I stole this content from somewhere. It’s not mine. But I don’t know where it came from either. 0–9- 10-4
- “OK” or “acknowledged” or “Roger that” (from CB Radio jargon)
- 10q
- “thank you”
- 10x
- “thanks”
- 12B
- “wannabe”
- 143
- “I love you” (where each word has been replaced by its number of letters)
- 20
- “location” (from CB Radio jargon)
- 2125
- “do you want to fight?” (from the “azn” pronounciation of said phrase as one word)
- 2186
- “do you want anal sex?” (a derivation of “2125″)
- 224
- “today, tomorrow, forever”
- 2mrw
- “tomorrow”
- 2TM
- “to the max”
- 411
- a situation report
- 42
- the meaning of life (from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
- 404
- “not found” (from the HTTP 404 “Error: Resource not found” response code)
- 4649
- “pleased to meet you” (from the Japanese “yoroshiku”)
- 46
- “hi” (shortened version of “4649″)
- 4TW
- “for the win”
- 555
- “hahaha” (from the fact that the Thai character for “ha” is the “5″ key)hoi
A- AC
- “audible chuckle” (indicating actual out loud laughter)
- Account suicide
- deliberately posting content against policy in order to get an account banned
- Ack
- “acknowledged”
- Admin
- “administrator” (systems administrator or forum moderator)
- ADN
- “any day now”
- AFAIC
- “as far as I’m concerned”
- AFAIK
- “as far as I know”
- AFAIR
- “as far as I recall”
- AFC
- “away from computer”
- AFGE
- “another fucking growth experience”
- AFK
- “away from keyboard” (also backronymed to “a free kill”)
- AICMFP
- “and I claim my five pounds”
- AIM
- “AOL Instant Messenger“
- AIUI
- “as I understand it”
- AKA
- “also known as”
- ALOL
- “actually laughing out loud”
- Anon
- “anonymous”
- AOHell
- a derogatory term for AOL (or the program AOHell)
- AOS
- “adult over shoulder”
- AP
- “Asian Pride” or “Attack Power”
- ARE
- “acronym-rich environment”
- ASAP
- “as soon as possible”
- ASL
- “age, sex, location” (used as a question in chat rooms)
- ATM
- “at the moment”
- AUP
- “Acceptable Use Policy“
- AWOL
- “absent without leave” (from military slang)
- AYBABTU
- “all your base are belong to us” (from Zerowing)
- Azn
- “Asian”
B- B&
- “banned”
- B#B
- “be right back” (with the number in the center representing the number of minutes until return)
- B2B
- “business to business” or “back to back”
- B2C
- “business to customer”
- B2T
- “back to tram”
- B4N
- “bye for now”
- B7
- “banned” (a corruption of “B&”)
- B10
- “beaten” (used when one poster comments before another)
- BAHF
- “buya
house first” (investment advice given to yuppies still living withtheir
parents who are considering a large, frivolous purchase)
- Barr
- a boss battle in an MMORPG that was easier than expected
- Ban
- to deny a user access to an Internet resource (typically due to TOS violations)
- BB
- “bye bye”
- BBFN
- “bye bye for now”
- BBIAB
- “be back in a bit”
- BBIAF
- “be back in a few”
- BBIAW
- “be back in a while”
- BBL
- “be back later”
- BBQ
- “be back quick” or “bitch, be quiet” or “barbecue”
- BBS
- “be back soon” or “bulletin board system“
- BBW
- “be back whenever”
- B/C
- “because”
- BCNU
- “be seeing you”
- BIO
- “biological [break]” (a bathroom break)
- BIH
- “burn in hell”
- Boot
- to eject a player from a server
- B00t
- the opposite of “w00t”
- B/F
- “boyfriend”
- BFD
- “big fucking deal”
- BFF
- “best friends forever” or “best female friend”
- BFG
- “Big Fucking Gun”
- BFH
- “big fucking hammer”
- BFN
- “bye for now”
- BFU
- “bloody fucking user”
- BLNT
- “better luck next time”
- Blog
- “weblog“
- Blogger
- one who writes or posts articles on a weblog
- Blogpimping
- theact
of introducing one blogger to another via hyperlinks or the use
