Internet Slang
Internet urs have developed many slang terms over the years. Most of the are not actually acronyms as they cannot be pronounced, but that is what they are called nonetheless. Many of the terms originated for saving keystrokes and are often written in lower ca:
AFAIC — "as far as I'm concerned", or "as far as I care", or "as far as "
AFAIK — "as far as I know"
衷的组词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 fucking deal"
BRB — "be right back" (usually ud in chats and on an instant mesnger rvice).
BTW — "by the way"
B2B — "Business to Business"
C&V — Chapter & Ver. Ud in newsgroups.
C|N>K — a Unix -ism meaning "coffee through no into keyboard"
cya — "e you", ud as a goodbye.
CU — "e you", ud as a goodbye.
CYS — "Check your ttings". A phra often said by technical support staff of a certain Australian ISP.
FAQ — "Frequently Asked Question"
FFS — "for fuck's sake!"
FOAF — "friend of a friend", i.e. the dubious attribution given to urban legends
FYI — "for your information"
G2G — "got to go". Ud in chatrooms.
GAGF — "go and get fucked"
GFY — "good for you" or "go fuck yourlf". The u of this acronym is ambigious and not recommended.
GG — "good going" or "good game". Ud sincerely in online games such as trivia, but more often ud 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 displead with the outcome.
GJ — Good Job
HAND — "have a nice day"
HTH — "hope this helps"
IANAL — "I am not a lawyer". Usually ud before a non-lawyer gives legal advice, as a humorous disclaimer.
IANARS — "I am not a rocket scientist"
IC — "I e", also, "in character" in MUDs and role-playing games .
ICYDK / ICYDN / ICUDK -- "In ca 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" 临时仓库
IMNSHO — "in my not-so-humble opinion"
IRC — "Internet Relay Chat"
IRL - "in real life". Ud in MUD ttings.
ISTR — "I em 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?"
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JJ or JK (j/k) — "just joking", "just kidding"
Joo — synonym of you. Also spelled j00 with a lower ca 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 "e you later" (e leet )
LIEK — synonym of like, as in "I like that website".
LMAO — "laughing my ass off" submit什么意思
LOL — "laughing out loud", or "lots of laughs" (a reply to somethin
g amusing)
MYOB — "mind your own business" 红尘旧梦
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. Ud by Fark . See SFW.
NT — "No Text", ud on Internet forums or Unet to indicate that a post has no content
O — "oh"
OIC — "oh, I e"
OMG — Exclamation, "Oh my God!!"
OMFG — Exclamation, "Oh my fucking God!!"
OMFL — Exclamation, "Oh my fucking lag!"
OOC — "out-of-character". Ud on MUDs and other role-playing games . Also, "out of curiosity."
OT — "off topic"
OTOH — "on the other hand"
own - to defeat someone (ud commonly when playing Counter-Strike ) or to humiliate someone tactically in a debate; something that is extremely cool (ex. BMWs totally own).
PFO — "plea fuck off"
PITA — "pain in the ass"
PO (PO'd) — "piss off" ("pisd off")
prog — "computer program" (progz in plural)
prolly — contracted form of "probably"
plz — shorthand spelling of "plea"
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. (e leet )
P2P — Person to Person 老面包子发面技巧
qoolz — something that is "cool" in the American n.
R — shorthand spelling of "are"
RL — "real life". Ud in MUD ttings.
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 fucking article" applies mostly to Slashdot threads, for urs who make comments on a story without having read it first.
RTFM — "read the fucking 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 themlves.
我爱挑战RU — Are You?
R8 — right
人民的名义高小琴SFW — "Safe for work." Material (pictures, webpages) that is safe for the office. Ud by Fark . See NSFW.
STFU — "shut the fuck up"
sux0rs — leet speak for "sucks"
TBH — "to be honest"
thx — shorthand spelling of "thanks" - this can be combined into "kthx" (OK, thanks), "plzkthx" (Plea, 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 fuck?"
YMMV — " Your mileage may vary " (you may e different results)
w00t — exclamation of excitement or happiness; cloly 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 [*].
<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
Others express concepts peculiar to the Net:
cluebie — a newbie with a clue, but not clo 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 ems 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 ud 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 (e article).
lurker — one who reads an email list or a message board but does not participate in the discussion.
newbie — a new ur. Not a pejorative term (but e RTFM, preceding).
noob — a new ur. Also spelled n00b, with two zeroes rather than two O's
