Okay, so yesterday I’m texting my cousin about weekend plans, and she hits me with: “IFG about Saturday lol”. My brain just froze. IFG? Is that some new app? A typo? Started sweating a little ngl.
Where I Looked First (Wrong Answers Only)
Checked my keyboard – maybe fat-fingered it? Nope. Then my dumb brain went: “International Friendship Group? Insanely Fun Gamer?” Yeah, I was way off. Asked my group chat: “Yo what’s IFG??” Got three “idk”s and one “Insta Food Goals?” 🙄
How I Actually Figured It Out
Grabbed my laptop and Googled straight up: “IFG slang meaning text”. Boom – first result’s some urban dictionary clone. Scrolled past the fake answers (looking at you, “Italian Frozen Garlic”) and found it:
- I = I
- F = Forgot
- G = Got… wait what?
Read that three times. “I Forgot Got”? Makes zero sense. Scrolled further down and saw a Reddit thread (thank u internet strangers). Some user wrote: “Bro it’s ‘I Fing Give Up’ when ur tired of arguing.” Lightbulb moment 💡! Checked four other sites just to be safe – all said the same thing.
Real Life Testing (Risky Move)
Texted my cousin back: “Wait… u giving up on me?? 😂” She replied: “YES OMG THANK U finally someone gets it 😭” Turns out she’d been trying to coordinate with three people and snapped. Bonus discovery: It’s almost always ALL CAPS when people are mad. “IFG” in lowercase? Probably not rage-quitting.
So yeah. Next time you see IFG? Don’t be like me overcomplicating it. It’s just someone mentally checking out of the convo 😂