ofpopular keywords to artificially increase traffic to a site
- BNF
- “big name fan”
- BOFH
- “bastard operator from hell”
- BOHICA
- “bend over, here it comes again” (from military slang)
- Borked
- “broken”
- BRB
- “be right back”
- BRT
- “be right there”
- BS
- “bullshit” or “backstab”
- BSEG
- “big shit-eating grin”
- BSOD
- “Blue Screen of Death“
- BT
- BitTorrent or Bluetooth
- BTDT
- “been there, done that”
- BTDTGTTS
- “been there, done that, got the T-shirt” (from the 1990s cliche)
- BTTT
- “back to the top”
- BTW
- “by the way”
- Bump
- resurrection of an old thread to the top page of a message board (also backronymed to “bring up my post”)
- BW
- “bandwidth”
- BYOC
- “bring your own computer” (the norm for huge computer gaming events)
- BZ
- “busy”
C- C&P
- “copy and paste” (often used to indicate plagiarism)
- C|N>K
- “coffee through nose into keyboard” (a Unix-ism involving the command line pipe and redirect characters)
- CBA
- “can’t be arsed”
- CBF
- “can’t be fucked”
- CHM
- “couldn’t help myself”
- Chowned
- “changed ownership” (from the UNIX “chown” command)
- Chumma
- “with out any reason “
- Cl/w
- indicates that one accidentally closed the AIM chat window
- CMIIW
- “correct me if I’m wrong”
- CMS
- “content management system“
- COX
- “City of Heroes/Villains” (a derogatory term for both titles taken together, pronounced “cocks”)
- CPL
- “Cyberathlete Professional League” (the biggest LAN event ever)
- CPR
- “complete and professional retard”
- CS
- “Computer Science” or “Counter-Strike“
- CSL
- “can’t stop laughing”
- CT
- “Counter-Terrorist” (in Counter-Strike)
- CTD
- “crash to desktop”
- CTD
- “computer-transmitted disease”
- CTF
- “Capture the Flag“
- CTTOI
- “come to think of it”
- CU
- “see you”
- CWOT
- “complete waste of time”
- CYA
- “see ya” or “cover your ass”
D- D&D
- “Dungeons & Dragons“
- D/C
- “disconnected”
- DD
- “don’t die” (used in online RTS games) or “Direct Damage”
- DDG
- “drop dead gorgeous”
- DTA
- “don’t trust anyone”
- DFC
- “don’t fucking care”
- DFTT
- “don’t feed the troll”
- DGAF
- “don’t give a fuck”
- DGT
- “don’t go there”
- DH
- “dear husband”
- DIAF
- “die in a fire”
- DILF
- “dad I’d like to fuck” (derivation of MILF)
- Ding
- to level up
- DILLIGAF?
- “does it look like I give a fuck?”
- DIY
- “do it yourself”
- DKDC
- “don’t know, don’t care”
- D/L
- “download”
- DM
- “Deathmatch“
- DMY
- “don’t mess yourself”
- DND
- “do not disturb”
- DOT
- “Damage over time”
- DOS
- “Denial of Service” (a malicious attack on a computer system) or “Disk Operating System”
- DoS
- “Denial of Service” (a malicious attack on a computer system)
- Dunno
- “I don’t know”
- DSL
- “digital subscriber line“
- DYK
- “didn’t you know?”
- DW
- “don’t worry”
- DWIM
- “Do What I Mean” software
E- EAFD
- “eat a fat dick”
- EBKAC
- “error between keyboard and chair“
- EG
- “evil grin”
- EOF
- “end of file”
- EOL
- “end of line”
- EOM
- “end of message”
- Epeen
- “electronic penis”
- ESAD
- “eat shit and die”
- Esp
- “especially”
- ESTD
- “Easier Said Than Done”
- ETA
- “estimated time of arrival” (also “edited to add”)
- ETLA
- “extended three-letter acronym”
- EULA
- “End User License Agreement”
- Evar
- “ever” (intentionally misspelled for sarcasm)
F- F2F
- “face to face” (that is, “in real life”)
- Fap
- onomatopoeia for the sound of male masturbation
- FAQ
- “Frequently Asked Questions” (printed with their respective answers)
- FBM
- “fine by me”
- FE
- “fatal error”
- FF
- FireFox or “Friendly Fire”
- FFA
- “Free-For-All” (a game mode in which there are no teams)
- FFO
- “far fucking out”
- FFS
- “for fuck’s sake!”
