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The Trolls are at it again, with another colorful adventure! This week Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation released the first trailer for Trolls Band Together, the third film in the franchise. Anna…

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Trolls Band Together trailer

The Trolls are at it again, with another colorful adventure!

This week Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation released the first trailer for Trolls Band Together, the third film in the franchise. Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake first voiced Poppy and Branch in 2016, then again in the 2020 sequel Trolls World Tour.

The voice cast for the new film includes Camila CabelloEric AndréAmy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, Troye SivanDaveed Diggs, Kid Cudi, Zosia Mamet, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, RuPaul Charles, Aino Jawo, Caroline Hjelt, Kenan Thompson, Anderson Paak, Kunal Nayyar and Ron Funches.

In Trolls Band Together, Poppy and Branch are now officially a couple. She discovers he used to be in a boy band (wait - what?) called BroZone with his four brothers: Floyd (Sivan), John Dory (André), Spruce (Diggs) and Clay (Cudi). The group, and their family, split up when Branch was a baby and he hasn't seen his siblings since.

But, according to the synopsis, when Branch's bro Floyd is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of evil pop-star villains named Velvet (Schumer) and Veneer (Rannells), Branch and Poppy head out on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than boy-band obscurity.

The trailer features a lot of boy-band jokes, callbacks and references, including nods to One DirectionBoyz II Men and Backstreet Boys — funnier, of course, since NSYNC alumni Justin Timberlake is a lead cast member.

A few years ago Timberlake, 42, said that he hopes they make "seven Trolls movies because it literally is the gift that keeps on giving." He said at the time,  he gets to go to work and create something that's outside of how he sees himself as an artist.  Timberlake said it's interesting, being able to work in film as an actor and being able to work in music as a performer, singer, songwriter, producer, whatever. He never imagined the two worlds would mesh in an animated film.

Trolls Band Together is scheduled for release November 17, 2023. Here's the first trailer!

Do You Know Your Social Media Abbreviations?

Social Media Abbreviations are a whole language now.

This might wind up being a test, to either make you feel old - or young if you nail it.  Below are the most popular abbreviations people use online.

Millennials and Gen-Zers of the world have taken technology and run with it, which is understandable considering they are the ones who grew up with it literally at their fingertips. They are natives to the worlds of technology, whereas the generations before them are all immigrants to the world of technology.

Do you wonder why so many things are abbreviated now? Believe it or not, people didn't start abbreviating just to look cool. It actually started because of social media character limits.

Twitter is especially known for this because the platform used to only allow up to 140 characters in a single tweet, leaving lost tweeters to figure out how to make their messages short, sweet and to the point.

As Twitter was mostly being used by millennials and Gen-Zers in the beginning, they started to create their own language, with abbreviations. Twitter now allows up to 280 characters in a tweet, but the abbreviations aren't going away any time soon, because they have become their own language.

Sometimes it's difficult to keep up with all the latest slang, but I'm here to help!

So, here are some of the most popular internet abbreviations that are commonly used online, and definitely in text messages, so you don't have to keep scratching your head in confusion every time you get a text from your kids.

If you're paying attention even a little, you probably know a lot of these.  Like LOL - "laugh out loud," (no Aunt Mildred, it's not "lots of love," but thank you!) and FYI means "for your information"

Great start! But how many of these other ones do you know?  Here's a ranking - we'll start out easy, then get a little harder.

-Carla Rea

DM

Direct Message. As the kids say, "it goes down in the DM." Sometimes, we share memes, recipes and pictures through direct messages.

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JK

Just Kidding. It's a pretty common one that can totally change the tone of your text.

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BRB

Be Right Back. Sometimes, we just want to "brb" in real life.

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Jack N. Mohr via Getty Images

TBH

To Be Honest. I don't know when's the last time I used this. But, I enjoy sprinkling this in my texting vocabulary every now and then.

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IRL

In Real Life. This is when you need to give someone a dose of a reality check. You can use it in the context of "in real life, this wouldn't be a big deal."

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NSFW

Not Safe for Work. This one seems to be used during the golden age of texting abbreviations, which can be said to be around 2007 - 2010. This is when we were truly communicating through shorthanded abbreviations and keyboard emojis.

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TTYL

Talk To You Later. This is another great one that you can still use either in a sarcastic manner or a real-life meaning.

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Bohdan Skrypnyk via Getty Images

NBD

No Big Deal. This can make a situation calmer and can change the tone of your text to convey different messages.

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Jarmo Piironen via Getty Images

IMO and IMHO

In My Opinion and In My Humble Opinion. Another one that I use sparingly. "IMO, I think the Chipotle on Rainbow is better."

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FTW

For The Win

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Oscar Gutierrez Zozulia via Getty Images

SMH

Shaking My Head. You can say this one when disapproving of someone's actions!

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Siri Stafford via Getty Images

IDK

I Don't Know. Sometimes, this is the perfect response.

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IDC

I Don't Care. Enough said.

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MSG

Short for the word "Message."

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OMW

On My Way

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Nadzezhda Paliakovavia Getty Images

G2G

Got To Go. You can use this if someone makes a funny or crude joke. "GTG from this convo!"

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TFW

That Feeling When . . . you learn great texting lingo.

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Robert Daly via Getty Images

MFW

"My Face When."

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ILY

I Love You. A very common one that many of us know.

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IMU

 I Miss You  (Yes, a 'U' even though the word "you" starts with a 'Y'.)

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ICYMI

In Case You Missed It!

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SRSLY

Short for the word "seriously"

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TLDR

Too Long Didn't Read

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BAE

It actually stands for Before Anyone Else.  (Bae is also just short for "baby" or "babe.")

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SOML

Story Of My Life

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Carla ReaWriter
Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.