Cyber Short Hand Cyber
Slang
Here
is my collection of cyber short-hand and slang. Browse, enjoy
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if you have an addition. But, keep it clean!!! (Project start: 1997)
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Greedy *
* * * * * Tons of kisses
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a rose <???>
Questions
[!!!!! ]
Words censored [
] hug
[*]
hug and kiss [:-)
user wearing a walkman
[ ][ ][ ][
][ ] user making tracks (I'm out of here)
[h.h.h.h]
giggling, he, he, he ;-#
user is dirty mouth
@:-)
user with a bad hair day
:-0 user is amazed
:-Q
user is amazed smoker
:-[ user is a vampire
'-)
wink (also: ;-)
(:)-) user is scuba diver
(:-$
user is sick person
(:-I user is egg head
:-#
censored
:-( unhappy
:*)
user is drunk
:-) user is smiling
:-P
French kiss
:-/ user is skeptical
:-@
user is screaming
:-O user is Yelling No!
:-D
user is laughing at you (or big smile)
:-o
user is bored :-X
user's lips are sealed
:-C
user is very unhappy
Cyber
Slang
<g>:
grin
1-2-3
: Lotus or spreadsheet
2M:
too much
2U:
to you
5X5:
clear or I understand your message
A&W:
Rootbeer
ABEND:
Job failed to complete successfully
AC-DC:
Switch hitter (sexual reference)
Affirm:
Yes, Ok, or I understand
AFMK:
Away from the keyboard
AOL:
Amer. On Line
ASAP:
As soon as possible
AT:
Advanced Technology
ATTABOY:
Brownie points (praise)
AWU:
All washed up
B4:
Before
BAK:
Back at Keyboard
bang:
exclamation point!
Barbie
Doll: Pretty, but no brain
BARFF:
an aborted job
BB:
Bulletin board
BD:
Brain Dead
BL:
Belly laugh
BM:
Board Manager
BO:
Back off (Ha, you thought it meant "bodyodor")
Bogus:
untrue, unreal - a spoof
bounce:
An e-mailmessage you receive that tells you than an
e-mail message you sent wasn't delivered
boxing:
a gadget which imitates coin tones - used to get free phone
calls
BTL:
Between the lines
BTW:
By the way
BTW:
by the way
buds:
friends (buddies)
CBR:
Carbon Based unit (humans)
CDIH:
Cold Day in (hot place)]
celibate:
(cyber) a non-hacking hacker; a
hacker who has been neutered (caught)
CFMP:
Copy for me please
CGYT:
Cat got your tongue
clone:
IBM Type computer
clueless:
one who doesn't get it (or won't get it)
Cop
Out: Excuse
cracker:
(Kraqr) people who break copy protectionon
games or intrude into other computers
crawler:
(net crawler) web browser
CS:
Customer Service
CTAODNT:
Can't teach an old dog new tricks
CUBR:
See you later
cyberspace:
planetary network of links
D&D:
Dungeon's & Dragons
darq
side: Anti-social, Evil, Weird
DGA:
Don't go away
DL:
Down loading
DLT:
Disregard last transmission
DOM:
Dirty Old Man
DS:
Disconnect Soon
DT:
Do Tell
DTP:
Desk top publishing
DU:
Don't understand
EAK:
Eating at keyboard
eddress:
e-mail address
EIR:
Everything is relative
EIYD:
Eternally in your debt
eLiTe:
(eleet, 31337, etcetc) those who
know everything. (super nerd)
emsg:
e-mail message
ETA:
Estimated time of arrival
f2f:
face to face (physical meeting)
FIM:
Foot in mouth
FIMD:
Foot in mouth disease
flame:
to taunt or insult someone on-line
flamer:
person who sends nasty messages
FO:
Far Out!
FOA:
First of all
FOCL:
Falling out chair laughing
Freeware:
Software in free public domain
FU:
Fouled up (polite definition)
FUBAR:
Fouled up (polite definition) beyond
all recognition, as opposed to not OK.
fyi:
for your information
G/L:
Gay/Lesbian
GAL: Get a
life
GAMMD:
Go ahead, make my day! (Dirty Harry)
GFETE:
Grinning from ear to ear
GGT:
God's gift to … (know it all)
GI:
Get it?
