# Internet slang/sarcasm (acronym?): \<something\> if true!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slang-sarcasm-acronym-something-if-true/715493>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slang-sarcasm-acronym-something-if-true/715493 "2015-03-20T15:09:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![maralinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@maralinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maralinn)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slang-sarcasm-acronym-something-if-true/715493/1 "2015-03-20T15:09:27Z")

</div>

I’m trying to remember if I’ve been seeing a phrase consistently, usually used sarcastically when a far-fetched claim is made, or maybe as a response to a dumb joke that involves exaggeration: “amazing if true!” or “whoa if true!”

Obviously, any adjective might work and it wouldn’t really matter when you’re spelling it out, but if it’s a somewhat common acronym (not sure if it is), you need to know the right word.

So my question is, _is_ it a somewhat common acronym? If so, is it “WIT!” “AIT!” or something else?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slang-sarcasm-acronym-something-if-true/715493/2 "2015-03-21T10:16:41Z")

</div>

[Is this what you’re talking about?](http://www.dailydot.com/lol/whoa-if-true/)

> [@Whoa](#):
>
> The first tweet to ever feature the phrase “whoa if true,” according to the social search service Topsy, was posted by Lawrence Liu on May 28, 2008.
> 
> Catching up on feed reading w/ GReader. Saw rumor that Twitter has been acquired by MTV. Whoa! Double whoa if true!  
> — Lawrence Liu (@LLiu) May 29, 2008