geordie flower
31-08-07, 15:36
:) Hiya I dont know about anyone else but sometimes when I read some peoples posts and they use abbreviations for some things I often dont know what they are for,:wacko: for example - ive just worked out what imo means - in my opinion and it took me a while to work out that lol was laugh out loud not lots of love! :D I think it would be a good idea to either have a post running or a place somewhere on the site where people can refer to if they are unsure what some abbreviations mean.:) tracey x :)
Hi Tracey
I have found a few to keep you going :) hope this helps a little :)
AKA = Also known as
AFK = Away from keyboard
BAK = Back at keyboard
BFN = Bye for now
BIF = Basis in fact
BRB = Be right back
BTW = By the way
CU = See you
CUL = See you later
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FYA = For your amusement
FYI = For your information
GMTA = Great minds think alike
IAC = In any case
IMO = In my opinion
IMHO = In my humble opinion
IMAO = In my arrogant opinion
IOW = In other words
LOL = Laughing out loud
NBIF = No basis in fact
NRN = No response necessary
OTOH = On the other hand
PMJI = Pardon my jumping in
PC = Politically correct or personal computer
PI = Politically incorrect or picture
PIC = Picture
ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing
TIA = Thanks in advance
TIC = Tongue in cheek
TMI = Too Much Info
TTFN = Ta-ta for now
TYL = Talk to you later
WB = Welcome back
WTG = Way to go
Hope this helps a little
Brightest Blessings
Fraggle & Mystics :)
yorkylover
31-08-07, 15:59
That was a good idea Tracey,I get stuck with these to.:yesyes:
Thanks Fraggle for that, it helps alot.:yesyes:
geordie flower
01-09-07, 13:01
:) Hiya, WOW thanks fraggle that was quite a list you put down there! It will help me alot. Is there any more anyone wants to add???? tracey x:)
normalwisdom
01-09-07, 14:19
You forgot the most important one!!!
JFDI
just flippin do it (polite version):blush: :shades:
LOLZ, there are thousands of these Acronyms. Wiki has a good list. I have tried to clean it up for NMP forum, but sorry if I have missed an expletive.
0-9
10q Thank you
10x Thanks
1337 From the word Leet, derived from the word elite
2 Too, or to
2L8 Too late
2U2 To you too
<3 - Love (a sideways heart)
4 For
404 I haven't a clue; from the code for the common "Not Found" HTTP error message
4GM Forgive me
?4U Question for you
A
AAMOF As a matter of fact
ADN Any day now
AFAICR/S/T As far as I can recall / remember / see / tell
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
AKA Also known as
AITR Adult in the room
AIUI As I understand it
ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation
ASAP As soon as possible
ASL or A/S/L Age / sex / location
ATEOTD At The End of the Day
ATM At the moment
ATYS Anything you say
AWA As well as
AWOL Absent Without (Official) Leave
AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB) All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)
B
borked - Thoroughly broken
Bai Bye
B2B Business to Business
BB - Bye bye
BBIAB Be back in a bit
BBIAF - Be back in a few / flash
BBL/S Be back later / shortly / soon
BCNU Be seein' you
BF - Boy friend
BFF - Best friends forever
BFFL - Best friends for life
BFN Bye for now
BFFN - Best Friend For Now
Blog Also known as web log or an online journal
BOF Beginning of file
BOFH Bloody operator from hell (clean)
BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again
Bot Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging software
Br/BR Best regards
BRB Be right back
BRT Be right there
BS Backstab / Bullshit
BSOD Blue Screen of Death
BTDT Been there done that
BTDTGTTSAWIO - Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and wore it out
BTW By the way
Bump Increment (For example, C++'s operator.) or a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"
BW or B/W Between or black-and-white.
C
CD9 - Code 9 - Parents nearby
CBA Can't Be Arsed. A term to indicate or dictate laziness.
CBF Can't Be Flipped. A term used frequently out of laziness. (clean)
chown Change owner. (used in Unix systems)
CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong
Crawl To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it
Crapplet A poorly written computer application
CTN Can't Talk Now
CU See you (later)
CYA See ya OR Cover Your Ass
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'
D
DDG Drop Dead Gorgeous
DFTT Don't feed the trolls
DGAF Don't Give A Flip (clean)
DIAF Die in a fire
DILLIGAF Does it look like I give a flip (clean)
DL Download
DND Do not disturb
DOA Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that has never worked.
DW Don't Worry.