- FGI
- “fucking Google it” (used in response to an over-asked question)
- Fission Mailed
- anypoint
in a game where an action physically permitted within the game(for
example, killing a certain non-player character) ends the gamerather
than allowing the player to continue
- Flamer
- one who writes inflammatory posts (also a derogatory term for “homosexual”)
- FO
- “fuck off”
- FOAD
- “fuck off and die”
- FOAF
- “friend of a friend”
- FOG
- “fast old guy”
- FOS
- “full of shit”
- FOTM
- “Fan of the Month”
- FP
- “First post“
- FPS
- “First Person Shooter” or “frames per second”
- FQ
- “fuck you”
- Frag
- to kill (from fragmentation grenade; see frag)
- FSVO
- “for some value of” (modifies an adjective)
- FTFY
- “fixedthat
for you” (used when displaying an edited version of another’spost, to
correct an error or make a humorous word substitution)
- FTTH
- “Fiber to the home”
- FTL
- “for the lose”
- FTLOG
- “for the love of God”
- FTP
- “file transfer protocol” or “first to post”
- FTS
- “fuck this/that shit”
- FTW
- “for the win” or “fuck the world”
- FUBAR
- “fucked up beyond all recognition” (from military slang; pronounced “foo-bar”)
- Fucktard
- portmanteau of “fucking retard”
- FUD
- “fear, uncertainty, and doubt” (the purposeful spread of misinformation)
- FUMTU
- “fucked up more than usual”
- FWI
- “Fucking Wiki It.” (In reference to looking up an overasked topic on Wikipedia)
- FWIW
- “for what it’s worth”
- FXP
- “file exchange protocol“
- FYAD
- “fuck yourself and die”
- FYI
- “for your information“
G- G2G
- “got to go” (also “good to go”)
- g#g
- “got to go” (with the number in the center representing the number of minutes one has left before signing off)
- GA
- “go ahead”
- GB
- “goodbye”
- GBA
- “God bless America” (also “Game Boy Advance”)
- GGF
- “go get fucked”
- GAL
- “get a life”
- Gank
- to defeat by excessive force (when attacking an enemy in a game)
- GBTW
- “get back to work”
- GD
- “Good Duel”
- GD&R
- “grins, ducks, and runs” (used after a particularly bad joke)
- GDI
- “God damn it!”
- G/F
- “girlfriend”
- GFI
- “good fucking idea”
- GFX
- “graphics”
- GFY
- “good for you” or “go fuck yourself” (needless to say, the ambiguity of this acronym calls for care)
- GG
- “good game” (also “good going”, used sarcastically)
- GGG
- “go, go, go!”
- GH
- “good half” (used in online round-based games such as Counter-Strike)
- Ghey
- “gay” (a variant used to bypass profanity filters)
- GIS
- “Google image search”
- GIRL
- “guy in real life”
- GIYF
- “google is your friend”
- GJ
- “good job”
- GL
- “good luck”
- GLAG
- “giggling like a girl”
- GM
- “Game Master” or “good match”
- GMTA
- “great minds think alike”
- Godwin’s Law
- dictates that “the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler”
- Grats
- “congratulations”
- Griefer
- one who employs tactics such as team-killing, vehicle stealing, and spawn-raping
- GTFO
- “get the fuck out”
- GTH
- “go to hell”
- GTL
- “goes to look”
- GTP
- “got to pee”
- GTG
- “got to go”
- GUB
- “generic UTC bye”
- GUG
- “generic UTC greeting“
- Guru
- an expert in some technical topic such as computer programming or systems administration
- GW
- “good work” (often used sarcastically)
- GYP
- “goo your pants”
H- Ha#
- a scale of 1-10 indicating how funny something is (with “ha10″ being the funniest)
- HAND
- “have a nice day”
- Hasu
- “noob” (from the Korean equivalent)
- HB
- “hurry back”
- HBBS
- “how ’bout butt sex?” (a warning to someone that they are trying way too hard to impress the group)
- HC
- “holy crap”
- HF
- “have fun”
- HGC
- “hum ga chan” (cursing one’s family to die in Cantonese)
- Hijack
- to start an off-topic discussion on a message board
- HMT
- “how much time?” (asking someone how long they will remain online for)
- HNG
- “horny net geek”
- H/O
- “hold on”
- HPB
- “high ping bastard” (someone with high latency)
- HTH
- “hope this/that helps” or “happy to help”
- HTF
- “how the fuck?”
