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Internet Online Expressions and Abbreviations
« on: August 26, 2012, 08:35:27 AM »
AFAIC — "as far as I'm concerned", or "as far as I care", or "as far as I can..."
AFAIK — "as far as I know"
AFAIR — "as far as I recall", or "as far as I remember"
AFK — "away from keyboard"
ASAP — "as soon as possible"
BBL — "be back later"
BBS — "be back soon"
BFD — "big f***** deal"
BRB — "be right back" (usually used in chats and on an instant messenger service).
BTW — "by the way"
B2B — "Business to Business"
C&V — Chapter & Verse. Used in newsgroups.
C|N>K — a Unix -ism meaning "coffee through nose into keyboard"
cya — "see you", used as a goodbye.
CU — "see you", used as a goodbye.
CYS — "Check your settings". A phrase often said by technical support staff of a certain Australian ISP.
FAQ — "Frequently Asked Question"
FFS — "for f***'s sake!"
FOAF — "friend of a friend", i.e. the dubious attribution given to urban legends
FYI — "for your information"
G2G — "got to go". Used in chatrooms.
GAGF — "go and get fucked"
GFY — "good for you" or "go f*** yourself". The use of this acronym is ambigious and not recommended.
GG — "good going" or "good game". Used sincerely in online games such as trivia, but more often used sarcastically when someone has done something foolish. Also, it is now becoming customary for all players to say "gg" when the game is over in such games as Counter-Strike , unless a player is profoundly displeased with the outcome.
GJ — Good Job
HAND — "have a nice day"
HTH — "hope this helps"
IANAL — "I am not a lawyer". Usually used before a non-lawyer gives legal advice, as a humorous disclaimer.
IANARS — "I am not a rocket scientist"
IC — "I see", also, "in character" in MUDs and role-playing games .
ICYDK / ICYDN / ICUDK -- "In case you didn't know."
IIRC — "if I recall correctly" c.f. ISTR
IMHO — "in my humble opinion" / "in my honest opinion"
IMO — "in my opinion"
IMNSHO — "in my not-so-humble opinion"
IRC — "Internet Relay Chat"
IRL - "in real life". Used in MUD settings.
ISTR — "I seem to recall" (i.e. I'm not really sure) c.f. IIRC
IYDMMA — "if you don't mind me asking", for ex., "IYDMMA, are you a virgin?"
JJ or JK (j/k) — "just joking", "just kidding"
Joo — synonym of you. Also spelled j00 with a lower case j and two zeroes rather than two O's.
JOOC — "just out of curiosity"
k — short for "OK"
l8 — a shorthand spelling of "late".
l8r — a shorthand spelling of "later", meaning "see you later" (see leet )
LIEK — synonym of like, as in "I like that website".
LMAO — "laughing my ass off"
LOL — "laughing out loud", or "lots of laughs" (a reply to something amusing)
MYOB — "mind your own business"
NM (n/m) — "never mind" or "not much"
NOYB — "none of your business"
NP — "No Problem"
NSFW — "Not safe for work." Material (pictures, webpages) not suitable for the office, but for the home instead. Used by Fark . See SFW.
NT — "No Text", used on Internet forums or Usenet to indicate that a post has no content
O — "oh"
OIC — "oh, I see"
OMG — Exclamation, "Oh my God!!"
OMFG — Exclamation, "Oh my f***** God!!"
OMFL — Exclamation, "Oh my f***** lag!"
OOC — "out-of-character". Used on MUDs and other role-playing games . Also, "out of curiosity."
OT — "off topic"
OTOH — "on the other hand"
own - to defeat someone (used commonly when playing Counter-Strike ) or to humiliate someone tactically in a debate; something that is extremely cool (ex. BMWs totally own).
PFO — "please f*** off"
PITA — "pain in the ass"
PO (PO'd) — "piss off" ("pissed off")
prog — "computer program" (progz in plural)
prolly — contracted form of "probably"
plz — shorthand spelling of "please"
Pwn — step up of the word own. To "Pwn something" means to have complete control over it, and to be "Pwned by something" means to be dominated by it. (see leet )
P2P — Person to Person
qoolz — something that is "cool" in the American sense.
R — shorthand spelling of "are"
RL — "real life". Used in MUD settings.
ROFL (or ROTFL) — "rolling on the floor laughing" (a reply to something extremely amusing).
ROFLMAO (or ROTFLMAO) — "rolling on the floor laughing my ass off"
r0x0rz — leet speaks for "rocks"
RTFA — "read the f***** article" applies mostly to Slashdot threads, for users who make comments on a story without having read it first.
RTFM — "read the f***** manual" (often sanitized to "read the fine manual"). The frequent reply to a request for basic help from newbies who have not attempted to find the answer for themselves.
RU — Are You?
R8 — right
SFW — "Safe for work." Material (pictures, webpages) that is safe for the office. Used by Fark . See NSFW.
STFU — "shut the f*** up"
sux0rs — leet speak for "sucks"
TBH — "to be honest"
thx — shorthand spelling of "thanks" - this can be combined into "kthx" (OK, thanks), "plzkthx" (Please, OK, thanks), and "kthxbye" (OK, thanks, goodbye)
TTFN — Ta Ta For Now
TIA — "thanks in advance"
TTYL — "talk to you later"
U — a shorthand spelling of "you"
ur — a shorthand spelling of "you're"
w/e — slang/abbreviation for whatever
w/o — without
WDUWTA —- "what do u wanna talk about?"
WTF — "what the f***?"
YMMV — " Your mileage may vary " (you may see different results)
w00t — exclamation of excitement or happiness; closely related to, "hell yea!" (short for woohoo) or We Owned the Other Team
w8 — shorthand spelling of "wait".
X > * — definition of something [X] is better than everything
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<3 — "love" (made from the ASCII-art heart between the less than symbol and the three). Ex: I <3 you.
2B - To be
4 - for

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Re: Internet Online Expressions and Abbreviations
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2012, 08:36:03 AM »
Others express concepts peculiar to the Net:

cluebie — a newbie with a clue, but not close to a guru.
guru — an expert in some technical topic, such as as C programming or Unix system administration
FAQ — frequently asked question, or a list of frequently asked questions with answers. Never seems to be written in small letters.
flamer — one who 'flames'; To rant on about some relatively uninteresting subject or with a patently ridiculous attitude or with hostility towards a particular person or group of people. "Flame" is used as a verb ("Don't flame me for this"), a flame is a single flaming message. Also is likely to relate to the term lamer.
hijack — go offtopic. done commonly by newbies in forums.
troll — a person who deliberately stirs up trouble (see article).
lurker — one who reads an email list or a message board but does not participate in the discussion.
newbie — a new user. Not a pejorative term (but see RTFM, preceding).
noob — a new user. Also spelled n00b, with two zeroes rather than two O's

source: rice.edu

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son (Jesus Christ), that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

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Re: Internet Online Expressions and Abbreviations
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2012, 08:50:28 AM »
IMHO — "in my humble opinion" / "in my honest opinion"

Usahay diris TB, naay IMHO nga "in my haughty opinion". :P

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