A few years ago, in the 90s, the first mobile phones were born that allowed you to write SMS, short text messages that were sent between devices to be able to communicate with other people. Sometimes, it was very difficult to transmit everything that was wanted to say since these messages only accepted a maximum of 160 characters and that was when the first abbreviations in words began to be used.
A few years later, with the advancement of technology and the arrival of more modern mobiles, as well as the appearance of messaging applications such as WhatsApp, everything has changed. Today there is no longer a limit of characters and words to write messages, but still, there are many abbreviations that still persist. In addition to abbreviations, several codes have also been born that only the youngest know and master today.
The number 7642 on WhatsApp
In recent weeks, it has gone viral in a multitude of videos from the application of TikTok send messages on WhatsApp with the number ”7642”. The youngest use it daily and it is a number or code that, by translating it, can understand the message it wants to convey.
Supposedly, and according to numerous videos of the application of TikTok, each number is used to replace a word. the 7 for always6 per I will bethe 4 for for and the 2 for you. Therefore, the number ”7642” translates as ”I will always be for you” and it is a simple and quick way to convey to a person that you love them very much and that they are very important to you.
This is not the only number that is used in WhatsApp as an abbreviation or code to say something to someone. The use of the number ” is also circulating1437”, What does it mean ”I love you forever”, I love you forever in Spanish or 360, which means ‘‘I miss you”. To these are also added other numbers with meaning and with the same purpose.
Undoubtedly, these types of codes or abbreviations are reminiscent of times past in which people, through SMS messages, had to abbreviate as much as possible so as not to exceed 160 characters. The use of numbers instead of written words is gaining strength again among WhatsApp users and it is increasingly common to receive a message whose content is, for example, only the number.
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