List of Internet slang

Parent article: Internet slang

The following lists could usefully expand to include citations of the earliest usage, where references exist.

==Emoticons==

For an analytical discussion of emoticons as well as a list of emoticons, see Emoticon.

=Abbreviations and acronyms=

==Numbers==

; 10-4 : OK, Acknowledgement , as in the CB Radio 10-codes. ; 12B, 1AB : Wannabe ; 10q : Thank you ; 10x : Thanks ; 123 : I miss you ; 1337 : Leet , short for elite, often used ironically. ; 143 : I love you ; 20 : location ; from CB Radio jargon ; 224 : today, tomorrow, forever ; 2B : to be ; 2B||!2B : to be or not to be ; from the C programming language logic operations OR ( || ) and NOT ( ! ). ; 2mrw : tomorrow ; 2TM : to the max ; 2U : to you ; 31337 : elite, often used ironically ; 3Q, 39, 3U, or 999 : thank you (Japanese wordplay for thank you, rendered in katakana as and pronounced sankyu ( 3 substitutes for san and * 9 for kyu) ; 4 : for ; 4AW : Four Always Wins ; 411 : (give me the) Information (or) Gossip ; 42 : Life, the Universe, and Everything (from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams) ; 404 : Couldn t find it, Clueless (from the HTTP 404 Error: Resource not found response code) ; 4649 : pleased to meet you, hi (from Japanese yoroshiku, the four numbers can be pronounced yo-ro-shi-ku) ; 46 : pleased to meet you, hi (short version of 4649) ; 4ever, 4eva : forever ; 4TW : for the win, used after an object to indicate the superiority of said object ; 4U : for you ; 5/5 : five by five ; 54 : To ignore, from Mandarin Chinese wu shi (). Mandarin Chinese speakers pronounce the numbers 5 and 4 to and respectively in * Mandarin Chinese. ; 555~~: crying, Mandarin Chinese for , a phonetic rendering of crying pronounced as wu. ; 69 : from the 69 sex position. Often appears as part of AIM screennames ; 7 : When pronounced in Cantonese, it sounds very close to the Cantonese foul, - used when someone has done something stupid or to refer to someone who looks or dresses ugly ; 8008135 : variant of the complex Leet language for boobies. ; 807 or 8075 : BOT(s) ; a person who demonstrates an extreme lack of knowledge or common sense. Originally deriving from forum or instant-message bots, which often respond to pre-programmed keywords and commonly-used phrases humorously without making much coherent sense ; 833r : (or b33r, or |333|2) - variant of the complex Leet language for beer or other alcoholic beverages ; 88, 881 or 886 : bye-bye (Chinese pronunciation). In some racist chat rooms it means heil Hitler because the letter H comes eighth in most Roman alphabets ; 9494 : that s it, that s right, you see (Mandarin Chinese pronunciation, short for ) ; 99 : Night-night, goodnight

==A==

; ACK : acknowledged, used frequently in discussion boards ; Admin : short for administrator (that is, a system administrator, a server administrator, or forum moderator, among other Internet staff positions) ; AFAIC : as far as I m concerned, or as far as I care , or as far as I can... ; AFAICS : as far as I can see ; AFAICT : as far as I can tell ; AFAIK : as far as I know ; AFAIR : as far as I recall/remember ; AFC : away/absent from computer ; AFGE : another fucking growth experience ; AFK : away/absent from keyboard, usually in the form in one s handle, backronymed to a free kill in many multiplayer games ; You are X and I claim my five pounds : and I claim my five pounds ; AIM : AOL Instant Messenger ; AIUI : As I understand it ; AKA : also known as (pre-dates the Internet) ; AMP/AMF : Common Filipino slang of amputa or ampotah, derived from anak ng puta, which roughly means son of a bitch/prostitute/whore ; Anon : anonymous ; AO : Anarchy Online, a popular MMORPG ; AOHell : Derogative term for America Online (AOL); also the name of a program, AOHell, which runs under Microsoft Windows and which users employ for phishing and social engineering. ; APG : Anti PiratGruppen, the Danish analogue of the RIAA ; ASAP : as soon as possible ; Aswom/Aswum : An intentional misspelling of awesome generally used for comedic purposes ; A/S/L : Age, sex, location ; used to request general information about a fellow user, sometimes considered rude. Also used as an introductory phrase, usually when expecting that information up-front. ; ATM : At the moment or Ass to mouth, indicating the unsanitary shift from anal sex to oral sex ; ATOP : At time of posting ; ATTN : Attention ; AUP : Acceptable Use Policy ; AWB : Avalon Wanna-be ; refers to the transcending Avalon of the Dragoons of Fenrir. Oftenly spat at those with high ambitions but cannot possibly fulfill them. ; AWOL : Away Without Official Leave or Absent Without Leave (pre-dates the Internet, mostly in military slang) ; AYBABTU : All your base are belong to us from Zerowing ; Azn : abbreviation for Asian

==B==

; B : Bye ; B& : Banned ; B2B : business to business ; ecommerce used by businesses to interact with other businesses. It can also mean bad to the bone. ; B4 : Before ; B4N : Bye for now ; B7 : Banned - A derivation of B&, minus the shift key. ; B10 : Beaten - Usually said in response to someone beating you to making a particular comment on a forum. ; Ban : to deny a particular user access to an Internet resource, typically due to TOS violations. ; BB : Bye bye ; BBIAB : Be back in a bit ; BBIAW : Be back in a while ; BBL : Be back later ; BBL : alternativly - byby love or byby lover ; BBQ : Be back quick, eventually corrupted to Bar-B-Que - see OMGWTFBBQ. ; BBS : Be back soon, or bulletin board system/service ; BBW : be back whenever ; BBW : Big Beautiful Women ; BC, B/C : Because ; BIO : Bio Break, Biological Break, Bathroom Break (Usually used following the BRB abbreviation) ; B00t : Opposite of w00t. Can also describe kicking people from game or chat servers. ; BF : Boyfriend ; BFD : Big fucking deal ; BFF : Best friend forever ; BFG/BFG9000 : Big Fucking Gun (9000) (found in id Software games such as Doom) ; BFH : Big Fucking hammer ; BFN : Bye for now ; BFU : Bloody fucking user ; BL : Bad luck ; BLNT : Better luck next time ; , often used as a verb, as in I was blogging today. ; blogger : One who writes or posts articles or messages on a weblog. ; BNF : Big Name Fan ; BOFH : Bastard operator from hell . A series of anecdotes about UNIX system administration written by Simon Travaglia. ; BOHICA : Bend over, here it comes again. Originally U.S. Army slang. ; B0rk, b0rked, to b0rk : broken, to break. A b0rked system refuses to work. ; BRB : Be right back ; BRT : Be right there (especially used in multiplayer games) ; BS : Bullshit. battle.net specific: backstab. EVE Online specific: Battleship ; BSOD : Blue screen of death ; BT : Big talk, as in big talk and no work ; BTDT : Been there, done that ; BTTT : back to the top ; BTW : by the way ; Bump : reference to the resurrection of an old thread to the top of the page in messageboards. [stands for Bring Up My Post] ; BW : bandwidth. Battle.net-specific: Brood War, the popular expansion pack to the hit RTS StarCraft by Blizzard Entertainment. ; B/T, BT : Between or the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol. ; BYOC : Bring your own computer, often used in connection with computer gaming events. May also stand for Build Your Own Computer. For example, Quakecon is a BYOC Lan Party in North America.

