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Internet Abbreviations

10/10/06 · 7:19 am :: posted by Opinionator     

I’m afraid I am a bit of a fuddy-duddy when it comes to tech talk and Internet abbreviations. I thought LOL meant “Lots of Love” until my son-in law set me straight and I discovered I was being ridiculed, not caressed.  Even Cardinal Sean O'Malley writes a blog now and seems to know some of these abbreviations. We better get with it.

This is a partial list of “hip” expressions being used these days in blogs, on cell phones and Internet forums. If you know of others, how about adding to the list?

AFAICS
As Far As I Can See

AFAIK
As Far As I Know

BTW
By The Way

FWIW
For What It's Worth
 
HTH
Hope That Helps

IANAL
I Am Not A Lawyer

IIRC
If I Remember Correctly

IME 
In My Experience

IMO
In My Opinion

IMHO
In My Humble Opinion

IRL
In Real Life

IYKWIM
If You Know What I Mean

LMAO
Laughing My Arse Off

LOL
Laughs Out Loud (or alternatively Lots Of Laughs)

ROFL
Rolls On Floor Laughing

RTFM
Read The Fudging Manual

TANSTAAFL
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

WTF
What The Fudge?

YMMV
Your Mileage May Vary

What can you add?

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10/10/06 @ 9:02 am
capemom [Member] writes:
'Nator, That's so cute that you thought LOL meant lots of love.

DH=darling or dear husband
TTYL=talk to you later
TTFN=ta ta for now
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10/10/06 @ 9:07 am
capemom [Member] writes:
BTW, DH is always used in the third person, like when you're talking about your husband, and almost always with a sense of mild disdain, as in "DH gave the kids ice cream 15 minutes before dinner..."
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10/10/06 @ 9:29 am
Monponsett [Member] writes:
Most of the people I know on AOL... especially the wives... use "DH" in an entirely different context.

ty = thank you

yw = you're welcome

BD/SM = beat down by Spyro Mytorkostas

CU = see you

This isn't an abbreviation, but I use "grrrr..." when someone is goofing on me. I only do it in IM... "grrr" doesn't work in blogging or message boards. My friend Lori uses "hissssss" for the same basic purpose.

GTG... Got To Go!
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10/10/06 @ 9:32 am
Monponsett [Member] writes:
On this site only, there's also "ACK."
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10/10/06 @ 9:43 am
wolfram [Member] writes:
BRB - be right back. Try IMing (instant messaging) anyone between the ages of 13-21 and you'll learn every abbreviation there is. It's like a new morse code type language for them. They'd be hard pressed to type the real words.

And even more irritating than abbreviations? Those GD emoticons! There are about 14,000 of them:
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/emoticons.html
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10/10/06 @ 12:27 pm
Balboa [Member] writes:
AFK = Away from keyboard

L8R
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10/10/06 @ 2:09 pm
Monponsett [Member] writes:
Oh yeah... BRB is huge, especially when you have children. I can type "baby," and 90% of my buddy list would know that it meant I'd be gone for a few minutes to deal with something Melissa was doing.

You should also include "pwned," which means that you've totally got the better of someone.

"Omygod" is good, but only "OMG" counts.
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10/10/06 @ 2:09 pm
Andrew [Member] writes:
I would refuse to talk to anyone who used all those abbreviations!

I think the most common ones are:
LOL, WTF, BRB, BBL (be back later), TTYL, TTFN, ROFL, ROFL, LMAO, ROFLMAO, RTFA (article), RTFM, BTW, AFK, GTG, IMO, and IMHO.
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10/10/06 @ 2:16 pm
derfrel [Member] writes:
HCIT! - How cool is that! Supposedly the hippest way to admire something.
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10/10/06 @ 10:56 pm
i'm not anonymous [Member] writes:
I can add one that I just made up...

WTNNS

It stands for
Welcome
To
Nineteen
Ninety
Seven

I just heard of this great site you should "check out" in "cyberspace" or the "information superhighway", try keyword infoseek

Here is a decent reference BTW...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases
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10/11/06 @ 1:35 pm
CapeCodGuy2 [Member] writes:
my fav...WTF
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