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Forum Slang – Learn the Forum Lingo

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(Re-posted from Fun Facts)
Feel confused with abbreviations & slangs on English forums? Here's some explanations that will hopefully give you some help.
Anyone who has supplementaries please feel free to jump in!


1楼2015-09-04 15:57回复
    0-9
    1337 – From the word Leet, derived from the word elite
    2 – too, or to
    4 – For


    2楼2015-09-04 15:58
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      A
      AFAICR/S/T – As far as I can recall / remember / see / tel
      AFAIK – As far as I know
      AFK – Away from keyboard
      ANFSCD – And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation.
      ASAP – As soon as possible
      ASL – Age / sex / location
      ATEOTD – At The End of the Day
      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)


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        B
        B2B – Business to Business
        B& and/or B7- Banned
        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 – ~censored~ 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.)or a backronym for “Bring Up My Post”


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          C
          Crawl – To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it
          Crapplet – A poorly written computer application
          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’


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            D
            DFTT – Don’t feed the trolls
            DGAF – Don’t Give A ~censored~
            DIAF – Die in a fire
            DILLIGAF/D/S – Does it look like I give a flip / ~censored~ / damn / ~love~
            DND – Do not disturb
            DOA – Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that is broken on delivery.


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              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
              Ok, EverQuest might be a little bit strange here. It's an old online MMORPG that used to be very popular. Before WOW.


              7楼2015-09-04 16:03
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                F
                FAQ – Frequently Asked Question(s)
                FFS – For ~censored~’s sake
                Flamer – Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll[3]
                FMCDH – From My Cold Dead Hands
                FOAD – ~censored~ off and die
                FOAF – Friend of a friend
                FTL – For the loss
                FTW – For the win
                FU – ~censored~ you
                FUBAR – ~censored~ 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


                8楼2015-09-04 16:03
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                  G
                  GBTW – Get back to work
                  GF – Great/good fight/girlfriend
                  GFU – Good for you
                  GFY – Go ~censored~ 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
                  Gratz – Congratulations
                  GTFO – Get the ~censored~ out
                  GTG or G2G – ‘Got to go’ or ‘Good to go’
                  GR -Good Race
                  GR8 – Great


                  9楼2015-09-04 16:04
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                    H
                    HAND – Have A Nice Day
                    Handle – Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
                    HF – Have fun
                    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
                    H8 – Hate


                    10楼2015-09-04 16:04
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                      J
                      Jaggy – Aliased computer graphics
                      JK or j/k – Just kidding, or joke
                      JFGI – Just ~censored~/Freaking Google It
                      K
                      k or kk – OK
                      KISS – Keep it simple stupid.
                      KS(ing) – Kill-Steal(ing)
                      KOS – Kill on sight
                      KTHX – OK, thanks
                      KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE – OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short


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                        L
                        L2P – Learn to play; an admonishment to MMORPG players who are incompetent and/or whine
                        L8R – Later, L8R also sometimes abbreviated as 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
                        LM(F)AO – Laughing my (frigging) ass 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


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                          M
                          MMORPG, MMO – Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
                          MMOFPS – Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter
                          MOTD – Message of the day
                          MS – MapleStory, an MMORPG
                          MTFBWY – May The Force be with you
                          MUD – Multi-User Dungeon
                          MUSH – Multi-User Shared Hallucination
                          MYOB – Mind your own business
                          M8 – Mate
                          N
                          NE1 – “Anyone”
                          NFI – “No ~censored~ Idea”
                          Newbie, noob, or n00b – An inexperienced user of a system or game,or an annoying person.
                          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


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                            O
                            O RLY – Oh really?
                            OIC – Oh, I see
                            OFN – Old ~censored~ news
                            OMG – Oh my god
                            OMFG – Oh my ~censored~ god
                            OMW – On my way or Oh my word
                            OP – Original poster / Operator / Outpost
                            OS – Operating system
                            OT – Off topic
                            OTOH – On the other hand
                            OTP – On the phone or One true pairing


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                              P
                              P2P – Peer to peer, or pay to play
                              PAW – Parents are watching
                              PEBKAC/PEBCAK – 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
                              PMSL – Pissing myself laughing
                              POS – Piece of ~love~, or parent over shoulder.
                              POTS – Plain old telephone service
                              POV – Point of view
                              PPL – People
                              PTKFGS – Punch the Keys For God’s Sake
                              pr0n – Intentional misspelling of porn
                              PW – Persistent World (gaming)
                              pwned – Intentional misspelling of owned


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