==C==

; Careface : as in I don t care . ; CBA : Can t be arsed ; CBF : Can t be fucked ; CE : Critical Error (especially in UT-engine-based games) ; Cec : sex, used to get around Internet chat filters. ; Cex : sex, used to get around Internet chat filters. ; chol : Chuckled Out Loud ; Chown (Ch0wn3d) : a deliberate misspelling of own (see own entry below). Also changing ownership, as derived from the UNIX chown command. ; Chudwah : Clueless heterosexual Dom wannabee - used on BDSM groups to describe unskilled Dominant males. ; CID : Consider it done ; CiS : Chuckle(ing) in Silence, chuckling very quietly ; an alternative to lol ; cig : Short for cigarette or cigar ; CL : (NukeZone) Clan Leader ; cluebie : Clueless newbie (sometimes apparently confusingly used to mean a newbie with a clue, but not close to a guru ) ; CMIIW : Correct me if I m wrong ; CoD : Call of Duty ; World War II first person shooter PC Game* ; CoH : City of Heroes ; a comic-book themed massively-multiplayer online PC game ; coo : Cool ; CPL : Actually standing for CyberAthlete Professional League, the biggest LAN event ever, but has become an alternative to call some leet (superior) for example, OMG you re CPL ; CS : Counter-Strike ; Widely played First-Person-Shooter game; Computer Science. ; CSL : Can t stop laughing ; CT : (Counter-Strike) Counter-Terrorist, (NukeZone) Clan Trustee. ; CTD : Crash To Desktop - Used to indicate that the speaker s game has crashed. ; CTF : Capture the flag. A game mode where two teams have their own flag and the objective is to capture the other team s flag and bring it back to their own to score. Touching one s own flag warps it immediately back to one s base. Flag stalemates can occur in which both teams have each other s flags. ; ctm : Chuckle to myself ; CTTOI : Come to Think of it ; CU : see you ; used as a goodbye, commonly together with l8r (later), as in cul8r. often abbreviated to merely cul. See also cya. ; CUAD : Curl Up and Die ; see FOAD ; CUNT : See you Next Time ; CUWUL : Catch up with you Later ; CWOT : Complete Waste of Time ; CYA : See you ; used as a goodbye (see cu ). Also, check(ing) your ass, or cover your ass, as in taking some precautionary measure for safety s sake, or to avoid blame in a risky but necessary action (predates the Internet). ; cyberbug : someone who spends too much time on the Internet ; CYFF : Change your font fucker! ; used when someone has an irritating and hard-to-read font. ; CVQ : chuckling very quietly ; see CiS ; C&C, CnC : Command & Conquer ; a popular series of real-time strategy games created by Westwood Studios (now part of EA Games) ; C&V : Chapter & verse ; used in newsgroups. ; C|N>K : coffee through nose into keyboard ; a Unix-ism involving the Unix command line pipe (|) and redirect (>) characters. ; CSW : Cock Smoking Whore ; self explanatory.

==D==

; DBDB : Don t Be A Dale Bates In reference to Dale Bates, a keen poster on internet forums who constantly misspells words and makes the stupidest comments. ; DC d, D/C : Disconnected ; DD : Don t die. Usually used in online real-time strategy games.

; DFC : Don t fucking care ; DGT : Don t go there ; DH : Dear husband. Used by housewives posting on Internet forums. ; DH : Dickhead ; DIAF : Die in a Fire ; ding : To level up ; DILLIGAF : Do I look like I give a fuck ; DIY : Do it yourself (pre-dates the Internet) ; DKDC : Don t know, don t care, usually used when a person is apathetic about something. ; DL, D/L : Download ; receiving data from a remote host. Usually functions as a noun or verb. Can sometimes mean down low, as taken from real-life usage. ; DM : Deathmatch, A game mode with the goal of fragging (killing) as many other players as possible during a given time. ; DMY : Don t Mess Yourself ; DnD : Do not Disturb or Dungeons & Dragons ; DoS : Denial of service ; a malicious attack on a computer system. ; dunno : (I) don t know ; don t know sounds relatively similar to dunno if pronounced quickly. ; DS : Don t suck Commonly used in real time strategy games. ; DUT : Don t you think() ; DYK : Did you know() ; DW, D/W : Don t worry

==E==

; E : Enlightenment, a popular X11 window manager ; EG : Evil grin, normally written *EG* or to separate it from the surrounding text. ; ehlp : Deliberate misspelling of help (making fun of newbies yelling for help in a MMORPG) ; EOF : end of file, used to imply the end of something ; EOL : End of line used in some forms of programming code. ; EOM : End of message ; epeen : Short for Electronic Penis . A metaphor seen mostly on web forums to describe a user trying to show off. Ignore him. He s just trying to show off his epeen. ; ESAD : Eat shit and die ; ETLA : Extended three-letter acronym ; see TLA. ; EULA : End-User License Agreement ; evar : Common misspelling of ever , used for emphasis; e.g., the best thing EVAR!! ; evah : See evar ; EZ : Easy (pre-dates the Internet) ; ETA : Estimated Time of Arrival

==F==

;FAP : Onomatopoeia for the sound produced by male masturbation. Also used as a verb. See Sexy Losers . Also: Fiction Alley Park. ; . ;FAQ : Frequently Asked Question(s), or a list of frequently-asked questions with their answers. Seldom appears written in small letters. ;FCS : For Christ s sake ;FE : Fúmate esta, a Spanish expression for suck my dick ;FE : Fatal error ;FF : Final Fantasy; Friendly Fire (especially in First Person Shooters). ;FFA : Free-For-All (especially in First Person Shooters), sometimes a game mode in which there are no teams and everyone is on his own ;FFO : Far Fucking Out, old hippie term ;FFS : for fuck s sake! (sometimes replaced with FS, fuck s sake ); alternatively fuck fuck shit ;FGI : Fucking Google it ; used in response to a common question ;FIL : Father-in-law ;Fission Mailed : similar to pwned; also, in game development, refers to any point in a computer game where an action physically permitted within the game (for example, killing a certain non-player character) ends the game rather than lets the player deal with the situation. Originates from Metal Gear Solid . ;Filthy : slang term for Nigger , or WetBack or any other derogatory term towards people other than whites. ;FK : short for Fuck ;FKN : short for Fucken as in FKN Hell (Fucken Hell) ;flames : see flamer. ;flamer : one engaged in Flaming. Also ominously close to the term lamer. Also a slang word for gay or homosexual. ;FLOABT : for lack of a better term ;FO, FOAD : Fuck off/Fuck off and die ;FOAF : Friend of a friend ; the dubious attribution given to urban legends ;FOIG : Find out in game ;fooding : the act of acquiring food (eating); often used in conjunction with AFK (e.g.: AFK fooding ) ;FOTF : Fall on the Floor ;FOTM : Flavour of the Month ;FP : First post ; originally used on Slashdot ;FPS : First Person Shooter ; games such as Quake and Unreal Tournament exemplify First Person Shooters; (Computing) Frames per Second ; . It had a particular application to fragging 2nd lieutenants or hated officers, especially in the jungle. ;FSOD : Frozen Screen of Death ; a Phantasy Star Online error. ;FTA : From the article ;FTF or F2F : Face to face ; referring to a meeting in real life, offline. In Role-playing games terms, it is the offline predecessor to MMORPGs and MUDs. ;FTLOG : For the love of God ;FTP : File transfer protocol ; or First to post ;FTTB : For the time being ;FTW : For the win ; indicates the end of the game, it is often used to reference the object responsible for victory. Also sometimes shown as 4tw. Also For the world (spread the idea of something). However, recently this term has been used as a play on WTF, by reversing the letters to avoid swear filters. ;FU : Fuck you (predates Internet) ; s foo and bar ) ;FUBAH : Fucked up beyond all hope ;fucktard : portmanteau of fucking retard ;FUD : Fear, uncertainty and doubt ; purposeful spread of misinformation. ;FUDIE : Fuck you and die ;FWIW : For what it s worth ;FXP : File exchange protocol ;FYAD : Fuck you and die (from SomethingAwful.com) ;FYI : For your information (predates the Internet)

