Is the use of "cmc" impolite?

Question

I know there there are some posts on this subject, but I couldn't find a definitive answer.

I just read on google that native spanish speakers should use CMC instead of LOL.

I've also read on SD that the use of CMC should be used with discretion--only with people with whom you are close (e.g. family members and close friends).

Would some of our fluent spanish speakers help clarify this?

By the way, SD doesn't allow the use of "all caps." (CMC) in the title.

Thank you.

What's CmC? - cogumela, Feb 9, 2012

Interesting. If Cogumela, one of our few native Spaniards here, does not know the meaning then it makes me very curious. Frank, please send me a PM. - Yeser007, Feb 9, 2012

Answer 1

Impolite?

More than impolite, it's coarse and vulgar.

And using an acronym for saying that is even worse! Just childish.

To top it off, you won't be understood if you use it. Just say "jaja", which is universal.

Just a side note to take into account... anyone who uses LoL probably wouldn't be offended by this anyways. - DJ_Huero, Feb 9, 2012

JaJa it is then!! - CaliforniaDreamer, Feb 9, 2012

Answer 2

OK, so I looked up the meaning of CMC. Although the meaning is ultimately the same as LOL, it actually stands for

Casi me ca*o.

So, sure, not exactly something to say in refined company.

LOL!

LoL - MaryMcc, Feb 9, 2012

Something like Lmao...? - pesta, Feb 9, 2012

Yeah, but way more crude. - Jeremias, Feb 9, 2012

I thought that word just meant "poo". I guess I wouldn't say "I almost pooed myself" in a job interview.. but I also wouldn't say "lol" - rabbitwho, Feb 9, 2012

Too true. "To poo" is a euphemism - ca*ar is considered vulgar. - Jeremias, Feb 9, 2012

I don't know, I've heard a lot of children saying it when asking politely to go to the bathroom. Maybe it's different in Catalan, they say "tinc cacar", they're only 3 - rabbitwho, Feb 9, 2012

It's funny, George Lopez made this go national. Anyways, Jeremias you nailed it. Use it with discretion, being anyone who would use LoL probably wouldn't be offended by this anyways. ;-P - DJ_Huero, Feb 9, 2012