| 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 |
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