==G==

;G : Grin, normally written *G* or <G> to separate it from the surrounding text ;G1 : Good one, ;G2G, GTG : Got to go, also good to go ; popularized in MMORPGs and MUDs. ;G4Y, GFY : Good for you, or go fuck yourself ; the ambiguity of this acronym calls for care. G4Y can also mean gay. ;GA : Go Ahead ;GAGF : Go and get fucked ;GAL : Get a life ;gamez : Illegally obtained games (see Warez). ;GAWD : A variant spelling of the word God, taken to the Internet. ;GB/GBWC : Gunbound/Gunbound World Champion ;GBTW : Get Back To Work ; commonly used in conjunction with other acronyms, as in STFU GBTW. ;GCAD : Get cancer and die ;<g,d&r> : Grins, ducks and runs ; used after a particularly bad joke, seemingly to try to avoid comments about it. ;GDM : Go die motherfucker ;GF : Girlfriend , also means get fucked ;GFI : Good fucking idea ;GFY : Go fuck yourself ;GFU : Good for you ;GG : Good going or good game ; used sincerely in competitive and cooperative online games, or used sarcastically when someone has done something foolish. Also genuine girl, used on chat sites to indicate that the user is female rather than simply pretending to be. ;GGG : Go, go, go! A command to tell players to attack. ;GGL : Google ;GGMF : Great Godzilla Motherfuckers! first quoted in Dealer McDope No. 1 (drawn by Dave Sheridan) ;GH : Good half, used in online round-based games such as Counter-Strike. ;Ghey : Gay ;GIS : Google Image Search; searching for images via the Google search engine ;GIRL : Guy In Real Life, derived from sexual predators posing as females on the Internet. ;GIYF : Google is your friend, implying search the web rather than asking questions. ;GJ : Good job (often used sarcastically) ;GL : Good luck ;Gl hf : Good luck, have Fun. Usually used in online gaming. ;GMTA : Great minds think alike ;gnite, GN8 : Good night ;gno : Gonna (Going to) ;Godwin s law : The longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler. When participants in an argument make such a comparison, their opponents commonly invoke Godwin s law to claim victory. ;GOYFADI : Get off your fat ass and do it ;Gosu : Korean for Exceptional or Superior ;GR8 : Great, sometimes spelled gre8t even though it doesn t make the word any shorter. ;Grats : Abbreviation of congratulations, sometimes Congrats. Used in MMORPGs when a played reaches a new rank or level ;GTFO : Get the fuck out ;GTH : Go to hell ;GTL : Goes to look ;GTP : Got to Pee ; system administration ;GW : Good work, often used sarcastically.

==H==

;H8 : Hate, or H1 to H9 to indicate how much a person hates something. ;HAI : A purposeful misspelling of hi ; Japanese for yes ;HAMMRD* : Hammered, also meaning pwn/pwned/owned. See Pwn ;HAND : Have a nice day ;Hawt : variation of hot, used to suggest that someone seems attractive ;HAX, H4X: Hacks, term most commonly used in multiplayer games by new players (see newbie ) to accuse someone of hacking, more commonly than not because of their own lack of skill. (see pwned ) ;HAXOR, H4X0R; Hacker ;HAZAH! : An excited expression, a way of saying hooray. ;HB : Hurry back ;HB : Herremange Byte Danish expression for a large amount of data. Also abbreviated to H , it may appear in various other expressions, like HP — Herremange Pornofilm (large amount of pornographic movies), etc. ;HBD : Happy Birthday ;HC : Holy Crap ;heh : a weaker form of LOL (Internet slang) indicating slight amusement : often used as conversation-filler. ;HF : Have fun ;HGC : Hum Ga Chan, cursing one s family to die in Cantonese (linguistics) ;hijack : To start an off-topic discussion; hijack a thread on a message board. ;hmwk, hwk, hw : Homework ;HNG : Horny net geek ;H/O : Hold on ;HoBO : Person who plays games, especially HoB (www.heatofbattle.net) ;HPB : High ping bastard or High ping bait, reference to those with high latency (ping) usually in online games. The opposite of LPB ;HPL : High ping llama, an alternate form of HPB. ;HSS : Horse shit and splinters ;HTH : Hope this (or that) helps ;HTF : How the fuck ; derivative of WTF. ;HTF : hitting the fridge ;hysterical raisins : Phonetic-based variation of the term historical reasons. Used to dismiss given reasons as absurd, obsolete and/or detrimental to progress ;HWG : Here we go ;HWGA : Here we go Again ;HWP : Hug, Wave, Poof ; A way of saying goodbye ;hXc : Hardcore A term used to describe a genre of music by scene or emo kids

