Ever since text messaging started on phones, teenagers have found all sorts of ways to shorten the words they use into smaller, more discrete ones. This helps them complete the sentence in a significantly smaller amount of space and keeps whatever they have hidden from people who are not familiar with the number slang.
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Recently, the number 5201314 has created a lot of buzz on social media. This mysterious number has been hashtagged on Instagram over 33,000 times. Many of us see this on social media and are wondering what the exact meaning of the 5201314 number is, so you’re in the right place. Here’s the story behind the number 5201314 and its meaning:
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Meaning of 5201314
The number 5201314, which has gone viral on the Internet, means “I love you for a lifetime.”
Chinese connection
First, three 520 numbers represent a day, which is a unique and modern celebration of love that occurs on May 20th (5.20) each year, and many people started treating May 20 as Valentine’s Day on social media in China.
Chinese culture attaches strong value to numbers and their power; some numbers are lucky and popular, whilst others are extremely bad luck. The reason that 520 has gained significance within Hong Kong and China is due to the way 5-2-0 is pronounced, which is similar to “I love you just like ILY” or “143” in English. That is why celebrations such as 520 Day have gained importance.
In a similar fashion, the pronunciation of the number 1314 is close to that of “for a lifetime” in Mandarin, and in the Chinese translation, “I love you for a lifetime” is pronounced as “Wǒ ài nǐ yībèizi”.
Different types of social media slang
If you’ve been observing social media conversations, you might have come across a ton of pager codes or slang that take you a while to figure out. However, because so many people are now using this slang, it is even more important to understand what they mean so you can respond to your relatives more effectively.
1. <3
Meaning: Love
Because <3 looks like a heart, it is used as a symbol of “love.”
2. 143
Meaning: I Love You
The number 143 represents the number of letters in each word of the phrase “I love you.”
3. 14344
Meaning: Love You Very Much
The number 14344 represents the number of letters in each word of the phrase “I love you very much.”
4. 420
Meaning: Weed
Everybody knows 4:20 is the time to smoke pot. And everybody knows that 4/20 is International Pot Smoking Day. But not many people, not even the oldest and most ardent pot smokers, know why or how the number 420 became linked to pot smoking.
420 is an annual event taking place on April 20 (the date is 20/4, or in the American date format, 4/20), in celebration of cannabis.
While 420 is widely used in common vernacular in reference to the date of the event, it also relates to the origin of the observance, the history of which can be traced back to the early 1970s in California.
5. 182
Meaning: I hate you
Code for “I hate you,” 182 is used in text messages and other text communication because “I” is one character, “hate” sounds like 8, and “you” sounds like 2.
