Question:
what is lol in chatting language???
Gagan Parashar
2007-04-30 02:20:51 UTC
what is lol in chatting language???
Eighteen answers:
withhe1d
2007-04-30 02:27:40 UTC
this is internet slang that means:

L - laugh (or laughing)

O - out

L - loud



[this is used to quickly show a "laugh" response to a previous thread or statement from the chat-room or from the individual whom you're chatting with]
sfmadurai
2007-05-03 23:44:59 UTC
Lots of Love.



or



Laugh out Loud.
2007-04-30 02:35:28 UTC
Laughing man lol
samomma
2007-04-30 02:23:23 UTC
Lots of laughs or laughing out loud.
A Random Person
2007-04-30 03:02:26 UTC
LOL is laugh out loud and NPO is Neon Pelican Otter
Fasttrac
2007-04-30 02:50:10 UTC
The real meaning of LOL is Lots Of Love.
shital
2007-04-30 02:56:41 UTC
laugh out loud
Queen
2007-04-30 02:38:43 UTC
laugh out loud
2007-04-30 02:29:02 UTC
laugh out loud
sonfai81
2007-04-30 02:22:43 UTC
laugh out loud
dirty_monkeyz
2007-04-30 02:25:09 UTC
Laughing out loud...LOL
dans.chat
2007-04-30 02:51:04 UTC
OK newbie here is the breakdown of all of them.

Remember never give anyone your password or any personal info to anyone in chat.







ADN Any Day Now

AFK Away From the Keyboard

AFN that's All For Now

a/s/l Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)

AV Avatar - Graphical representation of a person chatting.

BBL Be Back Later

BFN Bye For Now

BR Best Regards

BRB Be Right Back

BRH Be Right Here

BTW By The Way

CU See You

CUL8R See You Later

CUOL See You On Line

CYA See You - (as in "See you later)

DIS Did I Say

DL -or d/l Download... or downloading.

EG Evil Grin

EOT End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)

F2F Face To Face

FAQ Frequently Asked Question

FISH First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)

FOCL Falling Off Chair - Laughing

FUBAR "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition

FUD Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

FWIW For What It's Worth

FYI For Your Information

GA Go Ahead

GAL Get A Life

gest Gesture - a combination text / audio / video file played in VP Chat rooms

GR Gotta Run

GTRM Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)

IAC In Any Case

I ANAL (or IANAL) I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)

IC I See

ILU or ILY I Love You

IMHO In My Humble Opinion (IMO = In My Opinion)

IOH I'm Out of Here

IOW In Other Words

IRL In Real Life

JIC Just In Case

K -or- kk O.K.

JK -or- j/k Just Kidding

L8R Later

LMAO -or- LMFAO Laughing My (F'ing) *** Off

LOL Laughing Out Loud

mug Person chatting in VP rooms using their browser (IE, Netscape)... instead of the download client program.

NFW No Feasible (or F***ing) Way

NP No Problem

NRN No Response Necessary

OIC Oh, I See

OJ or OK Only Joking or Only Kidding

OTOH On The Other Hand ...

OTMH Off the Top of My Head ...

OTW On The Way (used when someone is sending a file)

PANS Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology)

PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association

PCMCIA People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)

PEBCAK Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

PITA Pain In The ***

POTS Plain Old Telephone Service

ROFL Rolling On Floor, Laughing

ROTF Rolling On The Floor - (refers to someone laughing very hard)

ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My *** Off

RSN Real Soon Now

RTFM Read The "Flippin" Manual

(response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)

SEG **** Eating Grin

SNAFU Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up

SOL **** Out Of Luck

SOTA State Of The Art (latest technology)

SY Sincerely Yours

SYL See You Later

TAFN That's All For Now

TFH Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)

TGIF Thank Goodness It's Friday

THX Thanks!

TNT Til Next Time

TPTB The Powers That Be

TTFN Ta-Ta For Now

TTYL Talk To You Later

TY Thank You

VPPH Virtual Places Page Host. (Others now using software on their own servers to talk to VP clients in the same manner that Excite once did)

VN Very Nice

WC Welcome... as in "You are Welcome"

WEU What's Eating You?

WFM Works For Me

WT? What The ...? or Who the ...?

