Forum Lingo

Subject: Forum Lingo Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:24 pm

WTF does that mean?!?

Sometimes our fast typing fingers just don't have the energy to type out all of the words. Here are some common abbreviations that people use in forums.

AKA - Also Known As

ASL - Age, Sex, Location?

ATM - At The Moment

BBL - Be Back Later

BRB - Be Right Back

BTDT - Been There Done That

BTW - By The Way

BUMP - Bring Up My Post; brings a post to top of boards

DL - Download

ETA - Edited To Add

FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)

FYI - For Your Information

IMO - In My Opinion

INBD - It's No Big Deal

IRL - In Real Life

JK - Just Kidding

KWIM - Know What I Mean

LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off

LOL - Laugh/Laughing Out Loud

NM - Nothing Much or Never Mind

NOYB - None Of Your Business

NP - No Problem

OMG - Oh My Goodness/Gosh/God

OP - Original Post

PO - Pre-order

POS - Piece of Shit or Parent Over Shoulder

PPL - People

PUI - Posting Under The Influence

PWI - Posting While Intoxicated

ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing

SOB - Son Of a Bitch

SMH - Shake/Shaking My Head

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TMI - Too Much Information

TTYL - Talk To You Later

TY - Thank You

U - You

U R - You Are

UR - You're/Your

WB - Welcome Back

WTF - What The Fuck

WTH - What The Hell

YW - You're Welcome

If you think of any more, feel free to add them.

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:43 pm

ROFLMAO - Rolling on floor laughing my ass off

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:23 am

Wow, you do like acronyms. If you use too many at once I might have to take a second to decode it lol.

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:38 am

IWI the OP PE that POS.
Oh, and IWI = I wonder if...

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:41 am

WTF is PE?

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:49 am

KhaoticWarri0r wrote:: IWI the OP PE that POS.
Oh, and IWI = I wonder if...

I think that took me over 15 seconds to decode that, and I still don't understand...

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:49 am

Im going to send Warrior a private chat and hear him speak like that.. its so funny when you hear people in real life.. like they will go to the bathroom and they will be like "AFK 1sec g2g BR" HAHAHA sorry

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:11 am

Haha isn't it obvious?
I wonder if the Original Poster has Physically Educated that Piece of Shit. =)

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:12 am

KhaoticWarri0r wrote:: Haha isn't it obvious?
I wonder if the Original Poster has Physically Educated that Piece of Shit. =)

Jared Legend wrote:: Im going to send Warrior a private chat and hear him speak like that.. its so funny when you hear people in real life.. like they will go to the bathroom and they will be like "AFK 1sec g2g BR" HAHAHA sorry

If only my mic wasn't broken. =( I'll get it fixed eventually though.

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:31 am

personally im not too fond of abbreviations , but i do use them here and there
nice list by the way

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:45 pm

QFT - Quote For Truth
I use this one a lot when I agree with something someone has posted.
QFT basically means you are agreeing with the person

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:40 am

GEEZ ROGUE! Um.....just how long did that take you??

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:24 pm

She probably has a list somewhere...

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:18 am

I help run another forum and I nicked it off of there. :cool:

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:41 am

really? which forum? It better not be something stupid like "furby post" or something...actually that one would be kinda cool

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:46 am

how did you guess?! haha. it's for a musician. :cool:

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:18 pm

i always used SOB in a really different way ...

Sobbing, sad something liek that. (i think it was short for a smiley somewhere)

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:49 pm

= win, the funniest or wittiest comment in the thread, nobody is allowed to argue him down

/thread, stop the argument or dispute, the topic has been resolved

Subject: Re: Forum Lingo Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:15 pm

haha that must of took awhile. meh i used to be addicted to msn so i know most of them ==]
hah and people are right its so funny when people talk like that in RL
oh and am i the only one that now and then goes BRB and stuff in RL acidently? =]

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