2007-01-10 15:19:45 · 16 answers · asked by toolate 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
AFAICR/S/T - As far as I can recall / remember / see / tell
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFK - Away from keyboard
ASAP - As soon as possible
ASL - Age / sex / location
ATM - At the moment
AWOL - Absent Without (Official) Leave
AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB) - All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)
B2B - Business to Business
BBIAB - Be back in a bit
BBL/S - Be back later / shortly / soon
BCNU - Be seein' you
Blog - Also known as web log or an online journal
BOFH - Bastard operator from hell
Bot - Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging software
BRB - Be right back
BSOD - Blue Screen of Death
BTDT - Been there done that
BTW - By the way
Bump - Increment. (For example, C's ++ operator.)
Crawl - To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it
CU - See you (later)
CYA - See ya OR Cover Your ***
Cyber (prefix) - A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer
Cyberspace - Virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson popularized the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'
DFTT - Don't feed the trolls
DIAF - Die in a fire
DILLIGAF/D/S - Does it look like I give a flip / **** / damn / ****
DOA - Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that is broken on delivery.
EOF - End Of File
EOM - End of Message
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FFS - For ***** sake
Flamer - Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll
FMCDH - From My Cold Dead Hands
FOAD - **** off and die
FOAF - Friend of a friend
FTL - For the loss
FTW - For the win
FUBAR - ****** up beyond all recognition / repair (from military slang; pronounced "foo-bar")
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYI - For your information
GBTW - Get back to work
GFU - Good for you
GFY - Go **** yourself
GG - Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match
GJ - Good job, often used in online gaming when a teammate performs an act benefitting his team, such as killing an opponent or enabling that kill
GMTA - Great minds think alike
Godwin's Law - Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler
GTFO - Get the **** out
GTG or G2G - 'Got to go' or 'good to go'
HAND - Have A Nice Day
Handle - Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
Haxor or H4x0r (1337) - Hacker
Hit - A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage.
Home page - The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index"
Hot list - A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files.
HTH - Hope this / that helps
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IBTL - In before the lock
IDK - I don't know
IIRC - If I recall / remember correctly
IIUC - If I understand correctly
IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO - In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion
Information superhighway - The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)
IOW - In other words
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRL - In real life
IWSN - I want sex now
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
Jaggy - Aliased computer graphics
JK or j/k - Just kidding, or joke
kk - OK
KTHX - OK, thanks
KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE - OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short
Lag - Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy
Lamer - A know-nothing, one who is lame.
Leet - Often spelled as l33t or l337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite
LMAO - Laughing my *** off
LMIRL - Let's meet in real life
LMK - Let me know
LOL - Laughing out loud, laugh out loud
LTNS - Long time no see
Lurker - Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions
L2P - Learn to play, used frequently when commenting about 'noobs'.
MMORPG, MMO - Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
MOTD - Message of the day
MTFBWY - May The Force be with you
MUD - Multi-User Dungeon
MUSH - Multi-User Shared Hallucination
MYOB - Mind your own business
NE1 - "Anyone"
Newbie or noob - An inexperienced user of a system or game.
NIFOC - Naked In Front Of Computer
NM - (Sometimes written N/M) Not much, Never mind or no message, used on message boards or in e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line.
NP - No problem
NSFW - Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers
NVM, NVMD, or nm - Nevermind, not much
O RLY - Oh really?
OIC - Oh, I see
OFN - Old ******* news
OMG - Oh my god
OMFG - Oh my ******* god
OMW - On my way, common pre-ganking term
OP - Original Poster / Operator
OS - Operating System
OTOH - On the other hand
P2P - Peer to peer
PAW - Parents are watching
PEBKAC/PEBCAK - Problem exists between keyboard and chair
Ping - From the popular network monitoring tool named after table tennis, used as a greeting similar to "Are you there?".
PITA - Pain in the **** / ***
PLMK - Please let me know
PMSL - Pissing myself laughing
POS - Parent over shoulder (commonly used by children to notify others of a scrutinizing parent) or piece of ****.