E
EOF End Of File
EOM End of Message
EOL End of Life. Device or hardware that is at the end of its product life cycle
EQ EverQuest
ETA Estimated time of arrival, later (especially on blogs), Edited To Add
F
FAQ Frequently Asked Question(s)
FFS For flip's sake (clean)
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/FOND Flip off 'n'/and die (clean)
FOAF Friend of a friend
FP First Post
FTL For the lose / loss
FTW For the win / flip the world (clean)
FU Flip you (clean)
FUBAR Flipped up beyond all recognition / repair
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
G
GBCW Goodbye Cruel World - a dramatic leave taking of a forum or site
GBTW Get back to work
GD - Good day
GF Great/good fight; or girlfriend
GFETE Grinning from ear to ear
GFY Good for you
GG Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match, also used to describe a game that is very one sided and therefore considered already over
GGF Go Get Flipped (clean)
GIYF Google is your friend
GL Good luck, often used at beginning of a contest
GLHF Good luck and have fun
GJ Good job
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
Gratz Congratulations
GTH Go to hell
GTFO Get the flip out OR Get the flip off (clean)
GTG or G2G 'Got to go' or 'Good to go'
GR Gateway Router
GR8 Great
H
HAND Have A Nice Day
Handle Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
HF Have fun/High-five
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, or happy to help
H8 Hate
I
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IAWTC I agree with that/this comment
IBTL In before the lock
IDC I don't care
IDGAF - I don't give a flip (clean)
IDK I don't know
IHY I hate you
IINM If I'm not mistaken
IIRC If I recall / remember correctly
IIUC If I understand correctly
ILY I love you
IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion
Information superhighway The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)
IONO I don't know
IOTTMCO Intuitively obvious to the most casual observer (sometimes IOTTMCOO .... of observers)
IOW In other words
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRL In real life
ISTR - I Seem To Recall
ITYM I Think You Mean
IWSN I want sex now
IYKWIM If you know what I mean
IKWYM I know what you mean
J
Jaggy Aliased computer graphics
JAS Just a second
JIC' Just in case
JFGI Just Flipping/Freaking Google It (clean)
JK or j/k Just kidding, or joke
JSYK - Just so you know
JFTR Just for the records
JOOC Just out of curiosity
JW Just wondering
JFK Just Flipping Kidding (clean)
K
k or kk OK
KIR Keeping it real
KISS Keep it simple stupid.
KIT Keep in touch
KMA Kiss my ass
KOS Kill on sight
KOTC/L Kiss on the cheek/lips
KS(ing) Kill-Steal(ing)
KTHX OK, thanks
KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short
KWIM Know what I mean?
L
L2P Learn to play; an admonishment to new or incompetent video game players.
L8R Later (sometimes abbreviated to L8ER); is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.
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 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite
LFG Looking for group
LFM Looking for more
LMAO, LMFAO, LMMFAO Laughing my ass off, laughing my flipping ass off, laughing my mother flipping ass off (clean)
LMIRL Let's meet in real life.
LMK Let me know
LOL Laughing out loud, laugh out loud. Occasionally: lots of love, lots of luck
LOTI Laughing on the inside
LTNS Long time no see
Lulz A corruption of LOL, which stands for laugh out loud.
Lurker Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions
Luser Loser + user; an annoying user from the perspective of tech support or a system administrator; also spelled luzer or luzzer
LYLAB Love you like a brother
LYLAS Love you like a sister
M
MMORPG, MMO Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
MMOFPS Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter
MOO MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) Object Orientated
MOTD Message of the day
MS Microsoft
MTFBWY May The Force be with you
MUD Multi-User Dungeon
MUSH Multi-User Shared Hallucination
MYOB Mind your own business
M8 Mate
N
N2M Not(hing) too much
N2B Not too bad
NE1 "Anyone"
Newbie, noob, or n00b An inexperienced user of a system or game, or an annoying person.
NFW No flipping way (clean)
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.
NN Night night. Used as an alternative for "good night"
NP No problem
NSFW Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers.
NTY No, Thank You
NVM, NVMD, or nm Nevermind, not much
O
O RLY Oh really?
OH OK A sarcastic okay
OIC Oh, I see
OFN Old flipping news (clean)
OMG Oh, my Gosh/God
OMFG Oh, my flipping God (clean)
OMGWTFBBQ- Oh my God, What the Flip, Barbecue (clean)
OMW On my way or Oh my word
OOC Out Of Character / Out Of Combat
OP Original poster / Operator / Outpost
OS Operating system
OT Off topic
OTOH On the other hand
OTP On the phone or One true pairing
P
P2P Peer to peer, or pay to play
P911 Parent emergency (watch what you type)
PAW Parents are watching
PEBKAC Problem exists between keyboard and chair
Ping From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar to "Are you there?".
