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[Streetwise]

I'm not into live chat so I don't know the terms or abbreviations or signs which are used while chatting. Here are examples of what I mean:

Terms: roflmao, mdrmed
Signs: /, ^

Can somebody make a list of the terms and signs with the meanings? Or perhaps one of you can make a start and the rest can add terms which haven't been mentioned yet.

[DutchKid]

roflmao: Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off.
mdrmed: (IMG:http://www.domainforum24.de/images/smilies/mdrmed.gif)

The rest I dunno...

[^ATOMIC^]

NP = No Problem
N/A = Not Available
JK = Just Kidding
J/K = Just Kidding
JIC = Just In Case
SMT = Something
SMTN = Something
HHOK = Ha Ha Only Kidding

EZ = Easy
DA = The
EM = Them
MA = My
YA = You
YER = Your
PPL = People
PLZ = Please

U = You
K = OK
C = See
2 = To
4 = For

MF = Male Or Female
M/F = Male Or Female
MorF = Male Or Female
ASL = Age / Sex / Location
A/S/L = Age / Sex / Location

GF = Girl Friend
BF = Boy Friend

SOP = ServerOP / Super OP
AOP = AutoOP / Authorized OP

H8 = Hate
W8 = Wait
M8 = Mate
U2 = You Too
2U2 = To You, Too
ME2 = Me Too
GR8 = Great
BE4 = Before
L8R = Later
NO1 = No One
NE1 = Anyone
ANY1 = Anyone
4GET = Forget
2NITE = Tonight
l337 = Leet
3l173 = Elite

UC = You See
IC = I See
IAC = In Any Case
IOW = In Other Words
OIC = Oh, I See
ATM = At The Moment
OTOH = On The Other Hand
GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike

CU = See You
CYA = See You
CUL8R = See You Later
RE = How Are You (All)
RYA = How Are You
SUP = What's Up
LTNS = Long Time No See

WB = Welcome Back
GTG = (I) Got To Go
GFC = Going For Coffee
BRB = (I'll) Be Right Back
BBL = (I'll) Be Back Later
BBS = (I'll) Be Back Soon
B4N = Bye For Now
JAM = Just A Moment
EOD = End Of Discussion
EOT = End Of Transmission
C4N = Ciao For Now
TYL = Talk To You Later
TTYL = Talk To You Later
TT4N = Tata For Now
BBIAF = (I'll) Be Back In A Few

WTF = What The Fuck
WTH = What The Hell
GTF = Get The Fuck

<G> = Grin
<S> = Sigh
BG = Big Grin
EG = Evil Grin
TO = TakeOver

FW = FreeWare
SW = ShareWare

NC = No Comment
BTW = By The Way
AKA = Also Known As
AFU = All Fucked Up
NBD = No Big Deal
NRN = No Response Neccessary
POV = Point Of View
IMO = In My Opinion
TMK = To My Knowledge
GBTW = Get Back To Work
CWOT = Complete Waste Of Time
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
OTOH = On The Other Hand
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TFTT = Thanks For The Thought
FWIW = For What It's Worth
SNAFU = Situation Normal, All Fucked Up
AAMOF = As A Matter Of Fact
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
DILLIGAF = Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck

AFK = Away From Keyboard
AFTK = Away From The Keyboard

FYI = For Your Information
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
RTFM = Read The Fucking Manual

RL = Real Life
IRL = In Real Life
ITRL = In The Real Life
FOAF = Friend Of A Friend
F2F = Face To Face

LOL = Laughing Out Loud
LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off
FOCL = Falling Off Chair Laughing
ROFL = Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROTFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO = Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMAO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Fucking Arse Off

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Words And Terms Used In IRC:
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(I have tried to list just some of the most common and important terms)

-=> IRC Networks
IRCNet = Big IRC network nowadays consisting mainly from European servers.
DALNet = Peaceful IRC network where IRCOPs are active and warez is prohibited.
EFNet = Was the biggest IRC network for a long time. Quite peaceful and large.
UnderNet = Quite big IRC network consisting mainly from US servers. Freakz !?
AustNet = Mostly for Australian people, medium-sized network with services.
GamesNet = For all kind of gamers and "players". Quite small though.
QuakeNet = Good network with services for gamers and Quakers.

Other smaller IRC Networks are for example: GalaxyNet, ChatNet, OZ.Org, NewNet,
Kewl.Org, OtherNet, OZ.Org, MSN Chat, XNet, WebNet and ChatLink.

-=> Network Services
X = Channel keeper and registration bot in UnderNet.
K9 = Channel keeper and registration bot in ChatNet.
ChanServ = Channel keeper and registration bot in several networks.
NickServ = NickName keeper and registration bot in several networks.
MemoServ = A bot you can leave messages to, for others in several networks.
ChanOP = Channel keeper and registration bot in AustNet.
NickOP = Nickname keeper and registration bot in AustNet.

-=> User Types
Idler = Stays quietly in a channel just watching the others conversating.
Lamer = Used from an ignorant or annoying person. Sometimes also about newbie.
Newbie = Person who is new to IRC, and doesn't know much about chatting.
Trader = Person who is trading files/warez/mp3 in IRC or hosting an FTP etc.
Hacker = Fights against the system, makes cracks, break-ins, apps, trades etc.
Inviter = Person who invites people to his channel in other channels.
Flooder = Person who tries to disconnect and harass other IRC users.
Leecher = Person who downloads free files and does not give anything back.
Scripter = Makes scripts for IRC clients. Hmm... I might fit to this category.
Advertiser = (or Spammer) person who advertises eg. porn sites to others.

