Originally Posted by
SCD-Observer:
“Meh just means 'can't be bothered', or 'I don't care'. I think.
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Yep, meh is just the sound you make when you can't really be bothered or don't give a damn. It's my OH's permanent state of mind!
The most common used abbreviations or short forms on internet forums are usually:
IMO/IMHO - in my opinion/in my humble opinion
ITA - I totally agree
BTW - by the way
TBH - to be honest
IIRC - if I recall correctly
AFAIK = as far as I know
LOL - laughing out loud
ZOMG/ZMOG - an excited Oh My God where they've hit the Z instead of the shift key
TEH - the simply typed too fast and the letters misplaced
BIB - bit in bold
^^ - I agree with the poster above me, can be used with a quote if you're not posting immediately after the person you're agreeing with
OTOH - on the other hand
OP - original poster or original post
AFK - away from keyboard (not really used outside of gaming/gaming forums)
ROFL - roll on the floor laughing
TTFN - ta ta for now
BRB - be right back (another gaming expression)
BBIAB - be back in a bit
CP - cross posted
IBTD - I beg to differ
IBTL - in before the lock (when you know a thread is going to get shut down)
FYI - for your information
FWIW - for what it's worth
WIP - work in progress
ATM - at the moment
NSFW - not suitable for work
HTH - hope this helps
J/K - joke or joking
WUM - wind up merchant
TROLL - doesn't stand for anything but generally held to be a person posting deliberately to start a fight, comes from "trolling" which is another gaming phrase and began with people hanging around in games waiting to deliberately grief someone.
LMK - let me know
TPTB - the powers that be
BG - big grin
VBG - very big grin
NP - no problem
TMI - too much information
TIA - thanks in advance
And there's also tl;dr - which means too long, didn't read, generally posted by people who are ********s (in my experience anyways).
A lot of these you probably won't see on the SCD forums as they're more specifically related to gaming fora but I thought I'd stick them down while I was at it.