==I==

;IANAL : I am not a lawyer ; usually used before a non-lawyer gives legal advice, as a (sometimes humorous) disclaimer. ;IANARS : I am not a rocket scientist ;IAWTC : I agree with this comment ; netizens can substitute other letters/words for C/comment, such as post or article . ;IBDTSFY : I ve been doin this (stuff) for years (sometimes with an M ( man ) appended) ;IBSLC : In before Sebulbaslovechild ;IBTL : In Before the Lock, used in messageboards when a thread seems inclined to be locked ;IC : I see , also in character in MMORPG or MUD settings. ;ICAM : I coudn t agree more - also see ITA ;ICURNS2 : I see; you re an ass, too ;ICYDK / ICYDN / ICUDK : In case you didn t know ;Idk : I don t know ;ID10T : Idiot ; generally pronounced eye-dee-ten-tee, its meaning is not obvious until viewed in written form. Example: We ve got an ID10T error! ;idjit, ijit : Idiot ; this could be related to the Irish language slang eejit, which also means idiot ;IFBIT : It s funny because it s true ;IHAC : I have a customer ;IIRC : If I recall correctly, or if I remember correctly ;IIUC : If I understand correctly ;IKON : Ikonboard, also spelled as IKN ;I D HIT IT : I d have sex with that person, originated on Fark ;I like pie : Used to express apathy or confusion towards the present subject matter; also used to denote one s appreciation of pie ;ILOTIBINLIRL : I m laughing on the Internet, but I m not laughing in real life ;I LL RATE IT : A term used when judging something to have a high degree of excellence or brilliance; term used to complement a joke-teller on a job well done. ;ILU; i love u : saying you love a person ;I ll just TL and BDYH : I ll just take leave and burn down your house! ;IM : Instant message, can be used as a noun ( Send an IM ) or a verb ( I ll IM him ); past-tense form is IM d or IMed. ;IMESHO : In my ever-so-humble opinion, as opposed to IMHO (In my humble opinion) ;IMO : In my opinion ;IMAO : In my arrogant opinion ;IMHO : In my humble opinion, or in my honest opinion ;IMHPO : In my humble public opinion, used by public accounts (accounts owned by more than one persons). ;IMHE : In my humble experience ;IMNSHO : In my not so humble opinion, as opposed to IMHO (In my humble opinion) ;INMP : It s not my problem ;Internets : Sarcastic way of referring to the Internet. Popularized by George W. Bush during the U.S. presidential election debates, 2004. [http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushismvideos/v/rumorsinternets.htm] [http://www.goyk.com/flash.asppath=1041&fs=1] ;Internetica : General term describing about anything related to the Internet. First used on Premier BBS in 1992 ;Interweb/Intarweb : Sarcastic mangling of the separate concepts Internet and world-wide web ;INTPFPOTM : I nominate this post for post of the month ; incredibly obscure. ;IOH : I m outta here ;IOKIYAR : It s okay if You re a Republican , a shorthand way for some liberals -- especially liberal bloggers -- to express what they perceive as a double standard in criticism or media treatment of , it will mean that Iokiyar remains in effect, that the basic rules of ethics don t apply to people aligned with the ruling party. And reality will continue to be worse than any fiction I could write. ;IOW : In other words ;IPB : Invision Power Board ;IRC : Internet Relay Chat ;IRL : In real life ; often used in online games to refer to life outside of the game, see RL. Made famous by the movie The Net (film) starring Sandra Bullock ;IRT : In reply to ;ISBIT : It s sad because it s true ;ISTR : I seem to remember/recall ;ITA : I totally agree ;ITT : In this thread ; first used on forum.canucks.com in White Noise. ;ITYM : I Think You Mean ; usually prefacing a humorous correction. ;IYDMMA : If you don t mind me asking ;IYKWIM : If you know what I mean

==J==

; JAHOYFT : Just ask him/her out you fucking tool , used to motivate persons suffering from unnecessary trepidation ; Jaja : This is the correct spelling of Haha in several languages, however, this is occasionally used online as slang for laughing. However, jaja in Polish means eggs , or big fun . ; JAK : Jazak Allah Khair , Arabic expression for thank you ; jakol : masturbation, Philippine slang ; JBT : Jack Booted Thug ; JC, J/C : Just curious ; JFC : Jesus Fucking Christ ; JFTR : Just for the record ; JJ : Just joking ; JJ : Short form of male sexual organ in recent spoken Cantonese in Hong Kong (Jer Jer ; the little bird), believed to have originated on the famous HK Golden Forum. JJ refers to male masturbation too. Mandarin jiji also means penis , and sounds like the baby word for chicken . ; JJable : Derived from the slang JJ (see above), JJable in Cantonese slang means sexy or hot ; JK, J/K : Just kidding ; JO : Jack off ; JOOC : Just out of curiosity ; j00, j00s, j00r : Leet speak for you or your ; JTOL : Just thinking out loud ; jugjugan : masturbation in the Pac lingo ; JW, J/W : Just wondering

==K==

;1k : One Thousand - 2k=2000 10k=10000 etc ;K : OK/Okay, literally meant as kay ;keekles : Usually used while deliberately acting like a newbie. Otherwise used as an alphabetical substitute for the ^ ^ emoticon. ;kewl, kool : Alternate forms of cool ;KHITBASH : Kick her in the box and shove her ;KISS principle : Keep it simple, stupid (predates the Internet) ;KITFO : Knock it the fuck off ;KK : okay, kool ; s [http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgiquery=style&sektion=9&format=html style(9)] man page) ;KNN : Fuck your mother (Mandarin language) kao4 ni2 niang2 (or Know Now Noob) ;KO : A common misspelling of OK ; also Knocked out (term used mainly in fighting games when one player defeats another) ;KOTC : Kiss on the cheek ;[KOL|KOTL] : Kiss on lips or Kingdom of Loathing, a free online RPG. ;KOS : Kill on Sight ; used to designate enemies in online games whom -- based on their prior actions -- one should kill. Can also refer to computer-controlled characters who will automatically attack player controlled characters. ;KREE! : Attention! (from Jaffa (Stargate) language in Stargate) ;KS : Kill steal ; used in online games with an experience (EXP) system, when one player defeats an enemy previously weakened by another player. ;KTHXBYE : kay, thanks, bye — usually used to end a conversation abruptly and rudely, to indicate that the preceding has had the last word on a subject, alternatively KTHXBAI. ;KUNT : Intentional spelling of the word Cunt. Used to get around chat filters.

==L==

;L8, L8R : Late, later ; as in see you later, often used together with CU, as in CUL8R. ;LAFFO : term signifying laughter ;LAG : Slow Internet speeds or Internet latency, due to a server problem or the connection between client and server. ;LAL : Laugh a little ; weaker form of LOL used very rarely ;LAWL : Literal pronunciation of LOL ;Lamer : Loser, person who knows nothing (from BBS/homecomputer/skateboarding lingo) ;Llama : Lamer player (see also HPL); Lower League Manager (used on SiGames Message boards) ;LATN : Laugh at the newbs ;LBR : Little boy s room ;LD : Link dead ; used in online games when a disconnected user s persona or character remains in the game. Also used in messageboards where a URL posted leads to an error or blank page. ;LEO : Law enforcement officer ;Leef : Leave ;LEET, L33T, 1337, 31337 : Elite, used ironically; another kind of slang where numbers and symbols replace similar-looking characters. ;Lewt : Loot Often used as Lewt fast n Bewt ass. ;LIEK : Misspelling of like, often intentional and sarcastic, usually followed by OMG or whoa. ;LFG : ­Looking for group ;LFM : Looking for more ;LIGAFF : Like I give a flying fuck ;LIGAS : Like I give a shit ;Linkage : Link ;LION : Like it or not... ;LIUY : Look it up yourself ;LKY : Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore ;LMAO : Laughing my ass off ;LMao Zedong : Varient of LMAO that refers to the former Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong ;LMBO : Laughing my butt off ;LMAOnade : A homophonous extension of LMAO that humorously refers to lemonade ;Chairman LMAO : similar to above, referring to the former Communist ruler of China ;LMAYONNAISE : The precurser to LMAOnade referring to mayonnaise. Inspired by the game ROFL Attack. ;LMFAO : Laughing my fucking/fat ass off ;LMTFA : Leave me the fuck alone ;LOFL : A recursive play on ROFL; LOFL on floor LOFLing ;LOL (Internet slang) : Laughing out loud, or lots of laughs ; as a reply to something amusing. Also lots of love (not as common). Alternatively allegedly derived from the Dutch word lol ( fun ) : For other variations of the word LOL, see LOL (Internet slang) ;LOLLERSKATEZ : An exaggeration of LOL ; : Look , from [http://www.ebay.com eBay]. Used by sellers who usually have nothing interesting to say about their item but try to attract attention anyway ;Loxxen : An altered form of LOL, with virtually the same meaning but slightly enhanced. ;LPB : Low ping bastard, reference to those with low latency (ping) usually in online games. The opposite of HPB. ;LPL : Like Penny Lane, reference to a song from The Beatles, which includes the line Penny Lane is in my ears, and in my eyes. It implies something very strange or weird. ;LSFW : Less Suitable for Work ;LTID : Laugh til I die ;LTMTEIIA : Laughing too much to express in Internet acronyms ;LTNS : Long time, no see ;lulz : See LOLZ , used mainly in reference to Internet drama ;lurker : One who reads from an e-mail list or a messageboard but does not participate in any discussion. ; . ;luv : love ;LYL : Love ya lots ;LYLAS/LYLAB : Love you like a Sister/ Love ya like a Brother ;LYLY : Love you Lyza, an allusion to a Hollywood movie ;LYK, LYKE : Like ;LYSM : love you so Much

