Preserved Topic: net Abreviations

Tell me...does anyone know a site where I can get a list of all those Net abreviations, like lol, rofl, brb, fwi, etc...? I don't know what half of them are so I'd like to find out, especially what the hell FWIW means...anyone know?




Sex is evidence that God has a sense of humour. - Elie Oberdury

stfu, roflmao, l33t hahaha

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Chris

Uh, l33t is NOT an abbreviation. It's just a lame way to say "elite" that a lot of people think is cool.

I suppose I can help a bit though...

lol = laughing out loud
rofl = rolling on floor laughing (which is short for...)
rotflmao = rolling on the floor laughing my ass off.
brb = be right back
bbiab = be back in a bit
bbl = be back later
fyi = for your information
btw = by the way
imo = in my opinion
imho = in my HONEST opinion
rtfm = read the _______ manual
stfu = shut the ____ up
ttyl = talk to you later

That's just a few of the basic commonly used ones. I don't know of any sites with them all, but then, people come up with new ones all the time.

Theres also ITMTM that just means I Touch Myself Too Much, thats a common one I see a lot....

Jestah
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ICQ - 77252449

Forgive my ignorance, but how is "l33t" supposed to signify "elite"? I can see the 3s being Es, bit wouldn't that just make it "leet"?

I think this site is what you want http://www.netlingo.com/
Look in the Chat Acronyms & Shorthand! section. <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

Kathie

3r337 hax0r...

dur...

cheers.mikey.milker

ph34r m3, 1 4m l33t r0xx0r hax0r d13

uuuuuuhhh....words...

-Butthead

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- Dan -

DaMN DaN! THaT oNe JuST HuRT My eyeS!

CHeeRS.MiKey.MiLKeR

he said "I am the elitest hacker, I own you."

*gets out character map*

?ü©

LoL, I've spent to much time playing lame multiplayer games, everyone talks like that..
You know its sad when you don't even have to think about it when you read that, yet still know what it says =[

Btw, I'm twice as leet as you'll ever be, and I'm your God!
Buwhahahahahah

- Dan -

i knew what dan said.. unfortunately i spent a large portion of my life putting up with script kiddies. thank god i never got into that, i was always more apt to phreak.

cheers.mikey.milker

Would anybody care to explain to the less fortunate how this works or is this one of those obvious things that I'll catch sooner or later... <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

If you're referring to the abbreviations, you just take the first letter of each word. That simple. If you're referring to the dumb "1337" speak, they just take symbols that RESEMBLE the letters they're replacing. "1337" speak is the epitemy of stupidity though... once used by hackers to hide their messages from forums that scanned for certain words... now it's only used by teenage game players who think they're bad-ass hackers because they pirate a few little programs.

So what is fwiw?

fwiw = for what it's worth. Personally, i12blong.