WTGP? Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)

YW You're Welcome
dp
2007-04-30 02:40:40 UTC
laugh out louder
2007-04-30 02:23:37 UTC
LAUGHING OUT LOUD
2007-04-30 02:25:28 UTC
laughing out louD!!!!!
2007-04-30 02:28:22 UTC
LOL!
Calvin W
2007-05-03 05:30:32 UTC
A

AFAICR/S/T — As far as I can recall / remember / see / tell[2]

AFAIK — As far as I know[3]

AFK — Away from keyboard[3]

ANFSCD — And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation.[4]

ASAP — As soon as possible[5]

ASDF -- A Stupid Dumb ****[6]

ASL — Age / sex / location[7]

ATEOTD — At The End of the Day[4]

ATM — At the moment[3]

AWOL — Absent Without (Official) Leave[2]

AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB) — All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)[2]



B

B2B — Business to Business[3]

BBIAB — Be back in a bit[7]

BBL/S — Be back later / shortly / soon[7]

BCNU — Be seein' you[3]

Blog — Also known as web log or an online journal[2]

BOF — Beginning of file[2]

BOFH — Bastard operator from hell[3]

Bot — Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging software[8]

BRB — Be right back[3]

BRT — Be right there[2]

BS — Backstab / Bullshit[2]

BSOD — Blue Screen of Death[3]

BTDT — Been there done that[7]

BTDTGTTSAWIO - Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and wore it out[9]

BTW — By the way[8]

Bump - Increment (For example, C's ++ operator.)[3] or a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"[2]



C

CBA — Can't Be Arsed. A term to indicate or dictate laziness.[2]

Crawl — To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it[8]

Crapplet — A poorly written computer application[10]

CU — See you (later)[3]

CYA — See ya OR Cover Your ***[2]

Cyber (prefix) — A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer[8]

Cyberspace — Virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson popularized the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'[8]



D

DFTT — Don't feed the trolls[4]

DGAF — Don't Give A ****

DIAF — Die in a fire[4]

DILLIGAF/D/S — Does it look like I give a flip / **** / damn / ****[4]

DND — Do not disturb[2]

DOA — Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that is broken on delivery.[11]



E

EOF — End Of File[3]

EOM — End of Message[7]

EOL — End of Life. Device or hardware that is at the end of its product life cycle.[7]

EQ — EverQuest[2]

ETA — Estimated time of arrival[2]



F

FAQ — Frequently Asked Question(s)[3]

FFS — For ****'s sake[7]

Flamer — Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll[3]

FMCDH — From My Cold Dead Hands[2]

FOAD — **** off and die[3]

FOAF — Friend of a friend[3]

FTL — For the loss[7]

FTW — For the win[7]

FU — **** you[2]

FUBAR — Fucked up beyond all recognition / repair (from military slang; pronounced "foo-bar")[3]

FUD — Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)[3]

FWIW — For what it's worth[3]

FYI — For your information[3]



G

GBTW — Get back to work[2]

GF — Great/good fight/girlfriend[2]

GFETE — Grinning from ear to ear[4]

GFU — Good for you[2]

GFY — Go **** yourself[2]

GG — Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match[7]

GIYF - Google is your friend[2]

GL — Good luck, often used at beginning of a contest[7]

GJ — Good job, often used in online gaming when a teammate performs an act benefitting his team, such as killing an opponent or enabling that kill[2]

GMTA — Great minds think alike[2]

Godwin's Law — Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler[12]

Gratz — Congratulations[2]

GTFO — Get the **** out[2]

GTG or G2G — 'Got to go' or 'Good to go'[7]

GR -Good Race[2]

GR8 — Great[2]



H

HAND — Have A Nice Day[3]

Handle — Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)[8]

HF — Have fun[2]

Haxor or H4x0r (1337) — Hacker[7]

Hit — A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage.[8]

Home page — The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index"[8]

Hot list — A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files.[8]

HTH — Hope this / that helps, or happy to help[3]

H8 — Hate[2]



I

IANAL — I am not a lawyer[3]

IAWTC — I agree with that/this comment[2]

IBTL — In before the lock[10]

IDC — I don't care[2]

IDK — I don't know[3]

IINM — If I'm not mistaken[2]

IIRC — If I recall / remember correctly[3]

IIUC — If I understand correctly[2]

ILY— I love you[10]

IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO — In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion[3][8][13]

Information superhighway — The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)[8]

IONO — I don't know[2]

IOW — In other words[3]

IRC — Internet Relay Chat[3]

IRL — In real life[3]

ITYM — I Think You Mean[2]

IWSN — I want sex now[10]

IYKWIM — If you know what I mean[14]



J

Jaggy — Aliased computer graphics[8]

JAS — Just a second[2]

JFGI — Just *******/Freaking Google It[4]

