IRC VOCABULARY
Typing out long words repeatedly is a pain, so the geniuses at the Internet©
invented geek acronyms, they make life easier for users of IRC, and life a little
hard for newbies.
Here are a few of the commonly seen acronyms.
AFK
: Away from keyboard ("afk, feeding dog")
AFAIK
: As far as I know ("he is from Nebraska, afaik")
ATM
: At the moment ("ATM, I am eating")
BBIAF or BBIAS
: Be back in a second ("bbias, sending e-mail")
BBL
: Be back later ("dinner time, bbl")
BRB
: Be right back ("brb, doing other stuff")
BTW
: By the way ("BTW, I hate you")
CUL8R
: See you later ("c" "u" "l-eight-r") ("I will BBL", "ok, cul8r")
<EG>
: Evil grin ("whoa, he is ugly <EG>")
heh: Heh. Hah
. (as in they said something funny)
ICB(F)B
: I Cant Be (F)Bothered
IMO or IMHO
: In my opinion ("You suck, imho")
IRL
: In real life ("I met Bob last year IRL")
J/K
: Just kidding ("you suck... j/k")
LOL
: Laughing out loud ("you suck.... LOL j/k")
LTNS
: Long-time-no-see ("Bob! LTNS!!! How have you been?")
NM or n/m
: Nothing much or never mind("sup?", "n/m")
NP or n/p
: No problem ("Thanks", "n/p")
OIC
: Oh, I see ("No, you are wrong, the Treaty of Ghent was signed in 1896 not 1895", "OIC")
pls
: "Please" ("Go to the store, pls")
re
: Hi again (repeat hi) ("re bob!")
rofl or rotfl or roflol
: Rolling on the floor laughing out loud
'sup
: What is up?
WB
: Welcome back (a polite form)
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