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Title: Web acronyms and their meanings
Post by: EL34 on March 10, 2011, 05:33:30 am
Found this list of acronyms used on the web.
Sometimes I have to go look one up so I decided to post it here so I don't have to go looking
I eliminated some of the F-word ones


AFAIKas far as I know
AFKaway from keyboard
ASAPas soon as possible
A/S/Lage / sex / location
BBIABbe back in a bit
BBLbe back later
BBSbe back soon
BRBbe right back
BTWby the way
BUMPUsed on forums to bring a topic back to the top
FWIWfor what it's worth
FYIfor your information
GTGgot to go
HBhurry back
H/Ohold on
J/Kjust kidding
IDKi don't know
IIRCif I recall correctly
IMOin my opinion
IMHOin my humble / honest opinion
IRLin real life
LMAOlaugh my ass off
LOLlaugh out loud
NPno problem
OMGoh my God
OPoriginal poster
PMprivate message
ROFLrolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAOrolling on floor laughing my ass off
RTMread the manual
RTFMread the farging manual
SFWsafe for work
TBHto be honest
TCtake care
TIAthanks in advance
TTFNta ta for now
TTYLtalk to you later
TYthankyou
THXthankyou
WBwelcome back
WEwhatever
W/with
W/Owithout
WTHwhat the hell
YWyou're welcome
Title: Re: Web acronyms and their meanings
Post by: tubeswell on May 01, 2011, 02:25:31 am
AFAICT ("As far as I can tell", which also happens to be Irish for "a faict"  :l2: and dats a faict)
Title: Re: Web acronyms and their meanings
Post by: simonallaway on May 02, 2011, 11:39:57 am
One i've seen recently:

TL;DR

"Too Long; Didn't Read"

Which speaks volumes about the youth of today that still feel they can comment on something without having read/seen it. :)
Title: Re: Web acronyms and their meanings
Post by: EL34 on May 02, 2011, 03:41:43 pm
I understand the too long thing.

When I see long post that are one big block, I don't read them.

I like post to be broken up into digestable segments with punctuation and proper spelling (at least make an attempt)

It hurts my brain to look at those giant blocks of text.
Title: Re: Web acronyms and their meanings
Post by: burt_toast on October 07, 2011, 05:54:24 am
could someone come up with a similar list of forum-specific acronyms?
ie, TOS BF SE PP PI ppimv, to name a few.

might be helpful for forum-noobs and the less savvy among us *cough*

thanks,
scott
Title: Re: Web acronyms and their meanings
Post by: Jack_Hester on October 07, 2011, 03:19:13 pm
Quote from: EL34 on May 02, 2011, 03:41:43 pm
I understand the too long thing.

When I see long post that are one big block, I don't read them.

I like post to be broken up into digestable segments with punctuation and proper spelling (at least make an attempt)

It hurts my brain to look at those giant blocks of text.

I've learned over the past few years that if I need to be 'wordy' to the point that my post becomes an essay, I do like you stated and break it down into small paragraphs of specifics.  My emails can get long at times, so I do the same.  They may all wind up being essays, but at least they have points of rest.

Thanks for posting the acronyms.  I'm really bad about catching on.

Jack