ty = thank you, gg = good game (at the end of someone’s night). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292/23 "2026-09-23T20:02:55Z")
I do a lot of chatting on WhatsApp. There is no autocorrect. I have no idea what tools the cool kids use these days, but I bet at least some of them also don’t have autocorrect. I personally have autocorrect turned off on all my devices. I do have auto spell_check_, but not auto spell_correct_. IME autocorrect causes as many mistakes as it makes, especially w my odd vocabulary. So I like its help in flagging my suspicious words, but I’ll decide whether to fix them or not. YMMV of course. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292/24 "2026-09-23T20:38:19Z")
To me, ig scans just fine. Each word is represented by the right letter, the context always matches. I always get thrown by things like “wyd” (what would you do) or “wyt” (what do you think). ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292/25 "2026-09-23T20:45:55Z")
Never seen it before. (Hope not to see it again.) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292/26 "2026-09-24T00:24:04Z")
Trump has decreed that AI should now be called SI. It would be funny if everyone could insist upon pronouncing it si, like Spanish yes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292.md?page=1)