- Hysterical raisins
- “historical reasons” (used to dismiss given reasons as absurd or obsolete)
- HWGA
- “here we go again”
- HWP
- “hug, wave, poof” (a way of saying goodbye)
- HXC
- “hardcore”
I- IANAL
- “I am not a lawyer” (disclaimer before advice with possible legal implications)
- IAWTC
- “I agree with this comment”
- IBTB
- “in before the ban”
- IBTL
- “in before the lock” (used in messageboards when a thread looks likely to be locked)
- ICAM
- “I couldn’t agree more“
- ICYDK
- “in case you didn’t know”
- IDFC
- “I don’t fucking care”
- IDK
- “I don’t know“
- IDTS
- “I don’t think so”
- ID10T
- “idiot” (pronounced “eye-dee-ten-tee”)
- IHA
- “I hate acronyms”
- IIRC
- “if I recall/remember correctly”
- IIUC
- “if I understand correctly”
- IKWYM
- “I know what you mean”
- ILU or ILY
- “I love you”
- ILYM
- “I love you more”
- IM
- “instant message”
- IMO
- “in my opinion”
- IMAO
- “in my arrogant opinion”
- IMHE
- “in my humble experience”
- IMHO
- “in my humble opinion”
- IMNSHO
- “in my not so humble opinion”
- INMP
- “it’s not my problem”
- Internetica
- anything related to the Internet
- Interweb
- a satirical portmanteau of “Internet” and “World Wide Web”
- IOH
- “I’m outta here”
- IOKIYAR
- “it’sokay,
if you’re a Republican” (the liberal blogger’s shorthand for whatthey
perceive as a double standard in criticism or media treatment
ofRepublican or conservative misdeeds)
- IOW
- “in other words”
- IRC
- Internet Relay Chat
- IRL
- “in real life”
- IRT
- “in reply to” or “in real time”
- ISO
- “in search of” (used while trading items in online games)
- ITA
- “I totally agree”
- ITT
- “in this thread”
- ITYM
- “I think you mean…” (followed by a humorous “correction”)
- IYAI
- “if you are interested”
- IYDMMA
- “if you don’t mind me asking”
- IYKWIM
- “if you know what I mean”
J- Jaja
- “haha” (its equivalent in several languages)
- JAK
- “jazak allah khair” (Arabic for “thank you”)
- JAS
- “just a second”
- JC
- “just curious” or “Jesus Christ!”
- JFC
- “Jesus Fucking Christ”
- JFTR
- “just for the record”
- JIC
- “just in case”
- JJ
- “just joking”
- J/K
- “just kidding”
- JK LMAO
- “just kidding and laughing my ass off”
- JLMK
- “just let me know”
- JOOC
- “just out of curiosity”
- J00
- “you” (a common L337 term)
- JTDC
- “Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ”
- JTOL
- “just thinking out loud”
- JGIYN
- “just Google it, you noob” (used in response to any over-asked question)
- JW
- “just wondering”
K- KB
- “kick, ban” (used in IRC chat rooms)
- Keke
- “hehe”
- KHITBASH
- “kick her in the box and shove her”
- KISS
- “keep it simple, stupid”
- KMA
- “kiss my ass”
- KNN
- “fuck your mother” (from the Mandarin kao4 ni3 niang2)
- KO
- a corruption of “OK” (also “knock out”)
- KOTC
- “kiss on the cheek”
- KOTL
- “kiss on the lips”
- KOS
- “kill on sight” (designates enemies in online games whom, based on their prior actions, one should kill)
- KS
- “killsteal”
(the act of one player defeating an enemy previously weakened byanother
player who has died or been forced to retreat)
- KTHNX
- “OK, thanks” (sometimes used as a question)
- KYB
- “kick your butt”
L- L2P
- “Learn to play” (To make fun of someone’s lack of skill)
- L337
- “Leet” (short for “elite”)
- Lag
- “latency” (whether due to a server problem or the server-client connection)
- LAL
- “laughing a little”
- LAWL
- “laughing a whole lot” (or “LOL” written phonetically)
- Lamer
- a know-nothing
- LATN
- “laugh at the newbs”
- LBR
- “little boy’s room”
- LD
- “linkdead”
(used when a disconnected player’s persona or character remainsin-game
or when a posted URL leads to an error or blank page)