JK or j/k — Just kidding, or joke[2]



K

k or kk — OK[4]

KISS — Keep it simple stupid.[4]

KS(ing) — Kill-Steal(ing)[2]

KOS — Kill on sight[2]

KTHX — OK, thanks[4]

KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE — OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short[4]



L

L2P — Learn to play; an admonishment to MMORPG players who are incompetent and/or whine[2]

L8R — Later (sometimes abbreviated to L8ER); is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.[7]

Lag — Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy[3]

Lamer — A know-nothing, one who is lame.[3]

Leet — Often spelled as l33t or 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite[3]

LFG — Looking for group[2]

LFM — Looking for more[2]

LM(F)AO — Laughing my (*******) *** off[2]

LMIRL — Let's meet in real life.[2]

LMK — Let me know[2]

LOL — Laughing out loud, laugh out loud[15]

LOTI — Laughing on the inside[2]

LTNS — Long time no see[7]

LYLAS — Love you like a sister[4]

Lurker — Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions[3]



M

MMORPG, MMO — Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game[7]

MMOFPS — Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter[2]

MOTD — Message of the day[3]

MS — MapleStory, an MMORPG[2]

MTFBWY — May The Force be with you[4]

MUD — Multi-User Dungeon[3]

MUSH — Multi-User Shared Hallucination[3]

MYOB — Mind your own business[3]

M8 — Mate[2]



N

N2M — Not(hing) too much[16]

N2B — Not too bad[16]

NE1 — "Anyone"[17]

Newbie, noob, or n00b — An inexperienced user of a system or game,[3] or an annoying person.[2]

NIFOC — Naked In Front Of Computer[3]

NFW — No freaking way (polite form)[2]

NM — (Sometimes written N/M) Not much, Never mind or no message, used on message boards or in e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line.[7][18]

NP — No problem[7]

NSFW — Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers.[19][20]

NTY — No, Thank You

NVM, NVMD, or nm — Nevermind, not much[21]



O

O RLY — Oh really?[22]

OIC — Oh, I see[3]

OFN — Old ******* news[3]

OMG — Oh, my God[7]

OMFG — Oh, my ******* God/gosh[7]

OMGWTFBBQ- Oh my God, What the ****/Freak, Barbecue[2]

OMW — On my way or Oh my word[2]

OP — Original poster / Operator / Outpost[2]

OS — Operating system[3]

OT — Off topic[2]

OTOH — On the other hand[3]

OTP — On the phone or One true pairing[2]



P

P2P — Peer to peer, or pay to play[2]

PAW — Parents are watching[14]

PEBKAC — Problem exists between keyboard and chair[3]

Ping — From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar to "Are you there?".[23][24]

PITA — Pain in the **** / ***[3]

PLMK — Please let me know[3]

plz — Please[2]

PM - Personal message or private message[2]

PMSL — Pissing myself laughing[7]

POS — Piece of ****, or parent over shoulder.[7]

POTS — Plain old telephone service[3]

POV — Point of view[14]

PPL — People[14]

PST — Please send tell[2]

PTKFGS — Punch the Keys For God's Sake[2]

pr0n — Intentional misspelling of ****[2]

PW — Persistent World (gaming)[4]

pwned — Intentional misspelling of owned[4]



Q

QFA — Quoted for accuracy. Similar to QFT[4]

QFT — Quoted for truth. Used on internet message boards to show agreement from a previous message[4]



R

Rehi (or merely re) — Hello again[3]

RL — Real Life[3]

RO(T)FL — Rolling on (the) floor laughing[3]

RO(T)FLMAO — Rolling on (the) floor laughing my *** off[3]

RO(T)FLOL — Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud[3]

RSN — Real soon now (used sarcastically)[3]

RTFB — Read the ******* binary (or book)[3]

RTFS — Read the ******* source[3]

RTFM/RTM — Read the (*******) manual[3]



S

SCNR — Sorry, could not resist[5]

sk8/sk8r — skate/skater[4]

Smiley — Another name for emoticons[8]

SMH — Shaking my head[4]

SNAFU — Situation normal: all (fucked/[3]fouled) up[2]

Snail mail — Normal paper mail service[8]

SOHF — Sense of humor failure[14]

Spider — The program behind a search engine[8]

STFU — Shut the **** up[25]

STFW — Search the ******* web[11]



T

TANSTAAFL — There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, from Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress[3]

TBF — Time between failures[3]

TBH — To be honest[7]

TG — That's great[4]

TGIF — Thank God it's Friday[2]

