|
AAK |
Alive And
Kicking |
|
AAR |
At Any Rate |
|
AAS |
Alive And
Smiling |
|
ADN |
Any Day Now |
| AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
|
AFK |
Away
From the Keyboard |
|
AFN |
that's All
For Now |
|
AOTA |
All Of
The Above |
|
a/s/l or asl |
Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal
information) |
|
AV |
Avatar -
Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to
depict a person that is in the room and chatting. |
|
b4 |
Before |
|
BAK |
Back At
Keyboard (I'm back) |
|
BBL |
Be Back
Later |
|
BBS |
Be Back Soon |
| BCNU |
I'll Be Seeing You. |
|
b/f |
Boyfriend
(also shown as bf, B/F, or BF) |
|
BEG |
Big Evil
Grin |
|
BFN |
Bye For Now |
|
BMA |
Bite My A**
(became popular with the Simpson's cartoon show) |
|
boot |
To get
kicked out of a chat room, or have to restart the computer
because you couldn't talk in the chat room anymore. |
|
BR |
Best Regards |
|
BRB |
Be Right
Back |
|
BRH |
Be Right
Here |
| BSEG |
Big S**t Eatin Grin |
|
BTA |
But Then
Again.... |
|
BTW |
By The Way |
| btw |
BeTWeen you and me
... |
|
chat room |
A web page
where people gather using software that allows them to talk to
one another in real time. |
| CRS |
Can't Remember S**t |
|
CU |
See You -
also posted as cya |
| CUS |
Can't Understand
S**t (stuff) |
|
CNP |
Continued in
Next Post (seen more on message boards than chat) |
|
CP |
Chat Post |
|
CUL8R |
See You
Later |
|
CUOL |
See You On
Line |
|
CYA |
See Ya |
| dd,
ds, dh |
Darling or Dear:
Dear Son, Dear Daughter, or Dear Husband. Usually exchanged in
family chats. |
| DDSOS |
Different Day, Same
Old S**t |
|
DEGT |
Don't Even
Go There (I don't want to talk about it) |
|
DIKU |
Do I Know
You? |
|
DIS |
Did I Say |
|
D/L, DL,
d/l, dl |
Downloading, or Download it. |
|
EG |
Evil
Grin |
|
EM |
E-Mail |
|
EMA |
E-mail
Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address) |
|
EOT |
End Of
Thread (meaning end of discussion) |
|
ez or EZ |
easy (one of
the really old ones) |
|
F2F |
Face To Face |
|
FAQ |
Frequently
Asked Question |
|
FISH |
First In
Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much) |
|
FITB |
Fill In The
Blanks |
|
flame |
to insult
someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says
something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message
board. |
|
FOCL |
Falling Off
Chair - Laughing |
| forum |
What todays message
boards are called. Often using php as defining language to
quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or
page) |
|
FTS |
F*** This
S*** |
|
fu |
f*** you (If
you can't figure this one out, you shouldn't be on line) |
|
FUBAR |
"Fouled" Up
Beyond All Repair / Recognition |
|
FUD |
Fear,
Uncertainty, and Doubt |
|
FWIW |
For What
It's Worth |
|
FYI |
For Your
Information |
|
GA |
Go Ahead |
|
GAL |
Get A Life |
|
gest |
Gesture
... a small multimedia file played over the internet, usually
expressing an emotion or comment. |
|
g/f |
Girlfriend
(also shown as gf, G/F, or GF) |
|
GFN |
Gone For Now |
|
GGOH |
Gotta Get
Outta Here |
|
GMTA |
Great
Minds Think Alike |
|
GR |
Gotta Run |
|
GR&D |
Grinning,
Running, and Ducking. |
|
GTR |
Got
To Run |
|
GTRM |
Going To
Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email) |
|
H&K |
Hugs and
Kisses |
|
hack |
person who
breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room. |
|
HAGD |
Have A Good
Day |
|
HAGO |
Have A Good
One |
|
Halsoft |
Name of a
company that purchased the brand of Chat that Excite offered,
now a pay as you go service. |
|
HB |
Hurry Back |
|
Hosts |
Refers to
the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the
ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior. |
|
HTH |
Hope That
Helps |
|
huggles |
Hugs |
|
IAC |
In Any Case |
|
IB |
I'm Back |
|
IC |
I See |
|
IDN |
I Don't kNow |
|
IDK |
I Don't Know |
|
IDTS |
I Don't
Think So |
|
IANAL |
I'm Am Not A
Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion) |
|
IC |
I See |
|
ICQ |
I Seek You.
