Internet Abbreviation Decode Thread

[Grid Iron]

Post you favorite internet talk abbreviations and their meaning here!

I'll get it started with some easy ones:

WTF - What the %^&*
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off

This one is probably the most common here at FOFC:

Pics Pls K Thx - Photos please, ok thanks!

And, of course, the SkyDog Special:

PBAR - Pre-banning adrenaline rush

[Logan]

HNIC...I'll let Skydog define this one.

[MJ4H]

My favorites are STFU, and ESAD. I try to never use any others.

[gottimd]

RTFM.....

In other words, before asking a question a game/product/service.......read that little book that comes with it.

[Honolulu_Blue]

My favorites are STFU, and ESAD. I try to never use any others.And those mean?

[Pyser]

shut the f up and eat shit and die?

[JonInMiddleGA]

STFU is one of my favorites, it's even worked its way into conversation (as an abbreviation) for me on occasion.

[Draft Dodger]

RTFM.....

In other words, before asking a question a game/product/service.......read that little book that comes with it.

wearing my thinkgeek shirt today that says exactly that.

funny story about LOL. I chick my wife used to work with used to think LOL meant "lots of love". she couldn't understand why people would add "lots of love" in weird places in emails she would get. LOL.

[Draft Dodger]

oh, and my fave, of course, is roffle.

[WSUCougar]

YMMV = your mileage may vary

[Airhog]

IMHO=in my humble opinion
SNAFU=Systems Normal, All f'd up

[finkenst]

SWMBO
FUBAR
TANSTAAFL

[Honolulu_Blue]

TANSTAAFL
Huh? Provide translations please.

Man, I am really having a hard time understanding people today...

[finkenst]

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

[albionmoonlight]

I liked when someone intended to write ROTFLMAO (Rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off) but instead wrote ROTFLMOA, which was interperted as Rolling on the floor, licking my own asshole.

[kingfc22]

AFK-Away From Keyboard

Just learned that one while playing CoH


BRB - Be Right Back

[SirFozzie]

OMG - Oh My God
WTF - What the F***

OMGWTFBBQ!!!!111One - I am either trying to mock elite speak, or I am too lame to live. Just to be sure, please kill me.

IMO In My Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In my NOT So Humble Opinion

E-I-E-I-O: I've been singing again about Old McDonald

[Joe]

AFK-Away From Keyboard



I'm pretty sure that one means Away From Komp.

[WSUCougar]

FWIW = for what it's worth
BTW = by the way

[korme]

FYI - For your information
AFK to me is Away from keyboard
AFAIK - As far as I know
IDK - I don't know
IIRC - If I recall correctly

[Passacaglia]

How about tbh? I've always wondered about that one..

[sterlingice]

How about tbh? I've always wondered about that one..
I'm pretty sure that's "to be honest".

In Omerta, there's a lot of "idd" (making me think it's a more international abbreviation. Near as anyone in the fofc chat can tell, it's "indeed".

SI

[MIJB#19]

In Omerta, there's a lot of "idd" (making me think it's a more international abbreviation. Near as anyone in the fofc chat can tell, it's "indeed".This one could actually be from Dutch origin, as the exact Dutch translation for "indeed" is "inderdaad", with "idd" referring to the first letter of each syllable (in-der-daad).

[Raven Hawk]

PWN3D - You've been Owned.
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get.

Others that are not so internet hip:

LIFO - Last in First Out
FIFO - First in First Out

[sterlingice]

LIFO - Last in First Out
FIFO - First in First Out
It's a stack!
And a queue! :D

SI

[JimboJ]

Suprised nobody mentioned this gamer's favorite:

IRL - In Real Life

[MIJB#19]

Suprised nobody mentioned this gamer's favorite:

IRL - In Real LifeThat's because half the people in the world think you're crazy if you use these words in any given context. :D

[st.cronin]

IMHO=in my humble opinion
SNAFU=Systems Normal, All f'd up

FUBAR and SNAFU were military acronyms way before Gore invented the internet. I know they were used during Vietnam, and I believe they go back to WW2 or farther.

[Subby]

CIAP

[Mr. Wednesday]

I believe if you have the BSD game set installed in your favorite *n*x-style operating system, there's a program called WTF that will decode acronyms for you.

[Pyser]

OTOH - on the other hand