==M==

; M473z : Mates pronounced may-tez, a term referring to a good friend, closer than a m8 ; M8 : Mate ; as in buddy or pal ; mA : my ASS ; Meh : word signaling indifference towards a subject or general apathy, used as a typed version of a shoulder shrug or a sigh. ; MFC : Merge from current ; Micro$oft, M$ : Satirical alternative spellings of Microsoft , used to poke fun at that company s alleged commercial orientation and monopolizing tendency ; MIL : Mother-in-law ; MILF : Mom I d Like to Fuck ; popularized by the movie American Pie (film) ; MLOD : Mega LOL of doom ; MML : Make mine Linux , comeback to élitist Windows users; Million Man Lan, held in Louisville, KY once a year. See also MML WebSite ; MMORPG : Massively multiplayer online role playing game , a game played online with (potentially) thousands of other people from (potentially) across the world ; Mod : Moderator (usually referring to a forum) or modification ; Moophasa : From The Lion King film character Mufasa. Used as an exclamation. Also Moophasa. ; Mookies Law : on the SiGames message board means to post a pic of the subject under discussion ; MOTD : Message of the day ; MSAR : My Socks are Rocked see RMS ; MT : Miss tell ( I intended to send the previous message to another user or via a different channel ) ; MTFBWY : May the Force Be With You (from the Star Wars movies) ; MUD : Multi User Dungeon (or Dimension / Domain), a type of online computer game (see MUD) ; MUSH : Multi User Shared Habitat , a text-based online social environment (see MUSH) ; MYFLI : Man you fucking lost it ; MYOB : Mind your own business - Also the brand name of accounting software MYOB (Australia). See also MYOB Support Forum

==N==

;N1 : Nice one ;N/A : Not applicable or not available ;NAP : Necessary action please ;NB : Short for nabei , commonly used in mmorpgs as a swear word. Closest approximation of meaning — see CB. ;NBD : No big deal ;ne : any (as in nebody, etc.) ;Neg : Negative. Usually when asked a question in games such as Counterstrike and Rainbow Six, this is the brief way of saying no . ;NFBSK : Not for British school kids , originally from message boards at snopes.com, used sometimes in place of NSFW. ;NFI : No fucking idea ;NFS : Not for sale . Commonly used in MMORPGs when someone wants to buy another player s equipment. ;newb : Short for Newbie ; meaning someone who is new, usually at a game ;NFAHRU : Not from around here R U ;NG : Newsgroup ;NG : No good ;NG : Also used to refer to the flash site [http://www.newgrounds.com NewGrounds] ;Ngaaaah : A cry of frustration or triumph, which one can speak out loud by using the throat and nasal passage to produce a loud and at times annoying sound. Used comonly in some school environments to annoy a teacher as a class unit. This cry can also gain the attention of ones peers ;Nh : Nice hand ; used in online card games. ;NI : No idea ;NIB : New In Box , from [http://www.ebay.com eBay] auctions. ;N1994, N199312 : Leet speak for nigga/nigger ;NIFOC : Nudity in front of Computer ;NM or N/M or nm : Never mind or not/nothing much . Also no message , used on message boards to indicate that all the text is in the post s title, and that it need not be opened itself. ;NM U: Nothing much, you (generally said after sup ) ;NMFYS : Unknown acronym from comic Badly Drawn Kitties , a webcomic. User-created solutions include Not Mentioned For Your Sanity and Not My First Yellow Submarine, see [http://www.badlydrawnkitties.com/d/20031111.html the BDK Comic.] ;NMNHNLM : Acronym for no money no honey nobody loves me originating from HWZ forums ;NN : Night night like good night Also: Nerf Noodle (someone who doesn t belong on a computer), or Nazi Newbie (a know-it-all newbie who corrects everyone), or non-nude (in the context of photos) ;noob, n00b, nub, newb, noobatron : Shorthand or leet spelling of Newbie . In some Internet circles, the term noob or n00b has a negative connotation, generally not associated with newb or newbie , where being a n00b carries a connotation of ignorance and laziness. N00bs may lack the energy or the gumption to RTFM or otherwise attempt to find out about a subject themselves — even given the ready availability of the information — and instead choose to bother others. A newbie, on the other hand, simply comes fresh to a subject, with no particularly negative connotations. Internet Games such as Call of Duty , Counter-Strike , the Battlefield Series, and Medal of Honor commonly use the term n00b . ;NORE : No Rematch (Usually said by the victor) ;Norp : from pr0n. Used to discreetly speak of pornography without alerting the attention of others (less obvious in meaning than pr0n ) ;Norwich: Knickers off ready when I come home (UK, pre-Internet) ;NOYB : None of your business ;NP : No problem ; Neopoints, currency on the free web game Neopets ;NPA : Not paying attention ;NR : No reserve ;NR4U : Not right for you ;NS : Nice shot ; used sincerely in competitive and cooperative online games such as GunBound, or Medal of Honor. Also, No Shit ; sometimes used as NSS for No Shit, Sherlock ; . ;nsh : No and shhhh ; indicates good-natured denial. ;NPNT : No picture, no talk , originlly from Hardwarezone — EDMW ;NT : No text ; used on Internet forums or Usenet to indicate that a post has no content. Also, nice try ; used by gamers. ;NTH : Not totally here ;NVM : Never mind ;NWS : Not work safe ; see NSFW. ;Nyo : A usually meaningless word/particle attached to the end of sentences, similar to the word hiyo used by Johnny Carson; from the anime Di Gi Charat

