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.45chel
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Noob aka-noobie
someone who is new to a game, or website, online game, or something
This thread is an attempt to help those who are unfamiliar with forum-speak.
Because we want you here.
Really.
So, when ever you have a question about what an acronym or word means just look here...
or ask.
We don't want you roaming around Urban Dictionary all by yourself.
Stay here, where it's safe.
Well, sorta.
If I've missed something or you have something clever to add, by all means, go for it.
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.45chel
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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BAC: By Any Chance
B/C: because
BBL: Be Back Later
BG: Big Grin
BIL: Brother-in-law
BRB: Be Right Back
BTW: By The Way
DD: Dear Daughter
DH: Dear Husband
DS: Dear Son
DW: Dear Wife
FIL: Father-in-Law
FYI: For Your Information
GAL: Get A Life
IC: I See
IDK: I Don’t Know
IMAO: In my Arrogant Opinion
IME: In My Experience
IMHO: In my Humble Opinion/ In My Honest Opinion
IMO: In my Opinion
IOW: In Other Words
JIC: Just in Case
J/K: Just Kidding
JK: Just Kidding
JM2C: Just my two Cents
KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid
KWIM: Know what I mean
LMAO: Laughing My *** Off
LOL: Laugh Out Loud
LMBO: Laughing My Butt Off
LTM: Laughing to Myself
MIL: Mother-in-Law
MYOB: Mind Your Own Business
NBD: No Big Deal
NFW: No Freaking Way
OIC: Oh, I See
OMG: Oh My Gosh/ Oh My God/ Oh My Gee
OT: Off Topic
OTOH: On the Other Hand
PITA: Pain in the Arse/***
PM: Private Message
POV: Point of View
QLTM: Quietly Laughing to Myself
RL: Real Life
ROFLOL: Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROFLMAO: Rolling on the Floor Laughing My *** Off
RTFM: Read the Freaking Manual
SICS: Sitting in the Chair Snickering
SO: Significant Other
TIA: Thanks in Advance
TMI: Too Much Information
TNX or TXS: Thanks
TTFN: Ta-Ta for Now
TTYL: Talk to You Later
ZOMG: variant of OMG The "z" was originally a mistake while attempting to hit the shift key with the left hand, and type "OMG"
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Torgo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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DIAF: Die in a fire
(judicious use recommended...)
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.45chel
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Ooooh 
| Torgo wrote: | | DIAF: Die in a fire |
I like that one 
Troll:
1a. One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument
1b. Noun
A person who, on a message forum of some type, attacks and flames other members of the forum for any of a number of reasons such as rank, previous disagreements, sex, status, ect.
A troll usually flames threads without staying on topic, unlike a "Flamer" who flames a thread because he/she disagrees with the content of the thread.
1c. Noun
A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned.
2. Noun
A dumbass who makes idiotic posts in message boards newsgroups for the sole purpose of pissing people off, often lacking in intelligence. Sometimes compared to people who pass you by on the sidewalk then grab you in inappropriate places.
Borrowed from AnonyMouse's Topix post
In regards to Trolls
| Quote: | | "You have to want to restrain yourself, because you understand that the only way to get rid of them is to fail to give them the attention they want. A "troll" is not just someone whose comments you disagree with, or even just a nasty or badly-worded comment. A troll is someone who does not, under any possible set of circumstances, care what you think about him or his comments. He merely wants attention. Negative attention will do. The more you disagree with him, the more he is able to tell himself that he is persecuted and victimized or the only voice of reason or one of the elite few who has the God's-eye view of the world or whatever his current delusion is. If he isn't merely a narcissist who thrives on feeling attacked, he's just some putz who enjoys irritating other people. Therefore, you "feed" the troll by paying any attention to him at all. It does not matter what you say in response. Any response to a troll just encourages the troll." |
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.45chel
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Flame
1. A tirade. The flamer may be quite articulate and intelligent as they question the upbringing of the flamee. One can also flame about a third party to a conversation. Finally, a flame may be from an idiot, in response to a reasonable post from someone else.
1a. To insult a person you are arguing with over the internet in hopes of reviving your argument.
1b. To insult someone electronically, or otherwise. Sometimes to be a group insult.
2. A flame is noun associated with the action of flaming, what people do when they express a strongly held opinion without holding back any emotion.
Although flames often get out of hand, they have a purpose in the ecology of cyberspace. Many flames are aimed at teaching someone something (usually in overstated language) or stopping them from doing something (like offending other people). Flame messages often use more brute force than is strictly necessary, but that's half the fun.
Netiquette does ask that you consider the art of flaming before pulling out the flame-thrower.
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.45chel
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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Flamer
1. A flamboyant homosexual.
2. A person who deliberately makes inflammatory or slanderous posts on internet message boards for the purpose of starting a flame war.
Flame war
A flame war is a heated argument between two individuals, that results in those involved posting personal attacks on each other during or instead of debating the topic at hand.
Most forums have rules that forbid flaming. This is because the quality of conversation on a forum can be seriously degraded by a flame war. Topics can be "hijacked" by two people who would rather flame each other than discuss the subject of the thread.
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.45chel
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Owned
Variations: owned, 0wned, pwned, 0wn3d, pwn3d, own3d
Verb
1. To be made a fool of; To make a fool of; To confound or prove wrong; embarrasing someone: Being embarrased.
2. Total and undeniable dominance of a person, group of people, thread or other situation.
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Coppy
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| .45chel wrote: | Owned
Variations: owned, 0wned, pwned, 0wn3d, pwn3d, own3d
Verb
1. To be made a fool of; To make a fool of; To confound or prove wrong; embarrasing someone: Being embarrased.
2. Total and undeniable dominance of a person, group of people, thread or other situation. |
For instance; ".45chel got owned by her avatar by hotlinking."
I actually prefer the geekier-but slightly more insulting-variation, pwned. There's some disagreement on how "pwned" is pronounced, but I like to say "powned." |
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.45chel
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I happen to prefer pwned, as well, but thought I might try to be proper, for once.
As for hotlinking--I am lazy. 
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Coppy
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| So am I, I hot link when I can... but if the link is broken or shows a message, then I can consider myself "pwned!" |
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.45chel
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Hotlink
1. An active hyperlink to a media file on another site that is active in the page it is used in without using the home sites HTML code.
2. Directly link to an image or object from another website
This will do for now I s'pose.
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cookieclaygirl
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:58 am Post subject: |
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don't forget:
w/e! (whatever)
and my ever fave: ZOMFG! variation upon: ZOMG!
and PWN! (i love that one...i use it ALOT in my games lolz) |
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Coppy
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I guess that "powned" has been shortened to "pwn'd" or "pwn." |
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Mavis
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| I refuse to use netspeak, or whatever it is! It's just further corruption of a perfectly good language, due to perhaps laziness or wanting to feel "in the know" versus outsiders. |
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.45chel
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| Mavis wrote: | | I refuse to use netspeak, or whatever it is! It's just further corruption of a perfectly good language, due to perhaps laziness or wanting to feel "in the know" versus outsiders. |
Understood.
My grandfather says, "Using ain't for emphasis" after he uses ain't in a sentence.
I believe that is what we are doing on these boards, since the threads are not filled with chatspeak. (Thank you all for that  )
This thread is merely an attempt to see that no one feels left out. I had no intention of forcing anyone to post in a manner they normally would not.
Think of it as a translator.
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