TH(N)X, TNX or TX — Thanks[7]

TIA — Thanks in advance[11]

TINC — There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories[3]

TL;DR - Too Long; Didn't Read, an admonishment that a post is too lengthy or lacks worthwhile content[2]

TMI — Too much information[2]

TOS — Terms of service[3]

TTBOMK — To the best of my knowledge[5]

TTFN — Ta ta for now[3]

TTT — To the top, used in forums to bump a thread[2]

TTTH — Talk to the hand[4]

TTYL — Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)[3]

TTYTT — To Tell You The Truth[2]

Tweedler — One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets[8]

TWIMC — To Whom It May Concern[4]

TY — Thank you[7]

TYT — Take your time[3]

TYVM — Thank you very much[14]



U

U — You[2]

UTFSE — Use the ******* search engine[2]



V



W

w00t, w00T or WOOT — First two express exuberance, the latter is a backronym for the term "We Own the Other Team".[2]

W/ or W/O — With or without[2]

WB — Welcome back[3]

W/E — Whatever[2]

WoW — World of Warcraft (game)[2]

WP — Well Played[4]

WRT — With respect / regard to[3]

WTB — Want to buy[2]

WTF — What the ****[3]

WTG — Way to go[3]

WTH — What the hell, What the hack[3]

WTS — Want to sell[2]

WTT — Want to trade[2]

WUG — What you got?[2]

WUBU2 — What (have) you been up to?[2]

WUU2 — What (are) you up to?[2]

WUW — What you want?[2]

WYSIWYG — What you see is what you get[3][8]

W8 — Wait[2]



Y

YARLY — Yeah Really

YIS — Yours in service -or- Yours in Scouting. (Boy Scouts of America)[4]

YHBT — You have been trolled.[4]

YKW — You know what?[10]

YMMV — Your mileage may vary.[7]

YTMND — You're The Man Now, Dog[2]

YW — You're welcome.[2]

YOYO — You're On Your Own.[2]

YOYOW - You own your own words. [2]



Z

ZOMG (sometimes OMGZ)— An intentional misspelling of the initials for "Oh My God/Gosh" used to indicate extreme excitement[7]







not all of these are commonly used. but some are. lol is popular.
ohhxkatie
2007-04-30 02:26:32 UTC
0-9

1337 — From the word Leet, derived from the word elite[1]

2 — too, or to[2]

4 — for[2]



A

AFAICR/S/T — As far as I can recall / remember / see / tell[2]

AFAIK — As far as I know[3]

AFK — Away from keyboard[3]

ANFSCD — And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation.[4]

ASAP — As soon as possible[5]

ASDF -- A Stupid Dumb ****[6]

ASL — Age / sex / location[7]

ATEOTD — At The End of the Day[4]

ATM — At the moment[3]

AWOL — Absent Without (Official) Leave[2]

AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB) — All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)[2]



B

B2B — Business to Business[3]

BBIAB — Be back in a bit[7]

BBL/S — Be back later / shortly / soon[7]

BCNU — Be seein' you[3]

Blog — Also known as web log or an online journal[2]

BOF — Beginning of file[2]

BOFH — Bastard operator from hell[3]

Bot — Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging software[8]

BRB — Be right back[3]

BRT — Be right there[2]

BS — Backstab / Bullshit[2]

BSOD — Blue Screen of Death[3]

BTDT — Been there done that[7]

BTDTGTTSAWIO - Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and wore it out[9]

BTW — By the way[8]

Bump - Increment (For example, C's ++ operator.)[3] or a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"[2]



C

CBA — Can't Be Arsed. A term to indicate or dictate laziness.[2]

Crawl — To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it[8]

Crapplet — A poorly written computer application[10]

CU — See you (later)[3]

CYA — See ya OR Cover Your ***[2]

Cyber (prefix) — A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer[8]

Cyberspace — Virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson popularized the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'[8]



D

DFTT — Don't feed the trolls[4]

DGAF — Don't Give A ****

DIAF — Die in a fire[4]

DILLIGAF/D/S — Does it look like I give a flip / **** / damn / ****[4]

DND — Do not disturb[2]

DOA — Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that is broken on delivery.[11]



E

EOF — End Of File[3]

EOM — End of Message[7]

EOL — End of Life. Device or hardware that is at the end of its product life cycle.[7]

EQ — EverQuest[2]

ETA — Estimated time of arrival[2]



F

FAQ — Frequently Asked Question(s)[3]

FFS — For ****'s sake[7]

Flamer — Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll[3]