==O==

;O : Oh ;O Rly : Oh, really ;OAR : On a roll — referring to someone s luck during Internet games. Winning several games in a row (3 or more) would constitute an OAR. ;OBTW : Oh, by the way ; ODL : Oh dear lord ; OE : Short for own everything or to do well in a game or activity ;OGM : Oh God My!! Sometimes intentional misspelling of OMG. ;oh noes!!!!111 : An exaggerated expression of despair, often used for humorous effect. Sometimes coupled with teh (oh teh noes). ;OIC : Oh, I see ;Okies : Okay ;OL : Online ;OMD : Exclamation; varient of OMG. A bastardization of OMG , as well as standing for Oh my dog ;OMG : Exclamation, Oh my God/goodness! ;OMFG : Exclamation, Oh my fucking God! ;OMGWTFBBQ : Oh my God, what the fuck, bar-be-que. ; ~Barbeque What does Barbeque have to do with god Unless you re like frying the bible or something... originally sometimes attributed to Clan PIT, an online gaming clan for the popular Quake 3 mod Urban Terror. The leader of PIT, [PIT]Bar-B-Que , participated in setting up the said mod. Mister BBQ heard this epithet countless times as he was prone to mishap and folly. In broader usage, however, it is generally used in a mocking or satirical way, generally followed by a long string of exclamation marks and numeral 1s. ;OMFL : Exclamation, oh my fucking lag! ;OMW : On my way ;On9 : moron , originated from colloquial Cantonese (linguistics), written as in Chinese characters. has a pronunciation similar to On in Cantonese, whereas the number 9 when spoken in Cantonese sounds close to the word . ;ONG : Oh ny God ; Essentially the same thing as OMG ;OOC : Out-of-character ; usually in MMORPG or MUD settings when a player isn t acting out his/her part. It was also used in fanfiction to indicate likewise. Also, out of curiosity . ;OOF : Out of oFfice ; used primarily at Microsoft. Sometimes said to be from Out Of Facility . ;ooloo : middle finger Popular in Japan. ;OOO : Out of the office ; Used similarly to MIA. Ken is OOO today. ;OOo : OpenOffice.org. ;OOM : out of mana (used in games with a mana or energy bar) ;OP : Original poster ;Op : Operator, a moderator or moderators of a chat room ;orz : used to express frustration. The characters taken together as a single glyph depict a person slamming his head into the ground while on hands and knees. ;OS : Oh, shit , Operating System ;OSIB : Open skull, insert brain ;OT : Off-topic ;OTC : Over the counter , items bought from stores without a permit or without requiring a permit. (Pre-dates the Internet) ;OTP : One true pairing , meaning two characters believed to be perfect together, usually not canon (fiction). Used in fanfiction ;OTOH : On the other hand ;OTTOMH : Off the top of my head ;OTW : On the way ;OUACOWA : Open Up A Can Of Whoop-Ass , meaning an amazing thing. Coined from the roleplay game Unknown Armies. ;OU812 : Oh you ate one too , reference Van Halen for You re stoned too druggie slang. ;OXO (oxa, oxÃ¥) : Norwegian/Danish (Swedish) shortening of the word ogsÃ¥ ( ocksÃ¥ ), which translates to too or also ;own, owned, OWN3D, ownt : (see also Pwn) To defeat someone (used commonly when playing Counter-Strike) or to humiliate someone tactically in a debate; to exhibit extreme coolness (for example: BMWs totally own ). ;ownzer : One who owns (see own) ;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

==P==

;P911 : Parents are here, don t type sumthin stupid! ;P2P : Peer-to-peer . Also pay-to-play for games with subscription fees like Everquest, RuneScape, or Dark Age of Camelot. ;PAW : Parents are watching (Also see POS ) ;PCBD : Page cannot be displayed ; Internet Explorer error when attempting to visit an invalid link or URL, or when a Web server times out. See also 404 error ;PCC : Short for par-chiew-cheng . In Min Nan, short for the act of male masturbation. ;PDNF : Please Do Not Forward . Used primarily in forwarded emails which you do not want forwarded further. ;PEBKAC : Problem exists between keyboard and chair , referring to in human error. See PICNIC and ID10T. ;PFO : Please fuck off ;Photoshop : Popular software for creating and editing artwork and pictures; commonly used as a verb describing the process of photomanipulation -- Will you photoshop this picture for me ;PICNIC : Problem in chair, not in computer , referring to in human error. See PEBKAC and ID10T. ; and claims to have pen0r power . ;Pic(s), pix : Used in reference to a picture. Usually posted when someone wants another person to post a picture ( Pics plz ). This could be used in many different situations, but is most prominent when someone is talking about a woman or girl. Also used to describe a microcontroller (Program Interrupt Controller). ;PIIDB : Put it in da butt (referring to anal sex : perhaps to Eddie Murphy s Boogie in your butt ) ; ECHO REQUEST packet (see pong ). ;PITA : Pain in the ass ;PLS, PLZ, PLX : Please — predates Internet ;PK : Player killer , or Pok Gai (cursing a person to die on the street in Cantonese language) ;PM : Private message ;PMG : Can sometimes be seen instead of omg , which means oh my God ;PMI : Pardon my ignorance ;PMIBD : Pardon me I m brain dead! ;PMSL : Pissing myself laughing , synonymous with LMAO , above and ROFL , below. ;PO, PO d : Piss off , or pissed off ;POA : Plan of Action; ;pong : I am here (response to ping), from the name of the ICMP ECHO RESPONSE packet ;POTAS: Person Of The Appropriate Sex, that is, a person of the sex that one finds attractive. A more politically correct term than person of the opposite sex ;POS : Parents over shoulder ; a warning, by kids, that parents may be watching (also see PAW ). Also, piece of shit . ;POV : Point of view ;ppl, ppls : People . ;ppor : Post proof or recant. ;prawned : A derivation of pwn (see below), used comically, especially for vocal use, rather than typed. ;pro, pr0 : Professional ; meaning someone is really good, usually at a game. ;pRO : Philippine Ragnarok Online MMORPG ;pron, ); intentional misspelling used to avoid automated filters on certain words. ;protal, pr0tal : a misspelling of portal , another word for a Content management system. ;prv : Private similar to PM; usually used for IRC private messaging ;ps : PhotoShop a popular image editing program from Adobe ;pshlut : with a silent P and a silent H : slut ;PTBB : Pass the barf bag, coined in the Childfree.net discussion list in the 90s. ;PUG : Pick-up group . Often used in online gaming. A group of players gathered on the fly without knowing each other before. ;PvE : Player versus environment ;PvM : Player versus Monster ;Player versus player : Player versus player ;Pwn, pwned (also p0wn or pwnt) : An accidental or intentional mistyping of own . Sometimes used to speak of illegal activities. More commonly used in online gaming to indicate that a player was beaten badly ( owned ) by another player. See own above. ;P07 : Another way to type

==Q==

; QFE : quoted for emphasis , see QFT ; QFT : quoted for truth , means something along the lines of I second that statement! . Sometimes stated more emphatically as QFMFT. ; ql, qool, qoolz : Cool (in the American sense) ; qwn, qwnt, qwned : Deliberate typo of pwn (which see), which is a deliberate typo of own ; QQ : Crying eyes (of perhaps Hong Kong Origin) meaning oh poor baby (false pity)

