 Board slang .
Had this list for a whyle, dont' remember where i got it from . keep it posted for the members of the site in the q&a forum .
saved me a lot of answering - whats' x?x?x mean -
for a referance or . . .
Admin / Administrator aka General = "Leader" of the board and the mod's
AAMOF= As A Matter Of Fact
ADN= Any Day Now
AFAICS = As Far As I Can See
AFAIK = As Far as I Know (tnks Rivkah)
AFK = Away From Keyboard
AKA = Also Known As
ASL = Age Sex Location, mostly used in chatboards.
ASO = And So On
B4= Before
B4N= Bye For Now
BAK= Back At Keyboard
BBIAF = Be Back In A Few minutes
BBIAB = Be Back In A Bit
BFN = Bye For Now
BRB = Be Right Back
BYOB= Bring Your Own Beer
Chief Guard = see Super Mod
CMIIW= Correct Me If I'm Wrong
Colonel = 1000+ posts
DH or dh = Dear Husband, Darling Husband...you get the idea!
DL = DownLoad
DIKU?= Do I Know You?
DTRT= Do The Right Thing
EOT= End Of Thread
F2F= Face To Face
FCOL= For Crying Out Loud
FFS - For F*cks sake (tnks Fenris)
FUBAR= F*cked Up Beyond All Repair /Recognition (also spelled: foobar)
FUD= Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FWIW = For What Its Worth
FYA= For Your Amusement
FYI = For Your Information
GDK = Graphics Development Kit (tnks alpha)
General = see Admin
GIWIST= Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GTG= Got To Go
Guard = see Mod
HHOK= Ha! Ha! Only Kidding
HHOS= Ha! Ha! Only Serious
HOYEW= Hanging On Your Every Word
IAC= In Any Case
IKWUM= I Know What You Mean
IMHO = In my humble opinion
IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion
ISO = In Search Of (also: exact copy of an original CD)
IMCO= In My Considered Opinion
IME= In My Experience
IMHO= In My Humble Opinion
INPO= In No Particular Order
IOW= In Other Words
IRL= In Real Life
IWBNI= It Would be Nice If
Lieutenant = 250-449 posts
lmao = Laugh My Ass Off
JIC= Just In Case
KWIM?= Know What I Mean?
l: = Login
L8= Late
LMAO= Laughing My Ass Off
LMGDAO= Laughing My G-D Damn Ass Off
LOL = Laughing Out loud
M8 = mate
Major = 500-999 posts
MOBO = MOtherBOard
Mod / Moderator aka Guard = Person that make's sure the post's in the forum's he/she's responsible for are done by the rules
MSG = Message
Newbie = Newcomer
NF = NedForce
/OT = off topic (used when you want to add a small snipet that isnt related to the thread)
OIC = Oh I see
OTOH = On The Other Hand
p: = Password
PM = Personal Message
R = Are
Recruit = 0-25 posts
RFC = Request For Comment
ROFL = Rolling On the Floor Laughing
RSN = Real Soon Now
RTFM = Read The F*cking Manual
Sergeant = 10-249 posts
SFETE = Smiling From Ear To Ear
SITD = Still In The Dark
SNAFU = Situation Normal, All F*cked Up (tnks alpha)
SO = Significant Other
Soldier = 25-99 posts
(sp?)= questionable spelling
Super Mod / Super Moderator aka Chief Guard = Person that make's sure the post's in all the forum's are done by the rules
TLA = Three Letter Acronym
TTFN = Ta Ta For Now
TTYL = Talk To You Later
U = You
u/s = UnServicable (not very common, used when something is broken)
UL = UpLoad
UTFSM = Use The F*cking Search Machine
VBG = Very Big Grin
W8 = Wait
Other web-slang
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BCC = Blind Carbon Copy
BTW = By the Way
CC = Carbon Copy
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FTP = File Transfer Protocol (Used to retrieve files/programs)
HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
IP = Internet Protocol (also used instead of 'IP Address')
IRC = Internet Relay Chat
n/a = Not Available or Not Applicable
PC = Personal Computer (for the real newbie, hehe)
SDK = Software Developer Kit
URI = Uniform Resource Identifier
URL = Uniform Resource Locator (URL:http://www....)(a sites address)
WWW = World Wide Web
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