OP = (or ChOP), channel operator / adminstrator / guardian.
AOP = Channel operator authorized by network service bot.
SOP = Channel founder / owner authorized by network service bot.
IRCOP = IRC network operator / adminstrator / guardian.
HelpOP = IRCOP helping normal users in their IRC related problems (very rare).
IRC Admin = Adminstrator / operator / owner of an IRC server. Powerful dude.

-=> User/Channel Events
Ban = Can be placed on a user or ISP domain to prevent access to a channel.
Kick = When user gets thrown (kicked) out from a channel due to violation.
OP (+o) = When someone gives an OP status to someone in a channel.
DeOP (-o) = When someone takes the OP status from someone in a channel.
Voice (+v) = When a channel has mode +m on, you are allowed to speak when you
are voiced. +v can also mean you are cool, serving files etc.

-=> Network Events
Lag = The connection delay between you and your IRC server or another person.
NetSplit = When an IRC server losts it's connection to the other servers.
Server OP = Person who gets OPed (unwanted) by an IRC server after a NetSplit.
Collision = May happen after a NetSplit when two persons are using the same
nickname in different servers. IRC Server kills both nicknames.

-=> IRC War/Misc Terms
Nuking = Attempt to send errors to other persons connection disconnecting him.
Flooding = Sending an overload of requests to another user to disconnect him.
Spoofing = Faking your ident / userid / hostmask.
Takeover = When someone takes other person's channel. Hostile event.
Backdoor = A hole left in a script, client or program for others to exploit.
Kill = Disconnection of a user, done by an IRCOP due to network violations.
K-Line = A ban from an IRC server set by an IRCOP or Admin due to violations.
G-Line = A global K-Line for network's all servers. Used often in DALNet.
Clone = Another connection to IRC server by one user. Used for eg. Flooding.
Raw Clone = (or Socket Clone) a clone which is connected to an IRC server using
raw socket connection, without starting another copy of eg. mIRC.

-=> Misc Terms
Bot = Used in IRC to protect and keep channels while you are offline.
Screen = Unix telnet IRC client that can be left in IRC to protect channels.
Shell = Unix account that has telnet privledges. Needed to run various bots.
EggDrop = Good channel guardian bot running in an Unix/telnet shell.
Warez = Means software/files and is often traded in IRC.
FileServer = (or FServer) is used to advertise and trade files in IRC.
XDCC Server = Offering files in "DCC Packets" that you can request to download.

IP = Trace and indentification series, consisting numbers your ISP defines.
ISP = Internet Service Provider. Where you eg. dial with your modem.
FTP = File Transfer Protocol. FTP server is used to store and transfer files.
MP3 = CD-quality music compressed with Layer 3 technology. Popular and growing.
WWW = World Wide Web of all HTTP servers connected to the internet.
DDE = Service used to control other applications. Like a remote control.
OOB = Out of band error in MS Windows that can be exploited by other users.
TCL = Type of script that Unix IRC bots use. Also the best IRC team in the net.
ISDN = Fast connection method using digital data transfer. Growing usage.
HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. Web servers in the WWW use this protocol.
Unix = Operating system Of Numerous ISPs and web servers.
SunOS = Operating system Of Numerous ISPs and web servers.
Linux = Free-based open-source OS started by Finnish guy named Linus Torvalds.
Winsock = Application/protocol that is used in data transfer/dialup connection.
DCC CHAT = Opening a DCC CHAT with someone, you can avoid the IRC server lag.

This post has been edited by ^ATOMIC^: Jul 26 2004, 12:03 PM

[Streetwise]

Man O Man, I had no idea there were so many! I'll have to save these somewhere.

[^ATOMIC^]

hehehe yeah there is heaps and people make up more anyway hope everyone likes

[Wiener3]

Thanks Atomic for the list - I knew a few but thats alot !

[TWINE006]

Clearly Atomic's list is missing some of the more lucrative acronyms out there:

XIF = Christ I'm Fat
IHTWBSAP = I Have Trouble With Basic Spelling And Punctuation
18/F/NYC = Pockmarked 46 Year Old In Bathrobe
JEOMK = Just Ejaculated On My Keyboard (definitely the best one, lol)
DYHTNTMBG = Did You Hear The New They Might Be Giants
NTBUSWAB = Not To Bring Up Star Wars Again, But...
TOMTB = Taking Off My Training Bra
CILYIMBF = Can I Lock You In My Basement Forever
HOGMP = Hang On, Getting More Pringles
LODLSM = Logged On Dressed Like Sailor Moon
WSTS = Weeping Silently To Self

:P

This post has been edited by TWINE006: Jul 30 2004, 05:18 PM

[boxcrash]

Cool I also wondered what the heezy half this grizz-nit meant. :)

[lokal]

Atomics list was pretty exhaustive, and Twine made me laugh!

TT : ta ta [or take that]
iirc : if I remember correctly
ofc : of course