==R==

;R : Are ;r0x0rz (also rox0rs and other forms) : Leet speak for rocks . ;R8 : Right , rate ;RBP : Read Before Posting ;RCT : RollerCoaster Tycoon ;RD : Red Dwarf (TV series) ;RE : rematch; often used in online games ;re/rehi : Hello again , used on IRC, especially popular with Europeans. Mentioned in the Jargon File. ;reflectoporn : from EBay auctions created by Exhibitionism who sell various metal/glass dishes, bowls, spoons, with themselves reflected nude on the surface of the item. ;rents : short for parents ;rgr : Roger aka affirmative or 10-4 , radio talk; Roger that , meaning message acknowledged . ;RIFY : Read if You Like; often used such that if you like __ you will probably like this ;RL : Real life ; often used in online games to refer to life outside of the game (which some would see as fictional!), see IRL. ;rly : really ; usually used as o rly to signify one s stupidity at not knowing the topic at hand. ;RMS : Rocks my Socks , expresses amusement or being impressed by something. For example, Religion RMS. Often used to express indifference or unenthusiasm ;ROFL, ROTFL, ROFLMAO : Rolling on the floor laughing (my ass off) ; as a reply to something extremely amusing, sometimes purposely misspelled as ROLF . ;ROFLMAOPIMP: Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off peeing in my pants ;Roflcopter : The superlative of ROFL. ;ROFLWAFFLES : Another (somewhat less known) superlative of ROFL. ;roffle : Alternate version of ROFL , based on the latter s supposed verbalisation. ;roj : Roger aka affirmative ; variant of LOL. ;ROTFFLMFAO : Rolling on the fucking floor laughing my fucking ass off. A more vulgar version of ROTFLMAO. ;RNTGLRN : Really Need to Get Laid Right Now Very commonly used on porn forums. ;RS : RuneScape, one of the many MMORPGs. ;RSN : Real soon now (carrying overtones of sarcasm) ;RTFA : Read the fucking article ; applies mostly to Slashdot threads, in response to users who make comments on a story without having read it first. ;RTFRFC : Read the fucking Request for Comments , similar to RTFM, telling someone to read an RFC to find his or her answer. ;RTFM : Read the fucking/freakin /friendly/fine manual , the frequent reply to a request for basic help from newbies who have not attempted to find the answer for themselves. ;RTFMFM : Read the fucking manual fucking moron ; derived from RTFM with slightly more emphasis on the newbie s lack of intelligence. ;RTFP : Read the fucking post ; derived from RTFA and also used on Slashdot. ;RTFS : Read the fucking/fine source , frequently used when documentation for a software program is lacking or absent. ;RTL : Report the loss ; usually used in online gaming; used sarcastically when one loses or gets fragged ;RtR : Raise the Roof ; usually followed by an exclamation mark ;RTS : Real Time Strategy ; A strategic type of computer game that takes place in real-time, as opposed to turn-based. ;RTSD : Rush That Shit Down originating from underground Street Fighter gaming communities. Namely, http://www.shoryuken.com. Possibly also rooted in Ebonics. Used to convey taking advantage of a good thing. (e.g. Filet-O-Fish only $0.99 on Fridays RTSD!). Originally used to describe a play style where one overwhelms the opponent with many quick and up close attacks. ;RU : Are you ;RUT : Are you there

==S==

;S : Smile , usually written *S* or <S> to separate it from the surrounding text. See G . ;SB : Strong Bad , a cartoon character on Homestar Runner ;SC : Starcraft ; A popular RTS game made by Blizzard Entertainment. ;S2R : Send-to-receive ; indicates that one expects to receive a file (usually an image) before he or she sends his or hers. ;sechs/secks : Alternative spelling of sex . ;SFAIAA : So far as I am aware ... ;SFAIAC : So far as I am concerned ... ;SFAICS : So far as I can see ... ;SFAICT : So far as I can tell ... ;SFLA : Stupid Four Letter Acronym ;sif : As if ;sifn t : As if not , used in reply to sif . ;SCNR : Sorry, could not resist ;SH : Shit happens ;Shadower : The name Shadower derives its origins from early in Unreal Tournament, when the Shadower would campand hide in the shadows , only to kill his prey from afar. With time, the Shadower was brought into the gaming mainstream until now he is a mainstream gamer who garners respect and admiration from pimply faced teens throughout the world who seek to achieve his godlike status behind the yolk of a BlackWhork. ;Shirp : Shut up ;SILF : Sister I d Like To Fuck ;SLAGIATT : Seemed like a good idea at the time Helpful for comments when refactoring embarrassing software design decisions. Pre-Internet. ;SMD : Suck my penis ;Smeg : An expletive meaning the same as fuck or bugger (popularized by Red Dwarf (television) , a British TV sitcom). Often mistakenly believed to be derived from the word smegma . The word was made up by the writers of the show. ;SNAFU : Situation Normal: All Fucked Up ;SOCL : Sitting on chair laughing , prenounced like sickle . ;SO : Significant other ; a termed encapsulating a girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse. ;SO(A)B : Son of a bitch ;soz : Sorry ; . Alternate meaning (which may not be appropriate in the office): So fucking what ;SOW : Abbreviation of Spirit of the Wolf, a commonly asked-for spell in EverQuest, which makes a player run faster. ;sroucks : Means even when something rocks, it sucks (or something in between), or vice versa. Often used in a sarcastic way, as to let others remain in doubt if it s praising or just the opposite. ;sry : Sorry ;srsly : Seriously , usually used as an interjection; to signal a sarcastic response to an inane remark. ;SSDD : Same shit, different day. ;SSIA : Subject says it all ; used in newsgroup postings and the like. ;SSTS : Snickering softly to self ;STFD : Sit the fuck down , often used after STFU and often targets someone expressing an unpopular opinion ;STFM : Search the fucking manual ;STFNG : Search the fucking newsgroup — variant on STFW ;STFU : Shut the fuck up ;STFW : Search the fucking Web ;stooge : Referring to an idiot, which can be spelled st00g3 . A variant exists as stoogewagger , which means more of a n00b and a stooge . ;STW / STK : Share The Wealth or Share The Knowledge . Most commonly used on Warez sites, it is a request that another user share a serial number or cracked software download. On Hacker forums, often refers to sharing information about a new exploit. ;SUAGOOML : Shut up and get out of my life ;sugarpic : A digital erotic, nude or suggestive image of one s self, usually sent online to a lover or to a friend ;sup : What is up ;sux, sux0rs, suxxor : Leet speak for sucks , suckers ;S(v)oochies : smoochies is said to have no meaning, but the (v) makes an M . ;SWAK : Sealed with a kiss ;SWALK : Sealed with a loving kiss (pre-Internet) ;SWIM: someone who isn`t me ;SWG: Star Wars Galaxies ;SWL: Screaming with laughter ;SWMBO : She who must be obeyed ;sXe : Straight Edge a term used to describre someone who doesnt do drugs/drink/smoke