A computer program used to communicate instantly over the
Internet. |
|
ILU or ILY |
I Love You |
|
IM |
Instant
Message |
|
IMHO |
In My Humble
Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion) |
|
IMO |
In
My Opinion |
|
IOH |
I'm Out of
Here |
|
IOW |
In Other
Words |
|
IRL |
In
Real Life |
|
IYO |
In Your
Opinion |
|
JAS |
Just A
Second |
|
JIC |
Just In Case |
|
JK |
Just
Kidding |
|
JMO |
Just My
Opinion |
|
JW |
Just
Wondering |
|
k, K, or kk |
O. K. |
|
KIT |
Keep In
Touch |
|
L8R |
Later (an
early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks') |
|
LMAO |
Laughing
My Ass Off |
|
LFFAO |
Laughing
My F***(freaking) Ass Off |
|
LOL |
Laughing
Out Loud |
|
LTNS |
Long
Time No See |
|
LTS |
Laughing
To ones Self |
|
LY |
I Love
Ya. |
|
LYL |
Love You
Lots |
|
Message
Board. |
A web
page where people write comments, and those comments are than
added to that web-page for others to view. Used to carry on
conversation, request information, and relay messages. |
|
MUG |
Refers
to a new user of that chat program, goes back to Excite VP days
when the AV (or icon) that represented someone new was a picture
of a coffee mug. |
|
NE1 |
Anyone |
|
newbie |
refers to a
person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube,
nooby, nubie, nb, etc. |
|
NFW |
No Feasible
(or F***ing) Way |
|
NIMBY |
Not In
My Back Yard |
|
nm, or NM |
Never
Mind |
|
NP,
np |
No
Problem |
|
NRN |
1. No
Response Necessary
2. Not Right Now |
|
NT |
No Thanks |
|
OBTW |
Oh, By The
Way. |
|
OIC |
Oh, I See |
|
OF |
Old Fart,
someone who has been around for a while. |
|
OJ or OK |
Only Joking
or Only Kidding |
|
OL |
the Old
Lady |
|
OM |
the Old
Man |
|
OMG |
Oh My
Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of
"gosh") |
|
OT |
Off
Topic |
| oth or OTH |
Off The Hook: Something is really popular,
or hot. Very exciting. |
| otr or OTR |
Off The Rack: Saying that something is
outside the ordinary. |
|
OTE |
Over The
Edge (beyond common sense or beyond good taste) |
|
OTOH |
On The Other
Hand ... |
|
OTOMH |
Off the Top
of My Head ... |
|
OTW |
On The
Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way" |
|
P911 |
My parents
are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words
either drop the subject, or watch the language. |
|
PANS |
Pretty
Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology) |
|
PCMCIA |
Personal
Computer Memory Cards International Association |
|
PCMCIA |
People Can't
Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang) |
|
PEBCAK |
Problem
Exists Between Chair And Keyboard |
|
peeps |
People.
