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What does this mean
Sorry I have cracked and had to start a thread to find out.....what the heck does BIB mean
I have seen it on several posts but I just cant work out what it is. I know I am going to feel extremely stupid when its revealed.
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Bit in Bold.
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Bit In Bold.
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Bit In Bold ..
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Sorry I have cracked and had to start a thread to find out.....what the heck does BIB mean
I have seen it on several posts but I just cant work out what it is. I know I am going to feel extremely stupid when its revealed.![]() |
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Bit In Bold.
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Thanks guys.....see now I feel silly lol.
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Thanks guys.....see now I feel silly lol.
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Me neither! Thanks Jan2555*GG* for sticking your neck out and asking.
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Thanks guys.....see now I feel silly lol.
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can I add one ETA
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I had to ask about WUM and ETA and felt very silly
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can I add one ETA
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Thanks guys.....see now I feel silly lol.
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Edit To Add
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Edit To Add
See now ETA would have been estimated time of arrival for me and that probably wouldnt have made sense at all
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There's a new abbreviation every year! I've been using computers for over 20 years and when I saw BIB on here this year I didn't have a clue!
![]() There is an increased use of /\/\ This too even when a post is quoted!
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whilst here can I also add ZOMG
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whilst here can I also add ZOMG
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Thanks guys.....see now I feel silly lol.
There is no need for that abbreviation either. It is long established practice on DS to highlight in bold whatever you are commenting on, without needing to state (albeit cryptically) that that is what you are doing. |
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See now ETA would have been estimated time of arrival for me and that probably wouldnt have made sense at all
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That imitates an excited spelling error of OMG, at least I think. A bit like how 'pwn' is used instead of 'own' in the gaming community.
![]() However, pwn doesn't equal own in the same way, it's usually used in a negative sense and implies the originator of the statement got one over on the pwn-ee rather than simply being a mistype ie you got pwned in that last PvP (person versus person for those who don't play multi player games) encounter or "I pwned you". A more equivalent mistype from the gaming world would be teh where the is incorrectly typed because you're doing something too quickly ![]() ETA: Edited to add/Edit to Add. ^^ or /\/\ means this above and is usually quoted when the person you're agreeing with has posted directly before you. There was a very useful sticky thread on the old BBC forums where we collated all the abbreviations usually used on the internet in discussion groups. Sadly there doesn't seem to be an equivalent over here. Quote:
That's what I thought too before I discovered the alternative that it was used for. It would be better to write Edit: instead of some mystifying abbreviation.
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No because Edit simply means you've edited your original post. ETA means you've ADDED something to the post, the two things are different.
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whilst here can I also add ZOMG
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That imitates an excited spelling error of OMG, at least I think. A bit like how 'pwn' is used instead of 'own' in the gaming community.
Never heard or come across either these!
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I have seen it on several posts but I just cant work out what it is. I know I am going to feel extremely stupid when its revealed.


