noob a new user.Octo30 English Internet Slang Terms for Online Noobs.Not a pejorative term (but see RTFM, preceding). lurker one who reads an email list or a message board but does not participate in the discussion.troll a person who deliberately stirs up trouble (see article).Also is likely to relate to the term lamer. 'Flame' is used as a verb ('Don't flame me for this'), a flame is a single flaming message. flamer one who 'flames' To rant on about some relatively uninteresting subject or with a patently ridiculous attitude or with hostility towards a particular person or group of people.Never seems to be written in small letters. FAQ frequently asked question, or a list of frequently asked questions with answers.guru an expert in some technical topic, such as as C programming or Unix system administration.cluebie a newbie with a clue, but not close to a guru.Others express concepts peculiar to the Net: X > * definition of something is better than everything.w00t exclamation of excitement or happiness closely related to, 'hell yea!' (short for woohoo) or We Owned the Other Team.YMMV ' Your mileage may vary ' (you may see different results).WDUWTA - 'what do u wanna talk about?'.thx shorthand spelling of 'thanks' - this can be combined into 'kthx' (OK, thanks), 'plzkthx' (Please, OK, thanks), and 'kthxbye' (OK, thanks, goodbye).SFW 'Safe for work.' Material (pictures, webpages) that is safe for the office.The frequent reply to a request for basic help from newbies who have not attempted to find the answer for themselves. RTFM 'read the fucking manual' (often sanitized to 'read the fine manual').RTFA 'read the fucking article' applies mostly to Slashdot threads, for users who make comments on a story without having read it first.ROFLMAO (or ROTFLMAO) 'rolling on the floor laughing my ass off'.ROFL (or ROTFL) 'rolling on the floor laughing' (a reply to something extremely amusing).qoolz something that is 'cool' in the American sense.To 'Pwn something' means to have complete control over it, and to be 'Pwned by something' means to be dominated by it. prolly contracted form of 'probably'.prog 'computer program' (progz in plural).own - to defeat someone (used commonly when playing Counter-Strike ) or to humiliate someone tactically in a debate something that is extremely cool (ex.Used on MUDs and other role-playing games. OMFL Exclamation, 'Oh my fucking lag!'.OMFG Exclamation, 'Oh my fucking God!!'.NT 'No Text', used on Internet forums or Usenet to indicate that a post has no content.NSFW 'Not safe for work.' Material (pictures, webpages) not suitable for the office, but for the home instead.LOL 'laughing out loud', or 'lots of laughs' (a reply to something amusing).

LIEK synonym of like, as in 'I like that website'. l8r a shorthand spelling of 'later', meaning 'see you later' (see leet ).Also spelled j00 with a lower case j and two zeroes rather than two O's. JJ or JK (j/k) 'just joking', 'just kidding'.IYDMMA 'if you don't mind me asking', for ex., 'IYDMMA, are you a virgin?'.IMNSHO 'in my not-so-humble opinion'.IMHO 'in my humble opinion' / 'in my honest opinion'.ICYDK / ICYDN / ICUDK - 'In case you didn't know.' IC 'I see', also, 'in character' in MUDs and role-playing games.IANARS 'I am not a rocket scientist'.Usually used before a non-lawyer gives legal advice, as a humorous disclaimer. Also, it is now becoming customary for all players to say 'gg' when the game is over in such games as Counter-Strike, unless a player is profoundly displeased with the outcome. Used sincerely in online games such as trivia, but more often used sarcastically when someone has done something foolish. The use of this acronym is ambigious and not recommended. GFY 'good for you' or 'go fuck yourself'.the dubious attribution given to urban legends A phrase often said by technical support staff of a certain Australian ISP. C|N>K a Unix -ism meaning 'coffee through nose into keyboard'.BRB 'be right back' (usually used in chats and on an instant messenger service).AFAIR 'as far as I recall', or 'as far as I remember'.AFAIC 'as far as I'm concerned', or 'as far as I care', or 'as far as I can.'.Many of these terms originated for saving keystrokes and are often written in lower case: Most of these are not actually acronyms as they cannot be pronounced, but that is what they are called nonetheless.

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