- LFG
- “looking for group”
- LFM
- “looking for members” or “looking for more”
- LIGAS
- “like I give a shit”
- Llama
- lamer
- LIAB
- “life is a bitch”
- LMAO
- “laughing my ass off” (can be parodically extended to “LMAOnade”, etc)
- LMBO
- “laughing my butt off”
- LMFAO
- “laughing my fucking ass off”
- LMTO
- “laughing my testicles off”
- LOFL
- portmanteau of “LOL” and “ROFL”
- LOL
- “laughing out loud” or “lots of laughs“
(For other variations of the word LOL, see LOL (Internet slang)) - L@@K
- “look” (used by eBay sellers)
- LOTI
- “laughing on the inside”
- LPB
- “low ping bastard”
- LSFW
- “less suitable for work”
- LTNS
- “long time, no see”
- Lurker
- one who frequents a message board without participating in discussions
- Luser
- portmanteau of “loser” and “user”
- LYL
- “love you lots”
- LYLAB
- “love you like a brother”
- LYLAS
- “love you like a sister”
- LYSM
- “love you so much”
M- M@d
- “mad mod” (a forum moderator who moderates unfairly)
- Mass
- “very”
- Meh
- a shrugging sigh
- MF
- “motherfucker”
- MFC
- “merge from current”
- M$
- “Microsoft“
- MIASU
- “mark it and shut up”
- MIB
- “mint in box” (used by eBay sellers)
- MIP
- “mint in plastic” (used by eBay sellers)
- MILF
- “mom I’d like to fuck”
- MM
- “much mirth”
- MMOFPS
- “massively multiplayer online first person shooter”
- MMORPG
- “massively multiplayer online role playing game“
- Mod
- “moderator” or “modification”
- MOTD
- “message of the day”
- MSM
- “mainstream media”
- MSN
- “Microsoft Network”
- MTFBWY
- “may the Force be with you”
- MUD
- “Multi-User Dungeon“
- MUSH
- “Multi-User Shared Habitat“
- MYOB
- “mind your own business”
N- N2M
- “not too much”
- NBD
- “no big deal”
- Neg
- “negative”
- NFBSK
- “not for British school kids”
- NFI
- “no fucking idea”
- NFS
- “not for sale” (used in MMORPGs when someone wants to buy another player’s equipment)
- Newb
- “newbie“
- NG
- “no good” or “newsgroup” (also “Newgrounds“)
- NGH
- “not gonna happen”
- NH
- “nice hand” (used in online card games)
- NI
- “no idea”
- NIB
- “new in box” (used by eBay sellers)
- NIFOC
- “naked in front of computer”
- N/J
- “no joke”
- NM
- “not much” (also mistakenly used in place of “NVM” to mean “never mind”)
- NMS
- “not mind safe”
- NN
- “night night”
- Noob or N00b
- “newbie”
- NORE
- “no rematch” (usually used by the victor)
- NORP
- “pornography”
- NOYB
- “none of your business”
- NP
- “No problem“
- NPA
- “not paying attention”
- NPC
- “Non-Player Character”
- NR
- “no reserve” (used in some eBay auctions)
- NS
- “nice shot” (used in FPSes) or “no shit”
- NSFW
- “notsafe
for work” (indicates that one should avoid accessing the labeledlink
from a workplace due to the presence of pornography or otherunsuitable
content)
- NT
- “nice try” or “no text” (used on forums to indicate that a post has no content)
- Nub
- “newbie”
- NVM
- “never mind”
- NWS
- “not work safe”
- NWT
- “new with tags” (used by eBay sellers)
O- O RLY
- “oh, really?” (with the proper response being “YA RLY”)
- O&O
- “over and out”
- OAR
- “on a roll”
- ODL
- “oh, dear lord”
- Oh noes!
- a sarcastic expression of despair
- OHK
- “one-hit kill” (used in FPSes)
- OHKO
- “one-hit knock-out” (used in fighting games)
- OIC
- “oh, I see”
- OFN
- “old fucking news”
- ON
- “old news”, “Other News”, or “oh no”
- OMD
- “oh, my dog!” (corruption of “oh, my God!”)
- OMG
- “oh, my God/goodness!”
- OMFG
- “oh, my fucking god!”
- OMGWTFBBQ
- “oh, my God! what the fuck? barbeque”
- OML
- “oh, my lag!”
- OMW
- “on my way”
- OOICU812
- “Uh oh, I see you ate one, too!” Slang for ‘you got into the same trouble I did.’
