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Netspeak / Abbreviations

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:10 pm
by Phalynx
I have been on t'internet for quite a long time, since 1992, when it was all green screens and muds on telnet. Was chatting the other day and someone didn't know what IRL meant... I thought that was real crazy.. I mean PMSL LOL ROTFL are all the same but there are prob a lod of others I am not aware of... for example I the whole l77t thing pased me by even though I was playing network doom at the right time.

So anyone want to add some less obvious ones with this ol' fella to bring him up-to-date!

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:29 am
by Leo Luncid
Does NEBDND'ouse count? Means "anybody in dah house;" just made it up. Heh.

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:47 am
by Phalynx
See how old I am I can read that..


What about BOCTAE?

Saw that the other day on dilbert blog... no idea what it means..

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:58 am
by dryn
Means 'But Of Course There Are Exceptions'.

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:09 am
by Duckers
Call me a 'saddo' of you like, but I haven't got a clue what 'IMHO' means. PMSL? What's that, as well? Go on, enlighten me.

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:42 am
by Phalynx
IMHO= In my Humble Opinion...

PMSL = Piss Myself Laughing

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:31 pm
by Duckers
Ah, right. Thanks, Phalynx, for clearing that up. What about ZOMG?
I know that 'OMG = Oh, My God", but... Z? I dunno...

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:32 pm
by Missy
Phalynx wrote:IMHO= In my Humble Opinion...




OR

In My Honest Opinion

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:53 pm
by formerly known as hf
Duckers wrote:Ah, right. Thanks, Phalynx, for clearing that up. What about ZOMG?
I know that 'OMG = Oh, My God", but... Z? I dunno...
ZOMG is piss-take - of those who get all excited and overly-use OMG - and press Z whilst holding down the shift key, and also a mockery of internet slang in general.

If done properly, the ZOMG mockery should look something like this:

ZOMG!!!!onetoeleventy!!!1!1!1cos(0)!!FORTYTWO!!!11!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:06 pm
by Antichrist_Online
I always thought someone had started it by saying Zarquon.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:54 am
by west
hallucinatingfarmer wrote:
Duckers wrote:Ah, right. Thanks, Phalynx, for clearing that up. What about ZOMG?
I know that 'OMG = Oh, My God", but... Z? I dunno...
ZOMG is piss-take - of those who get all excited and overly-use OMG - and press Z whilst holding down the shift key, and also a mockery of internet slang in general.

If done properly, the ZOMG mockery should look something like this:

ZOMG!!!!onetoeleventy!!!1!1!1cos(0)!!FORTYTWO!!!11!!!


zomg is one of the few net-ologisms that I use frequently. It's so endearing.

zomg herpes =(

zomg BEARS!