List of Internet slang phrases
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This is a list of both complete and abbreviated internet slang.
0–9
- 1337: Leet, derived from "elite".
A
- AFAIK: As Far As I Know
- AFK: Away From Keyboard
- ASL: Age / Sex / Location
- ASAP: As Soon As Possible.
- ATM: At The Moment
- AYBABTU: All Your Base Are Belong To Us (from the game Zero Wing). Can also be written as AYBAB2U or abbreviated as AYB
B
- B2B: "Business to Business", "Back to Back" or "Back to Business"
- BBL: Be Back Later
- BCNU: Be seein' you.
- Blog: Weblog
- BOFH: Bastard Operator From Hell
- (Ro)Bot: any type of automated software in chatrooms and Web-cataloging software
- BOHICA: Bend Over, Here It Comes Again (from military slang)
- BSOD: Blue Screen of Death
- BRB: Be Right Back or BathRoom Break. No reference for second definition.
- BTW: By The Way
C
- Cartooney (adj/noun): an unfounded legal threat often involving a non-existent lawyer and used in context of spammers threatening the anti-spam community. See also Barratry.
- CBA: Can't be Arsed/Assed
- CBF: Can't be fucked
- Crawl: to retrieve a webpage along with the hyperlinks that reference it. Basically, it is what the Spider does to the Web.
- CU: See you (later)
- Cyber- (prefix): 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 coined the term in the novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes "jacked into."
D
- DoS: Denial of Service (a malicious attack on a computer system. Sometimes also called DDOS, for "Distributed Denial of Service".)
E
F
- F2F: Face To Face (that is, "in real life")
- Flamer: one who writes inflammatory posts, also known as an Internet Troll
- FOAD: Fuck Off And Die
- FOAF: Friend Of A Friend
- FTW/4TW/FTL/4TL: For The Win/Loss/Lose. Used to express enjoyment or derision, usually for a tactic in an online game.
- FUBAR: Fucked 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
- FFS: For Fuck's Sake
G
- Godwin's Law: dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler.
- GMTA:Great Minds Think Alike
- GTG: Got To Go (AKA: G2G) and Good To Go
- GTFO:Get The Fuck Out, as in "GTFO of this thread" or "GTFO of these forums". [19]
H
- HAND: Have a Nice Day
- Handle: name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
- 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: 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. This term is not to be confused with Favorites.
- HTH: Hope This/That Helps, Happy To Help
I
- IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer
- IAWTC: I Agree With This Comment
- IDK: I don't know
- IIRC: If I Recall/Remember Correctly
- IMAO: In My Arrogant Opinion
- IMO: In My Opinion, IMHO: In My Humble Opinion (sometimes 'Honest'), IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble Opinion
- Information Superhighway: the Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn), originated from an Al Gore Speech
- IOW: In Other Words
- IRC: Internet Relay Chat
- IRL: In Real Life
- ITA: In Total Agreement
- IYKWIM: If You Know What I Mean
J
- Jaggy: the stepping effect along curves in onscreen text or in bit-mapped graphics.
- JK: Just kidding
K
- KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid.
L
- Lamer/Lama: a know-nothing, a jerk.
- LOL: laughing out loud, laugh out loud, lots of laughter
- LMAO: laughing my ass off, a variation of the above
- LMK: let me know
- Lurker: one who frequents a message board without participating in discussions
M
- MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
- MOTD: Message Of The Day
- MUD: "Multi-User Dungeon"
- MUSH: "Multi-User Shared Habitat"
- MYOB : Mind Your Own Business
N
- n00b: newbie in leetspeak ; used to describe someone of inferior status; can also be used as a verb - "He was noobin it"
- NIFOC: Naked in Front of Computer
- NM: (Sometimes written N/M) No Message or No More, used on Internet forums or e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line. NM is also Internet slang for Not Much.
- NVM: Nevermind
O
- OIC: Oh, I See
- OOC: Out of Character, used in some online communities to denote that what is being said has little to do with what is normally discussed.
- Op: Operator / Moderator (also SysOp)
- OS: "Operating System"
- OTOH: On The Other Hand
- OMG, OMFG: Oh My God/Gosh, Oh My Fucking God.
- O RLY: Oh really?
P
- P2P: peer-to-peer
- PEBKAC: Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
- Ping: are you there? (from the ICMP ECHO REQUEST packet)
- PITA: Pain In The Ass
- PLMK: Please Let Me Know
- PWN: To be better than, cooler
Q
R
- Rehi: hello again
- RL: Real Life
- RO(T)FL: Rolling On (The) Floor Laughing
- ROFLMAO: Rolling On Floor, Laughing My Ass Off
- RSN: "Real Soon Now" (used sarcastically)
- RTFM: Read The Fucking Manual
S
- Smiley: emoticon
- SNAFU: situation normal, all fucked up (from military slang)
- Snail Mail: normal paper mail service
- SOL: shit out of luck
- Spider: the program behind a search engine
- Spam: junk email. The name was derived from "Spiced Ham"
- STFU: Shut The Fuck Up.
- SFT: Stop fucking typing
T
- Teh: The
- Teh Intarwebs: The Internet
- TIA: thanks in advance
- TINC: there is no cabal (a term discouraging conspiracy theories)
- TOS: terms of service
- TPTB: the powers to/that be
- TTBOMK: To The Best Of My Knowledge {{cite web|title=Internet Messaging Emoticons|publisher=Microsoft| accessdate=2006-07-18 | url = http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/windowsmessenger/emoticons.mspx
- TTFN: Ta Ta For Now
- TTYL: Talk To You Later
- Tweedler: computer geek
- TYT: Take Your Time
U
V
W
- W/: with, also W/O meaning without, also W/E meaning whatever + VC: Voice Chat
- WB: Welcome Back
- WTB: Want To Buy
- WTH: What The Heck/Hell?
- WTF: What The Fuck
- WOMBAT: Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time
- WRT: With Respect/Regards To
- WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get
X
Y
- Y: Yes or Why
- YHBT: You have been trolled
- YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary (used as a disclaimer for an opinion)
- YA RLY: Yeah really (see O RLY)
Z
See also
- Internet
- Slang
- List of online-gaming slang
- List of Internet slang specific to thread-based communication
- List of computer-related jargon
- List of blogging terms
References
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