| ADN | Any Day Now | ||||||
| AFK | Away From the Keyboard | ||||||
| AFN | that's All For Now | ||||||
| a/s/l | Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information) | ||||||
| AV | Avatar - Graphical representation of a person chatting. | ||||||
| BBL | Be Back Later | ||||||
| BFN | Bye For Now | ||||||
| BR | Best Regards | ||||||
| BRB | Be Right Back | ||||||
| BRH | Be Right Here | ||||||
| BTW | By The Way | ||||||
| CU | See You | ||||||
| CUL8R | See You Later | ||||||
| CUOL | See You On Line | ||||||
| CYA | See You - (as in "See you later) | ||||||
| DIS | Did I Say | ||||||
| DL -or d/l | Download... or downloading. | ||||||
| EG | Evil Grin | ||||||
| EOT | End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion) | ||||||
| F2F | Face To Face | ||||||
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question | ||||||
| FISH | First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much) | ||||||
| FOCL | Falling Off Chair - Laughing | ||||||
| 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 combination text / audio / video file played in VP Chat rooms | ||||||
| GR | Gotta Run | ||||||
| GTRM | Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email) | ||||||
| IAC | In Any Case | ||||||
| I ANAL (or IANAL) | I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion) | ||||||
| IC | I See | ||||||
| ILU or ILY | I Love You | ||||||
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion (IMO = In My Opinion) | ||||||
| IOH | I'm Out of Here | ||||||
| IOW | In Other Words | ||||||
| IRL | In Real Life | ||||||
| JIC | Just In Case | ||||||
| K -or- kk | O.K. | ||||||
| JK -or- j/k | Just Kidding | ||||||
| L8R | Later | ||||||
| LMAO -or- LMFAO | Laughing My (F'ing) Ass Off | ||||||
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud | ||||||
| mug | Person chatting in VP rooms using their browser (IE, Netscape)... instead of the download client program. | ||||||
| NFW | No Feasible (or F***ing) Way | ||||||
| NP | No Problem | ||||||
| NRN | No Response Necessary | ||||||
| OIC | Oh, I See | ||||||
| OJ or OK | Only Joking or Only Kidding | ||||||
| OTOH | On The Other Hand ... | ||||||
| OTMH | Off the Top of My Head ... | ||||||
| OTW | On The Way (used when someone is sending a file) | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| PITA | Pain In The Ass | ||||||
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone Service | ||||||
| ROFL | Rolling On Floor, Laughing | ||||||
| ROTF | Rolling On The Floor - (refers to someone laughing very hard) | ||||||
| ROTFLMAO | Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My Ass Off | ||||||
| RSN | Real Soon Now | ||||||
| RTFM | Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.) | ||||||
| SEG | Shit Eating Grin | ||||||
| SNAFU | Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up | ||||||
| SOL | Shit Out Of Luck | ||||||
| SOTA | State Of The Art (latest technology) | ||||||
| SY | Sincerely Yours | ||||||
| SYL | See You Later | ||||||
| TAFN | That's All For Now | ||||||
| TFH | Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups) | ||||||
| TGIF | Thank Goodness It's Friday | ||||||
| THX | Thanks! | ||||||
| TNT | Til Next Time | ||||||
| TPTB | The Powers That Be | ||||||
| TTFN | Ta-Ta For Now | ||||||
| TTYL | Talk To You Later | ||||||
| TY | Thank You | ||||||
| VPPH | Virtual Places Page Host. (Others now using software on their own servers to talk to VP clients in the same manner that Excite once did) | ||||||
| VN | Very Nice | ||||||
| WC | Welcome... as in "You are Welcome" | ||||||
| WEU | What's Eating You? | ||||||
| WFM | Works For Me | ||||||
| WT? | What The ...? or Who the ...? | ||||||
| WTGP? | Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room) | ||||||
| YW | You're Welcome |
Monday 5 September 2011
Chat Slang
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