PITA Pain in the arse / ass
PLMK Please let me know
plz or pls Please
PM Personal message or private message
PMJI Pardon my jumping in
PMSL Pissing My Self Laughing
::POOF:: Goodbye (leaving the room)
POS Piece of stuff, parent over shoulder, packet over SONet, or Point of Sale. (clean)
POTS Plain old telephone service
POV Point of view
PPL People
PST Please send tell
PTKFGS Punch the Keys For God's Sake
pr0n Intentional misspelling of porn
PW Persistent World (gaming)
pwned or pwnd Owned
Q
QFA Quoted for accuracy. Similar to QFT
QFT Quoted for truth, Quit flipping talking (clean)
QT Cutie
R
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 ass off
RO(T)FLOL Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud
RSN Real soon now (often used sarcastically)
RTFB Read the flipping binary (or book) (clean)
RTFQ Read the flipping/fabulous (polite)/freaking (polite) question (clean)
RTFS Read the flipping source (clean)
RTFM/RTM Read the (flipping) manual
RYC Regarding your comment
S
SCNR Sorry, could not resist
sk8/sk8r skate/skater
Smiley Another name for emoticons
SMH Shaking my head
SNAFU Situation normal: all (flipped/fouled) up (clean)
Snail mail Normal paper mail service
Spider The program behind a search engine
Sry - Sorry
STFU Shut the flip (clean)
STFW Search the flipping web (clean)
Soz Sorry
SWIM Someone Who Isn't Me
T
T4P - Tell for people
TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, from Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
TBF Time between failures
TBH, TBQH To be (quite) honest
TFTC Thanks for the Cache, a Geocaching term
TG That's great
TGIF Thank God it's Friday
TH(N)X, TNX or TX Thanks
TIA Thanks in advance
TINC There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories
TISNF - This is so not fair
TL;DR - Too Long; Didn't Read, an admonishment that a post is too lengthy or lacks worthwhile content
TMI Too much information
TOS Terms of service
TTBOMK To the best of my knowledge
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTT To the top, used in forums to bump a thread
TTTH Talk to the hand
TTYL Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)
TTYS Talk to you soon
TTYTT To Tell You The Truth
Tweedler One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets
TWIAVBP - The World Is A Very Big Place, used to flag regionally-specific usages. Example: "We ate roasted corn (TWIAVBP: maize) at the picnic."
TWIMC To Whom It May Concern
TY or Thx Thank you
TYT Take your time
TYVM Thank you very much
TPW Top Post Whore
U
U, Ur You, your, you're
UTFSE Use the flipping search engine (clean)
V
VB(SE)G Very big (stuff-eating) grin (clean)
VEG/S Very evil grin/smile
Vlog Video blog
VWG/S Very wicked grin/smile
W
w00t, w00T or WOOT First two express exuberance, and the last is a backronym for the term "We Own the Other Team".
W/ or W/O With or without
WB Welcome back
WBU What 'Bout (about) You
WD Well Done
W/E Whatever
WP Well Played
WRT With respect / regard to
WRUD What are you doing?
WTB Want to buy
WTF What the flip? (clean)
WTG Way to go
WTH What the hell, What the heck
WTS Want to sell
WTSHTF When The Stuff Hits The Fan (clean)
WTT Want to trade
WUG What you got?
WUBU2 What (have) you been up to?
WUU2 What (are) you up to?
WUW What you want?
WWJD What would Jesus do?
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
W8 Wait
Y
Y Why
YA RLY Yeah Really (invariably preceded by "O RLY")
YHBT You have been trolled.
YHL You have lost
YKW You know what?
YMMV Your mileage may vary.
YT You there?
YTMND You're The Man Now, Dog
YW You're welcome.
YOYO You're On Your Own.
YOYOW - You own your own words.
Z
ZOMG (sometimes OMGZ) A variation of OMG (Oh my Gosh/God) used to indicate extreme excitement.
geordie flower
02-09-07, 16:47
:) Hiya Ross, Phew thats quite an exhaustive list you've made there! TY so much for taking the time to type it. I'm sure its got everyone I could possibily need, unless anyone knows any more????? LOL see i'm getting the hang of this now ha ha ha tracey x:)
:) Hiya Ross, Phew thats quite an exhaustive list you've made there! TY so much for taking the time to type it. I'm sure its got everyone I could possibily need, unless anyone knows any more????? LOL see i'm getting the hang of this now ha ha ha tracey x:)
Hi Tracey..... Thanks for the compliment, but I just copied // pasted from another website... although I did have to go through and remove all the expletives. :laugh:
Hi Ross, any chance you could make this a stickey so people can find it more easily as it drops down the forum?
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