IRC lingo

Written by X-Ception

Friday, 18 January 2008

The below is some basic lingo and terms used on both IRC, Forums and anywhere else where conversation takes place on the internet. There are hundreds more of course so this is defined as a basic list of terms acronyms.

A/S/L	Age/Sex/Location
AAK	Asleep At Keyboard
AFK	Away From Keyboard
ASAP	As Soon As Possible
ASL	Age/Sex/Location
AWOL	Absent Without Leave
B/F	Boyfriend
BBIAB	Be Back In A Bit
BBIAS	Be Back In A Sec
BBIAW	Be Back In A While
BBL	Be Back Later
BOFH	Bad Operator From Heck
BRB	Be Right Back
BROIL	Brother-in-law
BRT	Be Right There
BTDT	Been There, Done That
BTW	By The Way
DQYDJ	Don't Quit Your Day Job
FUBAR	Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD	"Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt"
FYI	For Your Information
G or <G>	Grin
G/F	Girlfriend
GA	Go Ahead
GG	Good Game or Good Going
GJ	Good Job
GM	Good Move
GMTA	Great Minds Think Alike
GR8	Great
GRRRR	Growling
GTG	Got To Go
GTGP	Got To Go Potty
GTH	Go To Heck
HUGZ	Hugs
IIRC	If I Recall Correctly
ILY	I Love You
IM	Instant Message/Messaging
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO	In My Not So Humble Opinion
JK or J/K	Just Kidding
KEWL	Cool
L8R	Later
LMAO	Laughing My A** Off
LOL	Laughing Out Loud
LTNS	Long Time No See
LYL	Love You Lots
MOTD	Message Of The Day
MSG	Message
NM	Never Mind
NOYB	None Of Your Business
NP	No Problem
OMG	Oh My Gosh
OTOH	On the Other Hand
PITA	Pain In The A**
PLZ	Please
PMFJIH	Pardon Me For Jumping In Here
RE or RE's	"Re-Hi," meaning "Hello again"
RL	Real Life
ROFL	Rolling on the Floor Laughing
ROTFL	Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO	Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off
ROTFLOL	Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
RTFM	Read The F***ing Manual
RU	Are You?
S/M/F/BIL	Sister/Mother/Father/Brother-in-law
SAHM	Stay At Home Mom
STFU	Shut The F*** Up
TANSTAAFL	There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TGIF	Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX	Thanks
TIA	Thanks In Advance
TLA	Three Letter Acronym
TMI	Too Much Information
TPTB	The Powers That Be
TTFN	Ta Ta For Now
TTYL	Talk To You Later
TYVM	Thank You Very Much
U	You
U-R or UR	You Are
WB	Welcome Back
WEG	Wicked Evil Grin
WG	Wicked Grin
WTF	What The F***?
WTG	Way To Go!
WTH	What the Heck
XOXO	Hugs and Kisses
YMMV	Your Mileage May Vary
YW	You're Welcome
ZUP?	What's Up?
(((((name))))	Hug

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