GLITCH:
Problem in the system
GM:
Game Master
GMAB:
Give me a break
GMTA:
Great minds think alike
GPWI:
Got a problem with it
GT:
Go Private
GUI:
Graphical user interface
GW:
Get wise
GWP:
Get with the program
GWTF:
Go with the flow
H:
Hug
HA:
Have attitude (I'm Baaaaad!)
hack:
N(haq) brilliant solution to a technicalproblem,
Verb: (hax, haxor),
Person: (haqr, haxor) swashbuckler
of cyberspace, technical ninja
HAND:
Have a nice day
handle:
alternative identify
HAY:
How are you?
HD:
Hard Drive
HEAD
HUNTER: Recruiter for a computer company
HETS:
heterosexuals (normal sexually)
hotlist:
your black book of web sites you like to cruise
IBFBIGR:
It's been fun but I gotta run!
IKISS:
I'll keep it simple
ILF:
Information Liberation Front (Information
longs to be free)
IRL:
in real life
JAFO:
Just another freaking observer
JC:
Just curious
Jessica
Rabbit: Stereotypical bombshell, bimbo
JIC:
Just in Case
JK:
Just kidding
K:
one thousand (as in K-Kool)
Ken
Doll: Good looking, but no brain
KISS:
Keep it simple, stupid
KWIM:
Know what I mean?
l:
laughter
lame:
(insult) unworthy, loser
LAN:
Local Area Network
LCR:
Lewd, Crude and Rude
LI^:
Laugh it up
LOC:
Line of Communication
LOL:
Laughing out loud
LU:
Lighten up
lurker:
person who reads but never posts in a group
MCP:
(insult) Male Chauvinist Pig
meat:
physical body
Mind
Meld: Brain washing or getting into your head, info
(Star Trek)
mo'dum:
what you get when you're always on line (opposite
of mo'bettah)
MUD:
(MOO, MUSE) real-time (on-line)
dungeon's& dragons type of hang out
MWC:
Married with children
MYOB:
Mind your own business
NA:
Not applicable/available
nerd:
glory term - programmer or techo knowledgeable
netiquette:
on line etiquette
newbie:
(abuse) someone who hasn't figured
things out yet. (general) new,
unskilled
NOT!:
No way, No.
NS:
Non-smoker
NUKE:
Delete
OIC:
Oh, I see
OOSP:
one of Satan's followers (Totally self
serving, untrustworthy & evil)
OW:
one way
PLU:
people like you
POB:
pat on the back
POD:
person not using own ID
POJ:
piece of Junk
pooh!:
(term of endearment) my pooh
bear!
POV:
point of view
punk:
someone with a bad or immature attitude (grow
up punk!)
Q&A:
Question & answer
QEMDW:
Quite elementary my dear Watson
R.I.P.:
Rest in Piece
rancid:
(insult) stinking,
disgusting, rotten, no good
ROFL:
rolling on the floor laughing
RV:
Recreational Vehicle
SAM:
surface to air missile
SMH:
shaking my head
smileys:
facial expressions on-line :-)
smooch:
endearment term
sniff:
(sniffer) eavesdropping
on-line
SOSO:
same old, same old
spam:
overwhelming the communication lines
spoof:
impersonation - Identity hacking
Stealth
Bigot: person who hate's but hides it
Sybil:
multiple ID's
SYL:
see you later
SYSOP:
system operator
Thumper:
(Bible Thumper) person who uses
Biblical authority a lot
TLC:
Tender Loving Care
Toad:
person using start up kit with fake name
Top
Gunning: scanning the other areas, and boards
Towanda!:
Women's Battle Cry (from Fried Green Tomatoes)
trashing:
(insult) defaming someone
(cyber) going through someone's
dumpster, wastepaper etc.
TS:
Transsexual
U2:
you too
Vampire:
person who drains your energy
W/:
With
Way
Cool!: Like, better than just cool, dude!
WB:
Write Back
WBASAP:
write back as soon as possible
WBP:
write back please
Wetware:
computer programmers
woo!:
exclamation of glee
WTL:
willing to learn
YDHAC:
you don't have a clue
Zipper:
Compression program
ZONED:
Put in his/her place
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