==T==

;T : (Counter-Strike) Terrorist ;T3h : See Teh. ;TA : Thanks again ; also England and Australian slang for thanks, pronounced taa , predating the Internet. ;TBH : To be honest ; also used within organizational charts to mean To be hired , equivalent to TBD (to be determined) or to TBA (to be announced) ;TBQH : To be quite honest ; used interchangeably with TBH ;TC : Take care! ;thanx, thx, thxs, thz : Thanks ; this can form combinations such as kthx (OK, thanks), plzkthx (Please, OK, thanks), and kthxbye (OK, thanks, goodbye). ;Teh : A usually deliberate typo of the . ;TFA : The fucking article ; a shorter form of RTFA , mostly used on Slashdot ;TFB : Too Fucking Bad ;T,FTFY : There, fixed that for you , used when displaying an edited version of another s post, to correct an error or make a humorous word (or phrase) substitution ;tho : though ;TIA : Thanks in advance ;TIFM : This is from memory ;There Is No Cabal : There is no cabal , TINC is used humorously to indicate that people should lighten up and not see a conspiracy around every corner ;TITFO : Turn It The Fuck Off — common in Tom Clancy s Rainbow Six series games ;TK : Team kill (or killing, killer, depending on context) ; . TLA exemplifies a TLA. ;TL;DR : Too long, didn t read ;TMAI : Tell me about it ; : The monkeys are at it again ; usually used to blame the staff of online gaming communities for any screw ups in-game. ;TMI : Too much information ;TMTOWTDI : There s more than one way to do it ; usually used as one of the mottos of the Perl programming language. ;TNG : That s Not Good ;ToS : Terms of service ; Tales of Symphonia , a video game for the Gamecube and PS2 (the latter only in Japan), often referring to the official website s forums. ;ToSF : Tales of Symphonia Forums , a recently growing center of popularity on the Internet. http://tales.namco.com/forums ;TP : Town Portal , in Diablo (computer game) and Diablo II, a magical scroll for getting back into town; safety. Pronounced teepee , and may occur as a verb ( Hey, TP me! ). Also, less frequently, Take Point in other games, thereby conserving a team member s health while the one taking point takes most of the damage. TP also stands for team player in many online rts games. ;TPTB : The powers that be ;Internet troll : A person who deliberately stirs up trouble. ;tr00 : True (used in the black metal community to refer to a supposed true hardcore, underground fan of the genre) ;TT : Emoticon signifying sadness or a [http://members.teamtg.com/excalibur/koricons.htm crying face] ;TTBOMK : To the best of my knowledge ;TTFN : Ta ta for now (bye, originated with Winnie The Pooh) ;TTIUWIOP : This thread is useless without pics ;TTT : Third Tier Toilet ;TTT : To the Top (Used as a reply on a message board thread to ressurect it to the top of the list. Same as Bump ) ;TTYL or TTUL : Talk to you later ;TTYS : Talk to you soon ;TY : Thank you (used in instant messages, e-mails and video games which lack a speech communication feature) ;TY4P : Thank you for playing ;TYA, TYG : There you are , there you go ;TYCLI : Then you can learn it

==U==

; u : You ; UA : User agreement ; UFIA : Unsolicited finger in the anus ; popularized on the website Fark.com ; ul : Unlucky, used in gaming ; UL, U/L : Upload ; UO : Ultima Online ; ur : You re or your ; URT : Urban Terror , a mod for Quake III ; URYYFM : You are too wise for me , where the two Y s become too wise . ; UST : unresolved sexual tension ; usually referring to fanfiction ; USUX : You suck ; UT : Unreal Tournament; usually referring to the Game of the Year edition. Also used with a year suffix, as in UT2003 or UT2K3 for Unreal Tournament 2003 or UT2004 or UT2K4 for Unreal Tournament 2004. ; UTFG : Use the fucking Google ; as an answer to a common question. ; �ber : German for over but interpreted in English as super or hyper . Used in many contexts for emphasis or as a superlative, as in, I m an über player . Also seen written as uber , üb3r , ül33R and other leet variations.

==V==

; v : We ; VBEG : Very big evil grin . Or written as to separate it from text. ; VGG : Very good game ; VFM : value for money ; VoIP : Voice over Internet protocol , or phone conversations over broadband connections. ;(v)oochies : moochies Refers to someone who mocches off of others often, also a common variation of s(v)oochies. ; VWEG : Very wicked evil grin . See G

==W==

; w : Japanese version of LOL (laugh out loud). Warai () in Japanese means laughter . ; W/ : With , predates Internet ; w00t, woot : Leet-speak exclamation of excitement or happiness or applauditory whistle; Used after gaining root control of a computer, can stand for woohoo or for We owned the other team ; W8 : Wait ; Wahmbulance : An exclamation used when a user attempts to elicit pity from others ; wanged : To melee someone up close. ; WAI : What an idiot ; also, Japanese for yay as influenced by the anime culture ; WAD : Without a doubt ; WADR : With all due respect. ; waffles : Pun on ROTFLMAO ; used similarly. In full: Roffle my waffles ; WAPCE : Women Are Pure Concentrated Evil ; warez : Illegally obtained software. ; WB, wibs, wibbles, wibbers : Welcome back ; WBAGNFARB : Would be a good name for a rock band. Inspired by columnist Dave Barry and used broadly by his fans. ; WC3 : Warcraft III ; WC : Wailing Caverns, a low level instance in the Barrens in World of Warcraft ; WD : Well done ; WDT : Web Development Team, remarkably used by the elite AHSWDT ; WDUWTA : What do you want to talk about ; w/e : Whatever ; WFL : What s For Lunch ; WFM : Works for me ; WG, WEG : Wicked (evil) grin ; Whoamg : Whoa my God , used as a sarcastic whoa . ; w/o : Without , pre-dates Internet ; WoW : World of Warcraft ; woot!, w00t! : leet slang for showing excitement, similar to Awesome! ; WOMBAT : Waste of money, brains, and time ; WoS : Waste of Space ; wot, wut : What , predates Internet ; WP : Well Played , used in Internet gaming ; WRT, w/rt : With respect to, with regard to; pre-dates Internet ; WRU : A very simplified Where are you . For example, Wru from ; WTF : What the fuck ; Also who the fuck , why the fuck , and so on, depending on context. ; Wruu2 : What are you up to ; WTB : Want to Buy ; WTG : Way to go! , often sarcastic. ; WTH : What the heck or what the hell ; WTLW : Welcome To Last Week ; WTS : Want to Sell ; WUD : what you doing ; WYSIAYG : What you see is all you get . Like WYSIWYG, with a derogatory suggestion as to the incompleteness of the software. ; WYSITWIRL : Pronounced wizzy twirl , What you see is totally worthless in real life. A derogatory term indicating that a claim of WYSIWYG has little validity. ; WYSIWYG : Pronounced wizzywig , What you see is what you get . In the print industry, it means that printed output will look identical to its screen representation. More recently used to refer to the style of making webpages that arose through the use of HTML-generators such as Nvu, Microsoft FrontPage, and Dreamweaver in which context it implies that the output may appear crude and does not transfer well across all settings.

==X==

; X>* : The subject, X, surpasses anything else. For example, gentoo>* would mean, Gentoo outclasses any other Linux distribution. ; XD : An emoticon resembling someone laughing when rotated clockwise 90°. Also written xD. ; -x0r : A suffix used by leet-speakers to emphasize a point. ; XOXO : Hugs and kisses

==Y==

; Y : Meaning why or yes ;YA RLY : Spinoff of O RLY that is used as a response often when O RLY is said. ; YMMV : Meaning your mileage may vary . Used as a disclaimer to indicate that the preceding statement is your opinion and others may disagree. ; YW : Meaning you re welcome .