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Subject: Forum slang translations (A must read for New Forumers!!!)

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

Well you guessed it guys, this is a little dictionary of all the forum slang used in almost any forum I have ever seen. Reading this will help you not only understand, but be able to communicate with the people that speak this strange language. I hope you find this useful for all your forum conversations!!! : )

In alphabetical order

@$$ - As* (The area of a human body where waste leaves the body in a semi-solid to solid form)
ASAP - As soon as possible (Quickly, before Ling-Ling eats you!!)
Avg - Average (Like the name John is average and common)
BAMF - Bad As* Mother F**ker (Someone who is truely tough and no one can mess with... NO ONE!!)
Bday- Birthday (the day you were born)
Beta/Betr - Better (A form of improvement)
BFD - Big F***king Deal (Nobody really cares)
biz - Busisness/Busy (A job/Busy is self explanatory)
bro - Brother (A member of the Nuclear Family or a close male friend)
btw - By the Way (Umm... yeah, pie)
:'( - Crying (A form of sadness where tears leave your eyes)
c%l or kol - Cool (Awesome!!)
D8 - Date (Relationships or March 29, 2008)
enuf or nuf - Enough (No more please!!!)
1337 - Elite (Mwahahahahaha)
EOM - End of Message (Yeah... I'm done talking)
ETA - Estimated time of arrival (Are we there yet??)
1st - First
4EVA or 4EVR - Forever (And ever and ever and EVER!!)
4GET - Forget (I forgot the password - Marine in Crow's Nest)
4GIV - Forgive (It's okay, really...)
FYI - For your information (You need to know!)
GAL - Get a life (Seriously...)
GR8T - Great (Frosted Flakes!!!)
HAV - Have (Umm... no idea what to say for this one)
IDGI - I don't get it (Huh?)
IDK - I don't know (Don't ask me!!)
ILU - I love you (From the bottom of my heart)
IMO - In my opinion (That's what I think)
IOU - I owe you (A steak dinner!)
JK - Just Kidding (It was sarcasm!)
JMO - Just my Opinion (See IMO)
kckas - Kick A** (To beat up or destroy)
l8 - Late (Again, Bobby?)
l8r - Later (A time period in the future)
lol - Laugh out Loud (Hilarious)
lov - Love (It comes from the heart Jimmy)
LY - Love you (More than PIE!!!)
nub - A new player to the system ( Just an example Bungie don't ban me *bows for forgiveness*)
nm - Not much (Umm... bored)
nxt - Next (I will need a beautiful woman from the audience...)
OIC - Oh, I see (It's all getting clearer now...)
foto - Photograph (Like from a camera)
paw - Parents are watching (If you're twelve!)
pix - Pictures (See foto)
plz - Please (With a cherry on top?)
rip - Rest in Peace (We will never forget...)
ROFL or ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing (Like lol, but WAY more!!!)
rok - Rock (A stone or awesomeness)
STFU - Shut the F*** up (I hate you)
txt - Text (Like what we're doing here)
ty - Thank You (It means a lot)
vi - Village Idiot (That means you, Billy!)
w/o - Without (Umm... bleah)
w8 - Wait (I...need...Pancakes!)
w2g - Way to go! (Congratulations)
wru - Where are you? (I need to know)
wu - What's up? (Dude...)
ur - Your/You're (An idiot!)

That's all for now guys, if you think of any more post them here.

[Edited on 03.29.2008 3:11 PM PDT]

  • 03.29.2008 9:32 AM PDT
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Hello.

Nice guide. I don't use forum slang, though. I think its better if people just type plain english. Unfortunatly, I don't see that happening, so its best if people understand the stuff that they are reading.

Good job.

  • 03.29.2008 9:45 AM PDT

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

Hey genius, I do type normally, and do you think that people actually read them? It's for those people that type normally and need to understand the more primitive forumers. As I would have hoped you can tell, I'm not one of those so don't flame me Dr Cox. l
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[Edited on 03.29.2008 2:22 PM PDT]

  • 03.29.2008 10:28 AM PDT
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Lame.

  • 03.29.2008 10:37 AM PDT

I see you

I hate Rupert Murdoch. This may permeate into my posts occasionally

Posted by: Optimus Prime
Posted by: John I276
Hey genius, I do type normally, and do you think that people actually read them? It's for those people that type normally and need to understand the more primitive forumers. As I would have hoped you can tell, I'm not one of those so don't flame me Optimus.