- OOB
- “out of bounds”
- OOC
- “out-of-character” (used in MMORPG or MUD settings when a player isn’t acting out his/her part) or “out of curiosity”
- OOO
- “out of office”
- OOP
- “out of print” (an item no longer in production)
- OOM
- “out of mana” (used in games with a mana bar) or “out of memory“
- Op
- “operator” (a moderator)
- OS
- “Operating System” or “Oh shit!”
- OSIB
- “open skull, insert brain”
- OT
- “off-topic”
- OTC
- “over the counter” (items bought without requiring a permit)
- OTFP
- “on the fucking phone”
- OTP
- “one true pairing” (two characters believed - in fanfiction - to be perfect together) or “on the phone”
- OTOH
- “on the other hand”
- OTTOMH
- “off the top of my head”
- OTW
- “on the way”
- OUACOWA
- “open up a can of whoop-ass”
- Own
- to defeat someone in a game, to take control of someone’s system, or to simply “be awesome”
- OYATM
- “one year ago this month” (used in Usenet binary groups when posting content that has just recently become old enough to post)
- OQC
- “only quality crap”
- OYG
- “oh your god”
P- P911
- a warning not to type anything that the user’s parents shouldn’t read
- P2P
- “peer-to-peer” or “pay-to-play”
- PAW
- “parents are watching”
- PBMC
- “problem between monitor and chair“
- PC
- “personal computer” or “paper cups”
- PCBD
- “page cannot be displayed”
- PDNF
- “please do not forward”
- PEBKAC
- “problem exists between keyboard and chair”
- Penix
- “penis”
- PFO
- “please fuck off”
- Photochop
- an image that has obviously been computer-edited
- PIC
- “program interrupt controller”
- PICNIC
- “problem in chair, not in computer”
- Pix
- “pictures”
- Ping
- “are you there?” (from the ICMP ECHO REQUEST packet)
- PITA
- “pain in the ass”
- PIMF
- “preview is my friend” (used by someone who, having failed to preview, has just posted a comment with an embarrassing typo)
- PLMK
- “please let me know”
- Plz
- “please”
- PK
- “player killer” (or “to player kill”)
- PM
- “private message” (or “pretty much”)
- PMI
- “pardon my ignorance”
- PMSL
- “pissing myself laughing”
- PO’d
- “pissed off”
- POA
- “plan of action”
- Pong
- “I’m here” (response to “ping” [from the the ICMP ECHO RESPONSE packet])
- Pornado
- a huge amount of pornography
- POS
- “piece of shit” or “parents over shoulder”
- POTAS
- “person of the appropriate sex”
- POV
- “point of view“
- Pfft
- spittle onomatopeia
- Ppl
- “people”
- PPOR
- “post proof or recant”
- Pron or Pr0n
- “pornography”
- Pronk
- to post on a forum without first reading the thread being posted on
- Prv
- “private”
- PS
- “Photoshop“
- PST
- “please send tell”
- PTBB
- “pass the barf bag”
- Pub
- “public” (can refer to open servers or to players not belonging to any clan)
- PUG
- “pick-up group” (a group of players gathered on the fly without knowing each other)
- PvE
- “Player versus Environment”
- PvM
- “Player versus Monster”
- PvP
- “Player versus Player“
- Pwn
- todefeat
someone in a game, to take control of someone’s system, or tosimply “be
awesome” (originally a misspelling of “own”, later retconnedto “power
own”)
Q- QFE
- “quoted for emphasis”
- QFT
- “quit fucking trolling” or “quoted for truth”
- QLOL
- “quietly laughing out loud”
- QT
- “cutie”
- QWP
- “quoted with permission”
R- RAE
- “raises an eyebrow”
- RBP
- “read before posting”
- RE
- “rematch”
- Rehi
- “hello again”
- Reflectoporn
- picturesof
items such as metal bowls that exhibitionist eBay sellers post
withthemselves reflected nude on the surface of the item
- Relo
- “hello again”
- Rents
- “parents”
- RFN
- “right fucking now”
- Rgr
- “roger” (that is, “message acknowledged”)
- RIFK
- “rolling in the fucking kitchen”
- RIFY
- “read if you like”
- RM
- “rematch”
- RMS
- “rocks my socks” (expressing feigned enthusiasm)
- ROFL
- “rolling on the floor laughing” (can be extended to ROFLMAO, ROFLcopter, ROFLwaffles, etc)
- ROR
- “raughing out roud” (Engrish for “LOL”)