FMCDH — From My Cold Dead Hands[2]

FOAD — **** off and die[3]

FOAF — Friend of a friend[3]

FTL — For the loss[7]

FTW — For the win[7]

FU — **** you[2]

FUBAR — Fucked up beyond all recognition / repair (from military slang; pronounced "foo-bar")[3]

FUD — Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)[3]

FWIW — For what it's worth[3]

FYI — For your information[3]



G

GBTW — Get back to work[2]

GF — Great/good fight/girlfriend[2]

GFETE — Grinning from ear to ear[4]

GFU — Good for you[2]

GFY — Go **** yourself[2]

GG — Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match[7]

GIYF - Google is your friend[2]

GL — Good luck, often used at beginning of a contest[7]

GJ — Good job, often used in online gaming when a teammate performs an act benefitting his team, such as killing an opponent or enabling that kill[2]

GMTA — Great minds think alike[2]

Godwin's Law — Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler[12]

Gratz — Congratulations[2]

GTFO — Get the **** out[2]

GTG or G2G — 'Got to go' or 'Good to go'[7]

GR -Good Race[2]

GR8 — Great[2]



H

HAND — Have A Nice Day[3]

Handle — Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)[8]

HF — Have fun[2]

Haxor or H4x0r (1337) — Hacker[7]

Hit — A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage.[8]

Home page — The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index"[8]

Hot list — A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files.[8]

HTH — Hope this / that helps, or happy to help[3]

H8 — Hate[2]



I

IANAL — I am not a lawyer[3]

IAWTC — I agree with that/this comment[2]

IBTL — In before the lock[10]

IDC — I don't care[2]

IDK — I don't know[3]

IINM — If I'm not mistaken[2]

IIRC — If I recall / remember correctly[3]

IIUC — If I understand correctly[2]

ILY— I love you[10]

IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO — In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion[3][8][13]

Information superhighway — The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)[8]

IONO — I don't know[2]

IOW — In other words[3]

IRC — Internet Relay Chat[3]

IRL — In real life[3]

ITYM — I Think You Mean[2]

IWSN — I want sex now[10]

IYKWIM — If you know what I mean[14]



J

Jaggy — Aliased computer graphics[8]

JAS — Just a second[2]

JFGI — Just *******/Freaking Google It[4]

JK or j/k — Just kidding, or joke[2]



K

k or kk — OK[4]

KISS — Keep it simple stupid.[4]

KS(ing) — Kill-Steal(ing)[2]

KOS — Kill on sight[2]

KTHX — OK, thanks[4]

KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE — OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short[4]



L

L2P — Learn to play; an admonishment to MMORPG players who are incompetent and/or whine[2]

L8R — Later (sometimes abbreviated to L8ER); is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.[7]

Lag — Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy[3]

Lamer — A know-nothing, one who is lame.[3]

Leet — Often spelled as l33t or 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite[3]

LFG — Looking for group[2]

LFM — Looking for more[2]

LM(F)AO — Laughing my (*******) *** off[2]

LMIRL — Let's meet in real life.[2]

LMK — Let me know[2]

LOL — Laughing out loud, laugh out loud[15]

LOTI — Laughing on the inside[2]

LTNS — Long time no see[7]

LYLAS — Love you like a sister[4]

Lurker — Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions[3]



M

MMORPG, MMO — Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game[7]

MMOFPS — Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter[2]

MOTD — Message of the day[3]

MS — MapleStory, an MMORPG[2]

MTFBWY — May The Force be with you[4]

MUD — Multi-User Dungeon[3]

MUSH — Multi-User Shared Hallucination[3]

MYOB — Mind your own business[3]

M8 — Mate[2]



N

N2M — Not(hing) too much[16]

N2B — Not too bad[16]

NE1 — "Anyone"[17]

Newbie, noob, or n00b — An inexperienced user of a system or game,[3] or an annoying person.[2]

NIFOC — Naked In Front Of Computer[3]

NFW — No freaking way (polite form)[2]

NM — (Sometimes written N/M) Not much, Never mind or no message, used on message boards or in e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line.[7][18]

NP — No problem[7]

NSFW — Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers.[19][20]

NTY — No, Thank You

NVM, NVMD, or nm — Nevermind, not much[21]



O

O RLY — Oh really?[22]

OIC — Oh, I see[3]

OFN — Old ******* news[3]

OMG — Oh, my God[7]

OMFG — Oh, my ******* God/gosh[7]

OMGWTFBBQ- Oh my God, What the ****/Freak, Barbecue[2]

