I’m not sure ‘aps’ is coming from SMS/texting as it was used (if memory serves) in the early 90s when cellphones were very rarely used. It’s most probably the

I’m not sure ‘aps’ is coming from SMS/texting as it was used (if memory serves) in the early 90s when cellphones were very rarely used. It’s most probably the same phenomenon as other verlan words: a mix of phonetic inversion and some influence from the writing form.