When did I give the hint that I was trying to flame you? I'm just saying, this thread is useless.

It was a polite observation. Seriously. If people don't bother reading the forum rules, they won't bother reading this (no offense). It was a good idea though

  • 03.29.2008 10:51 AM PDT

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

Well I'm sorry, it just felt rude to me like how you ended with learn to type: I thought it was directed towards me.

  • 03.29.2008 11:02 AM PDT

I'm a serious dude, so what?

i think this thread is fine. it's nice to see someone else's take on some forum slang. Nobody likes a flamer, Optimus.

Good job, but some of those are just over the top-- c%l for cool? That's new to me...

And yes, Bungie and myself look down upon gratuitous use of these terms. A little l337 is cool occasionally.

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-brady

  • 03.29.2008 11:13 AM PDT
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Thanks for the help. But how about we all just not talk slang?

  • 03.29.2008 11:24 AM PDT

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

Well if nobody spoke slang then why would I have posted this, and there are many other uses for this as well, like if your friend is PMing you on Xbox LIVE and they type a slang that you don't understand, just go here and look it up. Or if you are texting a friend with your cell-phone and they say something you don't get. The list can go on and on (not really, but you get where I'm headed with this... I hope)

  • 03.29.2008 11:57 AM PDT
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When people post in all internet slang, or if I have to actually try to read what they say, I usually ignore what they have to say altogether. I know it's like judging a book by it's cover, but the trend that quality of the content of the message is reflected by how it's written holds pretty true.

I'm not saying that the thread isn't helpful, though, but the Septagon is usually only used by people who follow the rules and write with some sort of intelligence, unfortunately, I think this is the only place it fits.

[Edited on 03.29.2008 1:25 PM PDT]

  • 03.29.2008 1:24 PM PDT

Loose talk is noose talk.

Bob is not a common name. How you say (looks at dictionairy), STFU?

  • 03.29.2008 1:26 PM PDT

Posted by: John I276
1st - First

Eeheheh.

  • 03.29.2008 1:26 PM PDT
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Half of this stuff I have never seen before.

  • 03.29.2008 1:32 PM PDT

Video of Rodent's Abode
Posted by: Cockburnicus
You missed the point like Vader missed the banshee, your whole argument is covered in bees.
Stop sending me group invites -blam!-s!

/thread

  • 03.29.2008 1:37 PM PDT
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You forgot Roflcopter :(

  • 03.29.2008 1:42 PM PDT

GT: jaymanxyz2

My favorite group.

Would it seriously kill people just to type a few more letters to actually make words, instead of typing this junk?

  • 03.29.2008 1:48 PM PDT

haha, good guide

btw, you forgot btw (by the way)

  • 03.29.2008 1:58 PM PDT

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

Well, for people that actually want to know what people say if they type in slang, this is what it's for. Not for people to shoot my idea down. The thing for the Halo Community Forum says "Make the Seventh Column a better place" or something like that, so that's what I tried to do. And I will update this regularly.

[Edited on 03.29.2008 2:19 PM PDT]

  • 03.29.2008 2:13 PM PDT

Loose talk is noose talk.

Bob is not a common word. Please change that. Make that 'Frankie is an uncommon word' or something.

Posted by: John I276
Well, for people that actually want to know what people say if they type in slang, this is what it's for. Not for people to shoot my idea down. The thing for the Halo Community Forum says "Make the Seventh Column a better place" or something like that, so that's what I tried to do. And I will update this regularly.

  • 03.29.2008 2:31 PM PDT

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

okay, fine... I'll make it John or something. I remember hearing that John was one of the most common names in the English language.

  • 03.29.2008 3:09 PM PDT
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'The' is a common word.

  • 03.29.2008 3:13 PM PDT

Twitter | Nothing

I always assumed that it was given that people here would actually type English. Not that bollocks that people seem to use to communicate on Instant Messengers.

  • 03.29.2008 4:24 PM PDT

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

There are many that know how to type in English, but there is also a good number of lazy people who don't try to make things they post understandable to anyone but themselves... Maybe not even themselves. ; )

  • 03.30.2008 4:32 AM PDT

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