A shorter more convenient form of the word: totally. This word is most commonly used by teenage girls.
The most obvious advantage of using this word is the time saved. Data collected at a prestigious university found that every syllable spoken takes approximately 0.14 seconds.
The same prestigious university also found that the average valley girl says the word totally around
190 times a day.
If you do the math, the average time saved by using the word
totes as opposed to
totally would save 26.6 seconds a day! Over the course of a year that adds up to
2.7 hours!!
Girl #1: I
totes want to go to the shoe store because I totes need to purchase new heels.
Girl #2:
Totes! I totes need a new pair too so I'll totes
go with you.
Girl #3: OH EM GEE! you guys saved 0.
7 seconds by saying totes instead of totally!!