OMW — On my way or Oh my word[2]

OP — Original poster / Operator / Outpost[2]

OS — Operating system[3]

OT — Off topic[2]

OTOH — On the other hand[3]

OTP — On the phone or One true pairing[2]



P

P2P — Peer to peer, or pay to play[2]

PAW — Parents are watching[14]

PEBKAC — Problem exists between keyboard and chair[3]

Ping — From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar to "Are you there?".[23][24]

PITA — Pain in the **** / ***[3]

PLMK — Please let me know[3]

plz — Please[2]

PM - Personal message or private message[2]

PMSL — Pissing myself laughing[7]

POS — Piece of ****, or parent over shoulder.[7]

POTS — Plain old telephone service[3]

POV — Point of view[14]

PPL — People[14]

PST — Please send tell[2]

PTKFGS — Punch the Keys For God's Sake[2]

pr0n — Intentional misspelling of ****[2]

PW — Persistent World (gaming)[4]

pwned — Intentional misspelling of owned[4]



Q

QFA — Quoted for accuracy. Similar to QFT[4]

QFT — Quoted for truth. Used on internet message boards to show agreement from a previous message[4]



R

Rehi (or merely re) — Hello again[3]

RL — Real Life[3]

RO(T)FL — Rolling on (the) floor laughing[3]

RO(T)FLMAO — Rolling on (the) floor laughing my *** off[3]

RO(T)FLOL — Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud[3]

RSN — Real soon now (used sarcastically)[3]

RTFB — Read the ******* binary (or book)[3]

RTFS — Read the ******* source[3]

RTFM/RTM — Read the (*******) manual[3]



S

SCNR — Sorry, could not resist[5]

sk8/sk8r — skate/skater[4]

Smiley — Another name for emoticons[8]

SMH — Shaking my head[4]

SNAFU — Situation normal: all (fucked/[3]fouled) up[2]

Snail mail — Normal paper mail service[8]

SOHF — Sense of humor failure[14]

Spider — The program behind a search engine[8]

STFU — Shut the **** up[25]

STFW — Search the ******* web[11]



T

TANSTAAFL — There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, from Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress[3]

TBF — Time between failures[3]

TBH — To be honest[7]

TG — That's great[4]

TGIF — Thank God it's Friday[2]

TH(N)X, TNX or TX — Thanks[7]

TIA — Thanks in advance[11]

TINC — There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories[3]

TL;DR - Too Long; Didn't Read, an admonishment that a post is too lengthy or lacks worthwhile content[2]

TMI — Too much information[2]

TOS — Terms of service[3]

TTBOMK — To the best of my knowledge[5]

TTFN — Ta ta for now[3]

TTT — To the top, used in forums to bump a thread[2]

TTTH — Talk to the hand[4]

TTYL — Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)[3]

TTYTT — To Tell You The Truth[2]

Tweedler — One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets[8]

TWIMC — To Whom It May Concern[4]

TY — Thank you[7]

TYT — Take your time[3]

TYVM — Thank you very much[14]



U

U — You[2]

UTFSE — Use the ******* search engine[2]



V



W

w00t, w00T or WOOT — First two express exuberance, the latter is a backronym for the term "We Own the Other Team".[2]

W/ or W/O — With or without[2]

WB — Welcome back[3]

W/E — Whatever[2]

WoW — World of Warcraft (game)[2]

WP — Well Played[4]

WRT — With respect / regard to[3]

WTB — Want to buy[2]

WTF — What the ****[3]

WTG — Way to go[3]

WTH — What the hell, What the hack[3]

WTS — Want to sell[2]

WTT — Want to trade[2]

WUG — What you got?[2]

WUBU2 — What (have) you been up to?[2]

WUU2 — What (are) you up to?[2]

WUW — What you want?[2]

WYSIWYG — What you see is what you get[3][8]

W8 — Wait[2]



Y

YARLY — Yeah Really

YIS — Yours in service -or- Yours in Scouting. (Boy Scouts of America)[4]

YHBT — You have been trolled.[4]

YKW — You know what?[10]

YMMV — Your mileage may vary.[7]

YTMND — You're The Man Now, Dog[2]

YW — You're welcome.[2]

YOYO — You're On Your Own.[2]

YOYOW - You own your own words. [2]



Z

ZOMG (sometimes OMGZ)— An intentional misspelling of the initials for "Oh My God/Gosh" used to indicate extreme excitement[7]







not all of these are commonly used. but some are. lol is popular.


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