- RSN
- “real soon now” (used sarastically)
- RT
- “real time”
- RTFA
- “read the fucking article” (advice for posters who comment without doing so)
- RTFM
- “read the fucking manual” (reply to a request from a newbie who has not attempted to find the answer for himself)
- RTFP
- “read the fucking post” (advice for posters who comment without doing so)
- RTL
- “report the loss” (used lightheartedly when a teammate dies)
- RTR
- “raise the roof”
- RTS
- “Real-Time Strategy” (as opposed to turn-based strategy)
- RTSD
- “rushthat
shit down” (that is, take advantage of a good thing while itlasts;
originally used to describe a play style wherein one overwhelmshis
opponent with many quick, up-close attacks)
- RVV
- “reverted last edit due to vandalism“
- RYCT
- “regarding your comment to [name]”
S- S2R
- “send to receive” (indicates that one expects to receive a file, usually an image, before sending their own)
- Sauce
- “source” (often used as a request of the source of an image or file)
- SFLA
- “stupid four-letter acronym”
- SIF
- “secret Internet fatty”. If used lowercase, as in “sif”, is a contraction of “as if”, eg “sif that is correct”
- SIIHP
- “stick it in her pooper”
- SIUYA
- “stick it up your arse”
- SCNR
- “sorry, could not resist”
- SH
- “shit happens”
- SILF
- “sister I’d like to fuck” (derivation of MILF)
- SLAGIATT
- “seemed like a good idea at the time”
- SLAP
- “sounds like a plan”
- SMD
- “suck my dick”
- SMH
- “scratching my head”
- SMITF
- “shoot me in the face”
- SNAFU
- “situation normal all fucked up” (from military slang)
- SO
- “significant other“
- SOB
- “son of a bitch“
- SOGOSOJ
- “Someother
guy on some other job” (Derogatory term for a random person metthrough
the internet that the speaker believes is ignorant or belowthem.)
- SOL
- “shit out of luck”
- SFW
- “safe for work” (material that may safely be viewed in one’s office)
- Spawn camp
- to wait at a spawn point for a weapon or vehicle to spawn
- Spawn kill
- to kill an enemy within seconds of them spawning
- Spawn point
- a player’s starting (or, after being killed, re-starting) position
- Spawn rape
- persistent spawn killing or destruction of unused vehicles and base defenses
- Srsly
- “seriously”
- SSDD
- “same shit, different day”
- SSIA
- “subject says it all“
- SSTS
- “snickering softly to self”
- STFD
- “sit the fuck down”
- STFU
- “shut the fuck up”, “shut the fudge up”, or “Stupid Fucker”
- STW
- “share the wealth”
- SUAGOOML
- “shut up and get out of my life”
- SWAK
- “sealed with a kiss”
- SWIM
- “someone who isn`t me”
- SWL
- “screaming with laughter”
- SWMBO
- “she who must be obeyed”
- SWS
- “laughing out loud” (intentional corruption of “LOL”, from the keys opposite L and O on a keyboard)
T- T
- “terrorist” (in Counter-Strike)
- T4
- “The True Tech Team”
- T4U2D
- “time for you to die”
- TA
- “thanks again”
- TANSTAAFL
- “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch”
- TBF
- “to be fair”
- TBH
- “to be honest”
- TBQH
- “to be quite honest”
- TC
- “take care” (used as a goodbye)
- Teh
- (a deliberate misspelling of “the”)
- TFB
- “too fucking bad”
- TFTI
- “thanks for the info” (sarcastic)
- Thx
- “thanks”
- TIA
- “thanks in advance”
- TIAS
- “try it and see”
- TIFM
- “this is from memory”
- TINC
- “there is no cabal” (a term discouraging conspiracy theories)
- TK
- “team kill”
- TLA
- “three letter acronym“
- TLDR
- “too long, didn’t read”
- TMAI
- “tell me about it”
- TMAO
- “tearing my ass off” (”LMAO” to the point of tears)
- TMR@IA
- “the monkeys are at it again” (used to blame the staff of online gaming communities for any in-game screw-ups)
- TMI
- “too much information”
- TMTOWTDI
- “there’s more than one way to do it” (a motto within the Perl community)
- TNL
- “to next level” (preceded by experience needed to level up)
- TOMTB
- “taking off my training bra”
- TOD
- “time of death” (used in calculating when a monster may spawn in an MMORPG)