POTS - Plain old telephone service
POV - Point of view
PPL - People
pr0n - Intentional misspelling of porn
pwned - Intentional misspelling of owned
QFT - Quoted for truth. Used on internet message boards to show agreement from a previous message
Rehi (or merely re) - Hello again
RL - Real Life
RO(T)FL - Rolling on (the) floor laughing
RO(T)FLMAO - Rolling on (the) floor laughing my *** off
ROTFLOL - Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud
ROTG - Rolling on the ground (used in place of RO(T)FL
RSN - Real soon now (used sarcastically)
RTFB - Read the ******* binary (or book)
RTFS - Read the ******* source
RTFM/RTM - Read the (*******) manual
SCNR - Sorry, could not resist
Smiley - Another name for emoticons
SNAFU - Situation normal, all (******/fouled) up
Snail mail - Normal paper mail service
SOHF - Sense of humour failure
Spider - The program behind a search engine
STFU - Shut the **** up
STFW - Search the ******* web
TBF - Time between failures
TBH - To be honest
TG - That's great
TH(N)X, TNX or TX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks in advance
TINC - There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories
TMI - Too much information
TOS - Terms of service
TTBOMK - To the best of my knowledge
TTFN - Ta ta for now
TTYL - Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)
Tweedler - One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets
TY - Thank you
TYT - Take your time
TYVM - Thank you very much
w00t or WOOT - Used to express exuberance, or a backronym for the term "We Own the Other Team".
W/ or W/O - With or without
WB - Welcome back
WRT - With respect / regard to
WTB - Want to buy
WTF - What the ****
WTG - Way to go
WTH - What the heck / hell
WTS - Want to sell
WTT - Want to trade
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
YHBT - You have been trolled.
YKW - You know what?
YMMV - Your mileage may vary.
ZOMG - An intentional misspelling of the acronym shorthand for "Oh My God" and pronounced "Zoh My God" This version is mainly used in jest or to ridicule people who use abreviations like OMG and OMFG[5]
2007-01-10 15:42:21 · answer #1 · answered by omniscient_27707 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IMAO - In My Arrogant Opinion
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
BTW - By the way
BBL - Be Back Later
CUL - See You Later
You can find more or less anything you want at http://www.loganact.com/tips/afaik.html
2007-01-10 15:25:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IMO means in my opinion, IMHO means in my humble opinion, I'm not sure what IMAO means
2007-01-10 15:23:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IMAO IS laughing my a** off
IMO is in my opinion
OMG is oh my gosh
ttyl is talk to you later
that is only a few..........
2007-01-10 15:24:47 · answer #4 · answered by Bren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO" laughing my @$$ off.
LOL=Laugh out load
ROFL=rolling on floor laughing
ROTFLOL=rolling on the floor laughing out loud.
LIMM=laughing in my mind.
haha=haha
brb=be right back
bbl=be back later
bbwl=be back way later
xP=funny
IMHO=in my humble opinion
IYAM=if you ask me
GL ♥
2007-01-10 15:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by KatastropheGirl™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL= Laughig out loud.
LMAO= Laughing my *** off.
gl= good luck.
n1= nice one
2007-01-10 15:24:56 · answer #6 · answered by Luke Vader 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO- laughing my *** off
LOL- Laugh out loud
ttyl- talk to you later
2007-01-10 15:23:34 · answer #7 · answered by lilmomma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL laughing out loud
LMAO laughing my @ss off
LMFAO laughing my fat @ss off
ROTFLMFAO rolling on the floor laughing my fat @ss off
J/K just kidding
BRB be right back
and so on and so on
2007-01-10 15:23:44 · answer #8 · answered by Tek ~aka~Legs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO- laguh my *** of
lol- lots of laughs or lots of love
brb- be right back
n/p no problem
ttyl- talk to you later
BA- bad ***
2007-01-10 15:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by angel g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its LMAO which means laugh my @$$ off
also OMG which probably evrybody knows is oh my god
i use w/e often which means whatever
jk which obviously means just kidding
2007-01-10 15:37:22 · answer #10 · answered by Tomi bear <3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rolling
On the
floor
laughing my
a$$
off...
2007-01-10 15:23:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