example: "There sure are a lot of peeps in this room" - meaning
a lot of people are in the chat room. |
|
peep this |
Hey, listen
to this, I've got some interesting news. |
|
PITA |
Pain In The
Ass |
|
PLZ |
Please |
|
PMJI |
Pardon Me
for Jumping In (when you enter into a new conversation) |
|
poof |
when someone
leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed*
in a hurry. |
|
POTS |
Plain Old
Telephone Service |
|
POS |
Parents
are looking Over my Shoulder. |
|
POTS |
Parents
Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really
talk) |
|
PPL |
People |
|
QT |
Cutie |
|
RFC |
Request For
Comments (used more in newsgroups, a page or pages that supply
technical information) |
|
rl
or RL |
Real Life
(as opposed to being online) |
| r m
or RM |
Ready Made:
pre-existing |
|
ROFL |
Rolling On
Floor, Laughing |
|
ROTF |
Rolling
On The Floor (laughing is implied) |
|
ROTFLMAO |
Rolling
On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off |
|
ROTFLMFAO |
Rolling
On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off |
|
RSN |
Real Soon
Now |
|
r/t |
Real Time
(also: RT, or rt) |
|
RTFM |
Read The "Flippin"
Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups,
etc.) |
|
RU |
aRe yoU? |
|
SEG |
Shit Eating
Grin |
|
SH |
Same Here |
|
SMS |
Short
Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and
the Internet) |
|
SN |
Screen
Name. The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat
program. ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf" |
|
SNAFU |
Situation
Normal, All "Fouled" Up |
|
SO |
Significant
Other |
|
SOL |
Shit Out Of
Luck |
| SOS |
Same Old S**t
(stuff) |
|
SOTA |
State Of The
Art (latest technology) |
|
SPST |
Same Place,
Same Time |
| SSDD |
Same S**t,
Different Day |
|
STR8 |
Straight
(can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight) |
|
STW |
Search The
Web |
|
SY |
Sincerely
Yours |
|
SYL |
See You
Later |
|
TAFN |
That's All
For Now |
|
TC |
Take
Care |
|
TFH |
Thread From
Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups) |
|
TGIF |
Thank
Goodness It's Friday |
|
THX |
Thanks! |
| TIA |
Thanks In Advance |
|
TM |
Text Message
(often refers to communications with text over cell phones) |
|
TMI |
Too Much
Info. (information) |
|
TNT |
'Til
Next Time |
|
TPS |
That's
Pretty Stupid |
|
TPTB |
The
Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the
people that are running the chat room or server) |
| TRDMF |
Tears Running Down
My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness. |
|
TS |
Tough S**t |
|
TSFY |
Tough S**t
For You |
|
TTFN |
Ta-Ta For
Now |
|
TTTT |
These Things
Take Time |
|
TTYL |
Talk To You
Later |
|
TY |
Thank You |
|
TYT |
Take
Your Time |
|
TYVM |
Thank
You Very Much |
|
VPPH |
Virtual
Places Page Host |
|
US |
You Suck |
| usa or USA |
Until Sides Ache: Usually used with one of
the laughter acronyms such as "lolusa" Laughing Out Loud Until
my Sides Ache. I've also heard that some folks substitute ush
for "Until Sides Hurt". rotflolush = rolling on the floor,
laughing out loud, until my sides hurt. |
|
UV |
Unpleasant Visual |
|
UW |
yoU're
Welcome |
|
UY |
Up Yours |
|
vp
or VP |
Virtual Places: A brand of chat
offered by Excite in the late 90s and early 2000. |
|
WB |
Welcome Back (you say this when
someone returns to a chat room) |
|
WC |
WelCome |
| WEG |
Wicked Evil Grin |
|
WEU |
What's
Eating You? |
|
WFM |
Works For Me |
|
WIIFM |
What's
In It For Me? |
|
WTG |
Way To
Go |
|
WTF |
What
The F**K |
|
WT? |
What The
...? or Who the ...? |
|
WTGP? |
Want To Go
Private? (move to a private chat room) |
|
WWJD |
What
Would Jesus Do? |
|
YAA |
Yet
Another Acronym |
|
YBS |
You'll
Be Sorry |
|
YL |
Young
Lady |
|
YM |
Young
Man |
|
YMMV |
Your
Mileage May Vary |
|
YR |
Yea,
Right. (sarcastic) |
|
*ys* |
You
Stinker |
|
YVW |
You're
Very Welcome |
|
YW |
You're
Welcome |