- TOS
- “terms of service”
- TP
- “team player” or “take point” (also “town portal” in several Blizzard games)
- TPTB
- “the powers that be”
- Troll
- one who deliberately stirs up trouble or posts false information
- TSOR
- “thirty seconds of research” (a quick, first-pass web search to find information on some topic)
- TTBOMK
- “to the best of my knowledge”
- TTFN
- “ta ta for now”
- TTT
- “to the top” (a reply used on a message board thread to ressurect a thread to the top of the list)
- TTTTT
- “till they tell the truth”
- TTYL
- “talk to you later”
- TTYS
- “talk to you soon”
- TWIS
- “that’s what I said”
- TWIT
- “that’s what I thought”
- TY
- “thank you”
- TY4P
- “thank you for playing”
- TYA
- “there you are”
- TYG
- “there you go”
- TYCLI
- “then you can learn it”
U- UA
- “User Agreement”
- UAN
- “understood and noted”
- Über
- “super” (from the German for “over”)
- UBRS
- “Upper Blackrock Spire” (from World of Warcraft, denoting the upper portion of the instance Blackrock Spire)
- UFIA
- “unsolicited finger in the anus“
- UL
- “unlucky”
- U/L
- “upload”
- URYYFM
- “you are too wise for me” (with a play on the two Ys)
- UST
- “unresolved sexual tension” (used in reference to fan fiction)
V- V
- “we”
- VBG
- “very big grin”
- VGG
- “very good game”
- VFM
- “value for money”
- VOIP
- “voice over Internet protocol” (phone conversations over a broadband connection)
W- W00T
- “woo-hoo!” (a common L337 term) or “want one of those”
- WAB
- “what a bloke”
- WAI
- “what an idiot” (or “yay” in Japanese)
- WAD
- “without a doubt”
- WADR
- “with all due respect”
- Wares
- illegally obtained software
- WB
- “welcome back”
- WD
- “well done”
- WDT
- “Web Development Team”
- W/E
- “whatever”
- WFL
- “what’s for lunch?”
- WFM
- “works for me”
- WEG
- “wicked evil grin”
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
- “WTF?” (as written using the NATO phonetic alphabet)
- WHOAMG
- “whoa my god!”
- WIR
- “when it’s ready” (referring to a release date)
- WMAO
- “waiting my ass off” (used during very laggy games)
- WMBI
- “well-meaning but ignorant” (pronounced like “wimpy”; used of newbies who break rules of conduct)
- WOMBAT
- “waste of money, brains, and time”
- WOT
- “wide-open throttle”
- WOS
- “waste of space”
- WP
- “well-played”
- WRT
- “with regards to…”
- WT
- “wrong tell” (used to tell someone that a message was not meant for them)
- WTF
- “what the fuck?” (less commonly, but equally validly, “who/what/when/where the fuck?”)or “what the fudge?”
- WTB
- “want to buy”
- WTD
- “what to do?”
- WTG
- “way to go!” (often used sarcastically)
- WTH
- “what the hell?”
- WTLW
- “welcome to last week”
- WTS
- “want to sell”
- WTT
- “want to trade”
- WWCND
- “what would Chuck Norris do?”
- WWFSMD
- “what would the Flying Spaghetti Monster do?”
- WWJD
- “what would Jesus do?”
- WWTD
- “what would Turing do?”
- WYSIAYG
- “what you see is all you get” (suggesting that software is incomplete)
- WYSIWYG
- “what you see is what you get” (pronounced “wizzywig”; printed output will look identical to its screen representation)
X- -X0r
- a common L337 suffix with no added meaning
- XOXO
- “hugs and kisses”
Y- YA RLY
- “yeah, really” (the proper response to “O RLY?”)
- YFI
- “you fucking idiot”
- YGM
- “you’ve got mail”
- Y/J
- “yes, joke” (synonymous with “J/K”)
- YMMV
- “your mileage may vary” (used as a disclaimer for an opinion)
- YQW
- “you’re quite welcome”
- YSATI
- “you suck at the Internet”
- YW
- “you’re welcome”
- YYSSW
- “yeah, yeah, sure, sure, whatever”
- YTMND
- “you’re the man now dog!”
Z- Zerg
- touse
overwhelming numbers to overcome an enemy (originated withStarcraft but
now more commonly refers to many lower-leveled playersovercoming a
higher-leveled player)
- -z0rz
- a common L33T suffix with no added meaning
- ZOMG
- “z-oh my god!
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