papsworth
9:55 PM - 10 May, 2006
10Q: Thank You
1337: see L33t (awesome or great)
AFK: away from keyboard
AFAIK: as far as I know
ASAP: as soon as possible
ATM: at the moment
B&H: Bitches and Hoes
Bai2u: 'bye to you' goodbye
BBIAB: be back in a bit (used to express a longer time of absence than with brb)
BBL: be back later
BBS: be back soon
BRB: be right back or bathroom break (very commonly used)
BTW: by the way
Bump: used in forums to bring a post to the top of the forum list (a common backronym for "bring up my post")
CYA: see ya, or see you later (also CU) (or, less commonly and depending on the context, cover your ass)
DIF: Die in a fire
DIOL: do it on LAN, used in online multiplayer gaming to imply that the other player had some unfair advantage
DMY: don't mess yourself (used to tell someone they are overreacting, seen on The Simpsons as a spoken abbreviation)
DND: do not disturb
DW: Don't Worry
EB: eyeball, meaning to meet in personal/in real life
F2P: free to play
FFS: for fuck's sake
FTL: for the lose (used to dislike something)
FTLOG: For the love of God
FTW: for the win (used to express enthusaism or approval) (Less commonly known as "Fuck the world")
FU: Fuck you
FYI: for your information
FYSIWALOL: finding your saying interesting without actually laughing out loud
G2G or GTG: got to go or good to go
GD: god damn
GG: good game or good god
GF: Good Fight
GFG: good fucking game
GFYS: Go fuck yourself
GJ: Good Job
GL: good luck
GLF: Group looking for ___ (used mostly in MMORPGs)
GN8: good night
GS: GameSpot.com
GTFO: Get the fuck out
GTH: go to hell
GOOMH: Get Out Of My House
GLLN: Got Laid Last Night(?)
Hai2u: 'hi to you' hello
HOMG: Ho my God
HTH: hope that helps or happy to help
IANAL: I am not a lawyer (used when offering amateur commentary on a legal case)
IAS: I am smiling (not quite "lol")
IDC: I don't care
IDK: I don't know
IIRC: if I recall/remember correctly
IMO: in my opinion
IMHO: in my humble/honest opinion (derived from IMO or vice-versa)
IRL: in real life
JIC: just in case
JK: just kidding
JM: Jaman (for Ja Mann - n1 Slang)
JW: just wondering
KIT: keep in touch
KK: okay
kthxbye: Shorter, and faster, way of saying "Okay. thank you. Good bye".
Lag: where a connection is not as fast as others making the game lag behind
L33t: elite
LFG: looking for group (used mostly in MMORPGs)
LFT: looking for team (used mostly in MMORPGs)
LOL: laugh out loud
LMAO/LMFAO: Laughing my (fucking) ass off
LMIRL: Let's Meet In Real Life
L2P: learn to play
LYLAS: love you like a sister
MOFO: MotherFucker
MYOB: mind your own business
nOOb: Newbie, often one who dies alot in their first few times in games online
N1: nice one
NE1: Anyone
NIFOC: Naked In Front Of Computer
NP: no problem
NS: nice shot (Commonly used in Gunbound)
NSS: no shit sherlock
NT: nice try (Commonly used in Gunbound)
NVM: nevermind
NSFW: not safe for work (often used as a warning that a link contains racy or pornographic images)
NWS: not work safe
OAC: Only At Crooms
OMG: oh my god
OMFG: Oh My Fucking God/Sh
OMGWTFBBQ: combines the terms OMG, WTF, and BBQ. (can also be used as a mockery of newbies who express surprise at commonly known facts, a mockery of L33T, or in self deprecation)
OMW: on my way (usually used in ORPGs)
OH NOES: oh no (commonly a mockery of stupidity or of L33T
OP: original post/original poster (referring to the first post in a thread on a forum)
OTOH: on the other hand
ORV: orita vengo (used in Spanish)
P2P: pay to play, player to player, or peer to peer
P2V: penis to vagina (referring to sex)
PK(er): Player kill(er)
PVP: Player vs. Player
PVE: Player vs. Enemy/Environment
PWN(d): own(ed). Usually referring to someone in a video game being decidely beaten by another player.
PEBKAC: problem exists between keyboard and chair
PO: piss off
POS: Parent Over Shoulder
PO'd: pissed off
QFT: quoted for truth; sometimes also means quit fucking talking
QQ: cry more (meant to look like eyes with tears dripping from them)
QT: cutie
RE: returned or back or rematch
RM: remake
RIFK: See ROFL. Originally a typing error of ROFL, it is now puposely used in place of ROFL. Some, however, refer to it as Rolling In the Floor Kicking (But you can't roll IN a floor, can you?). Others say it is Rolling In teh Funneh Kookies (which doesn't make sense either).
ROFL: rolling on floor laughing
ROFLCOPTER: retardation of ROFLMAO
ROLFCOPTER: even bigger retardation of ROFLMAO (rolling on "laughing" floor)
ROTFL: rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLM(F)AO: rolling on the floor laughing my (fucking) ass off
RTFM: read the fucking manual
SAOM: shitting all over myself (alternative to ROFL)
SGTM: Silently giggling to myself
SFW: safe for work
SIF: As if
SU: shut up
STBY: Sucks to be you
STFD: sit the fuck down
STFU: shut the fuck up
STFUPPERCUT: shut the fuck upper cut!
SNAFU: Situation Normal, All Fucked Up!
STHU: shut the hell up
TBA: to be added or to be announced
TBH: to be honest
TK(er): Team Kill(er)
TT4N: ta ta for now
TTYL: talk to you later
TTYS: talk to you soon
TY: thank you
TYVM: thank you very much
THX: thanks
YW: you're welcome
WB: Welcome back
W/E(W\E)(W.E)(WE): whatever
WD: Well done
WS: work safe
WTH: what the heck/hell
WTB: want to buy
WTG: way to go
WTF: what the fuck
WTFPWN(D): An exaggeration of PWN(D), usually referring to the element of surprise or the hugely unfair elements involved.
WTS: what the shit or want to sell
WTT: want to trade
WTV: watching tv
WUU2: what you up to
WU@: what/where you at
ZOMG: variant of OMG, taken from a typo of hitting the 'z' next to the left shift (typically when very excited
