Urban dictionary is useful for acronyms.... it explained BIB to me
What does this mean
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Originally Posted by Cadiva:
“Mostly right, ZOMG is simply Oh My God with an additional Z showing you were so excited about typing you got it wrong. On internet gaming forums it's usually typed ZMOG though
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.
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.”
“Mostly right, ZOMG is simply Oh My God with an additional Z showing you were so excited about typing you got it wrong. On internet gaming forums it's usually typed ZMOG though
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.
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.”
ADDED
A couple of abbreviations that are frequently used on Digital Spy are
DS: Digital Spy
FM (s): Forum member(s)
OP: Opening Post or Original Poster.
DS: Digital Spy
FM (s): Forum member(s)
OP: Opening Post or Original Poster.
Originally Posted by Abbasolutely 40:
“When I see
^^ . on a post always see a little fox hiding in the long grass”
“When I see
^^ . on a post always see a little fox hiding in the long grass”
OH! Mine only has one ear
Originally Posted by leftfeet2:
“Ta”
“Ta
”
welcome, lovely!
Originally Posted by SCD-Observer:
“Meh just means 'can't be bothered', or 'I don't care'. I think.”
“Meh just means 'can't be bothered', or 'I don't care'. I think.
”
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.
Originally Posted by Cadiva:
“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.”
“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.”
So... tdma is...?
Originally Posted by SCD-Observer:
“So... tdma is...?”
“So... tdma is...?
”
I googled. Time Division Multiple Access. :/
SIHAQ. WIT? IDLLAA. ITIAAFTY. AIR?
Originally Posted by UltraJane:
“I googled. Time Division Multiple Access. :/
SIHAQ. WIT? IDLLAA. ITIAAFTY. AIR?”
“I googled. Time Division Multiple Access. :/
SIHAQ. WIT? IDLLAA. ITIAAFTY. AIR?”
Is that a Dr Who acronym then???
*is confuzzled*
Originally Posted by SCD-Observer:
“So... tdma is...?”
“So... tdma is...?
”
TDMA isn't an abbreviation I've seen used on any internet forums that I post regularly on.
Originally Posted by SCD-Observer:
“Is that a Dr Who acronym then???
*is confuzzled*”
“Is that a Dr Who acronym then???
*is confuzzled*”
I've honestly forgotten what half those letters stand for. And I typed them.
Side effect of acronym abuse = amnesia!
Could be quite helpful after certain debauched moments, but I need my full memory today.I say if a relevant acronym explanation doesn't turn up on the first page of a google search, then it's too obscure for forum use. Bing does not qualify.
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