Internet Language Help

Postby **wiggins** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:57 pm

Hi, this is a thread for people confused about net phrases like lol for example, though that's a bad example because almost everyone knows that. But u get the idea, and the people in the know can help out. However, since evryone is so net language literate, I may end up the only one asking questions XD.

At any rate, allow me to ask what IMHO is. Thanks!

Wiggins

Postby **Needle Noggin** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:08 pm

What does XD mean?Well I know it means "funny" but what exactly does it mean?Oh and IMHO= In my humble opoinion.

Postby **Bobtheduck** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:13 pm

ROTFLMAO is "Rolling on the floor laughing my 'arthritis' off" hehehehe

WTF is "What could that possibly be that you are talking about or just did, I don't understand"

OMG is OBVIOULSLY a refference to everyone's favorite heavenly anime, "Oh my goddesss" and OMFG is a cry for a sequal, "Oh my fair goddess"

Ok... joke explanations aside

IMHO is "In my humble opinion" which is ironic, because usually in conjunction with that phrase, the opinion is not very humble

LOL is "Laughing out Loud" but I prefer to say "Living on Lard"

WB is used primarily in chat rooms, and it means either "Welcome Back" or "Warm Bacon" I skip the acronym altogether and merely say "Warm Bacon"

That's all I can think of.

I have one I use often, and that is "IMNSHO"

Edit: XD doesn't mean anything... It's a smiley. It's eyes tightly shut from laughing so hard, with a big open-mouth smile

じゃ、ね！

Postby **Staci** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:16 pm

BRB = Be right back

AFK = Away from keyboard

BBIAB = Be back in a bit

TTYL = Talk to you later

A/S/L? = Age, gender, location

CR = Chat room

IRL = In real life

That's all I can remember from chat room conversations! :sweat:

Postby **The Grammarian** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:34 pm

AFAIK= As far as I know
IIRC = If I remember correctly
IOW = In other words
BAK = Back at keyboard (as in, "AFK." Time elapses. "BAK.")

There's a whole list of them here, too. http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/

Postby **DoMiNiQuE** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:38 pm

IKYMMBIWBOFAW
hahah i made that one up

it means
I know you miss me , but i wont be on for a while.

Postby **Ashley** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 5:45 pm

XD is a smiley...think of it vertically. >< makes the x and the D part of =D makes the mouth

Postby **Mave** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:30 pm

I thought WTF was "What the _____" :sweat:

And isn't it, "Ah My Goddess" (AMG)? I thought OMG was "Oh my ____", in which I use OMGosh instead. ^^;

Anyway,

BTW = By the way
FYI = For your information
GTG = Got to go
IC = I see

what's ooc?

Postby **shooraijin** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:32 pm

Out Of Character.

Postby **TheMelodyMaker** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:38 pm

I've heard rumors that CAA means "Cool, Anime Angels!" but I have yet to find definite proof of it. ^_~

Postby **Retten** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:50 pm

G2G=got to go

Postby **Htom Sirveaux** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:58 pm

WTF = Wet Tree Frogs

Postby **LorentzForce** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:40 pm

No way, AFK means 'A Free Kill', often used in CS or other FPS gaming. Oh wait, it's just me...

Postby **Lunis** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:25 am

I use OMGosh, too.

I haven't gone to chat rooms recently, but I do play internet Half Life with people on the net. You can basically talk like in a chat room. It is sooo fun! Here are the acronyms I use in Half Life.

NS = Nice Shot
GJ = Good Job
TY = Thank You
Thx = Thanks
G2G = Gotta Go
BRB = Be Right Back
BBL = Be Back Later
OMGosh = Oh My Gosh
WTH = What The Heck (I use it. Sorry if I offended anyone. Most people use the other, worse one.)
PPL = People

That's all I can think of at the moment.

Postby **RefractedAhav** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:23 pm

I don't know much about net language, but an acronym I use away from the keyboard is TMI (too much information)

Postby **Retten** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:47 pm

KS= kill steal
NS= nice shot

Postby **madphilb** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:38 pm

Well, for ingame chat you've missed the famous "GG" for Good Game (often quicker than typing the whole thing out, though I still mapped it to a key when I was playing Unreal).

I suppose you could also add my fave for years:

l8r or CU l8r (later, see you later).

Postby **Needle Noggin** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:53 pm

Congrats=Congratulation
Grats=Congratulation

Postby **Fsiphskilm** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:52 pm

[quote="Ashl

Postby **Knives** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:37 am

wiggins wrote:Hi, this is a thread for people confused about net phrases like lol for example, though that's a bad example because almost everyone knows that. But u get the idea, and the people in the know can help out. However, since evryone is so net language literate, I may end up the only one asking questions XD.

At any rate, allow me to ask what IMHO is. Thanks!

Wiggins

WTF is well something you shoudnt say (what the ****)
LOL laugh out loud.
g2g got to go
plz please
omg omygosh
wth what the heck

Postby **LorentzForce** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:59 am

TSCOVWFEIOTCSRA

"This sentence consists of various words from English, in order to create some random acronym."

My point is, I suggest you just use proper English with spelling when you type things on the Internet, if you can help it.

Postby **nightblade** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:43 pm

hey wiggins, why don't you modify your first post with everything on here (except maybe lorentzforce's sarcastic comment ^^;;)

Postby **LorentzForce** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:56 pm

But... but I do use TSCOVWFEIOTCSRA...

Postby **Aka-chan** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 12:18 am

Postby **Mithrandir** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:09 am

I'm suprised that no one said INAL yet (I'm not a lawyer).

And my favorite one for online gaming comes from one of the older school games...

BK = Boss Key.

(Some of you oldschoolers will get that, I bet.)

Postby **skynes** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:13 am

wots IIRC?

Postby **Mithrandir** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:05 am

IIRC: If I Remember Correctly

Postby **Link Antilles** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:21 pm

I was digging around and I came across this spiffy little site....
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=gg&Find=Find
It's a acronym finder! Search for almost any recent acronym!

GG = Gefahrgut (German: Hazardous Material)
New German word of the day from me!

Internet Language Help

Internet Language Help

Who is online

Loading