INTERNET slang

KevinEdit: Source: http://topicpulse.com/articles/article/internet_slang_list/ Please post the source in the future.

Ever wanted to know what FTW means? Or PWND? Or 10x? Or PEBKAK? Well here's a complete list of 344 internet slang words, and their meaning.

0-9

• 10q
  Thank you
• 10x
  Thanks
• 1337
  From the word Leet, derived from the word elite
• 2
  Too, or to
• 2L8
  Too late
• 2U2
  To you too
• <3
  Love (a sideways heart)
• 4
  For
• 404
  I haven't a clue; from the code for the common "Not Found" HTTP error message
• 4GM
  Forgive me
• ?4U
  Question for you

A

• AAMOF
  As a matter of fact
• ADN
  Any day now
• AFAICR/S/T
  As far as I can recall / remember / see / tell
• AFAIK
  As far as I know
• AFK
  Away from keyboard
• AKA
  Also known as
• AITR
  Adult in the room
• AIUI
  As I understand it
• ANFSCD
  And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation
• ASAP
  As soon as possible
• ASL or A/S/L
  Age / sex / location
• ATEOTD
  At The End of the Day
• ATM
  At the moment
• ATYS
  Anything you say
• AWA
  As well as
• AWOL
  Absent Without (Official) Leave
• AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AY
  All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)

B

• borked
  Thoroughly broken
• Bai
  Bye
• B2B
  Business to Business
• BB
  Bye bye
• BBIAB
  Be back in a bit
• BBIAF
  Be back in a few / flash
• BBL/S
  Be back later / shortly / soon
• BCNU
  Be seein' you
• BF
  Boy friend
• BFF
  Best friends forever
• BFFL
  Best friends for life
• BFN
  Bye for now
• BFFN
  Best Friend For Now
• Blog
  Also known as web log or an online journal
• BOF
  Beginning of file
• BOFH
  Bastard operator from hell
• BOHICA
  Bend Over Here It Comes Again
• Bot
  Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging software
• Br/BR
  Best regards
• BRB
  Be right back
• BRT
  Be right there
• BS
  Backstab / Bullshit
• BSOD
  Blue Screen of Death
• BTDT
  Been there done that
• BTDTGTTSAWIO
  Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and wore it out
• BTW
  By the way
• Bump
  Increment (For example, C++'s operator.) or a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"
• BW or B/W
  Between or black-and-white.

C

• CD9
  Code 9
  Parents nearby
• CBA
  Can't Be Arsed. A term to indicate or dictate laziness.
• chown
  Change owner. (used in Unix systems)
• CMIIW
  Correct me if I'm wrong
• Crawl
  To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it
• Crapplet
  A poorly written computer application
• CTN
  Can't Talk Now
• CU
  See you (later)
• CUNT
  See you next time
• CYA
  See ya OR Cover Your Ass
• Cyber (prefix)
  A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer
• Cyberspace
  Virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson popularized the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'

D

• DDG
  Drop Dead Gorgeous
• DFTT
  Don't feed the trolls
• DGAF
  Don't Give A Fuck
• DIAF
  Die in a fire
• DIRL
  Die in real life
• DILLIGAF/D/S
  Does it look like I give a flip / fuck / damn / shit
• DL
  Download
• DND
  Do not disturb
• DOA
  Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that has never worked.
• DW
  Don't Worry.

E

• EOF
  End Of File
• EOM
  End of Message
• EOL
  End of Life. Device or hardware that is at the end of its product life cycle
• EQ
  EverQuest
• ETA
  Estimated time of arrival, later (especially on blogs), Edited To Add-

F

• FAQ
  Frequently Asked Question(s)
• FFS
  For fuck's sake, or
  Fat Finger Syndrome(used to explain that one cannot type correctly)
• Flamer
  Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll
• FMCDH
  From My Cold Dead Hands
• FOAD/FOND
  Fuck off 'n'/and die
• FOAF
  Friend of a friend
• FP
  First Post
• FTL
  For the lose / loss
• FTW
  For the win / fuck the world
• FU
  Fuck you
• FUBAR
  Fucked up beyond all recognition / repair
• FUD
  Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)
• FWIW
  For what it's worth
• FYI
  For your information

G

• GBCW
  Goodbye Cruel World
  a dramatic leave taking of a forum or site
• GBTW
  Get back to work
• GF
  Great/good fight; or girlfriend
• GFETE
  Grinning from ear to ear
• GFY
  Good for you
• GG
  Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match, also used to describe a game that is very one sided and therefore considered already over
• GGF
  Go Get Fucked
• GIYF
  Google is your friend
• GL
  Good luck, often used at beginning of a contest
• GLHF
  Good luck and have fun
• GJ
  Good job
• GMTA
  Great minds think alike
• Godwin's Law
  Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler
• Gratz
  Congratulations
• GTH
  Go to hell
• GTFO
  Get the fuck out OR Get the fuck off
• GTG or G2G
  'Got to go' or 'Good to go'
• GR
  Gateway Router
• GR8
  Great

H

• HAND
  Have A Nice Day
• Handle
  Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
• HF
  Have fun/High-five
• Haxor or H4x0r (1337)
  Hacker
• Hit
  A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage.
• Home page
  The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index"
• Hot list
  A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files.
• HTH
  Hope this / that helps, or happy to help
• H8
  Hate

I

• IANAL
  I am not a lawyer
• IAWTC
  I agree with that/this comment
• IBTL
  In before the lock
• IDC
  I don't care
• IDGAF
  I don't give a fuck
• IDK
  I don't know
• IHY
  I hate you
• IINM
  If I'm not mistaken
• IIRC
  If I recall / remember correctly
• IIUC
  If I understand correctly
• ILY
  I love you
• IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO
  In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion
• Information superhighway
  The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)
• IONO
  I don't know
• IOW
  In other words
• IRC
  Internet Relay Chat
• IRL
  In real life
• ISTR
  I Seem To Recall
• ITYM
  I Think You Mean
• IWSN
  I want sex now
• IYKWIM
  If you know what I mean

J

• Jaggy
  Aliased computer graphics
• JAS
  Just a second
• JIC'
  Just in case
• JFGI
  Just Fucking/Freaking Google It
• JK or j/k
  Just kidding, or joke
• JSYK
  Just so you know
• JFTR
  Just for the records
• JOOC
  Just out of curiosity
• JW
  Just wondering
• JFK
  Just Fucking Kidding

K

• k or kk
  OK
• KIR
  Keeping it real.
• KISS
  Keep it simple stupid.
• KIT
  Keep in touch.
• KMA
  Kiss my ass
• KOS
  Kill on sight
• KOTC/L
  Kiss on the cheek/lips.
• KS(ing)
  Kill-Steal(ing)
• KTHX
  OK, thanks
• KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE
  OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short
• KWIM
  Know what I mean?

L

• L2P
  Learn to play; an admonishment to new or incompetent video game players.
• L8R
  Later (sometimes abbreviated to L8ER); is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.
• Lag
  Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy
• Lamer
  A know-nothing, one who is lame.
• Leet
  Often spelled as l33t or 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite
• LFG
  Looking for group
• LFM
  Looking for more
• LMAO, LMFAO, LMMFAO
  Laughing my ass off, laughing my fucking ass off, laughing my mother fucking ass off
• LMIRL
  Let's meet in real life.
• LMK
  Let me know
• LOL
  Laughing out loud, laugh out loud. Occasionally: lots of love, lots of luck
• LOTI
  Laughing on the inside
• LTNS
  Long time no see
• Lulz
  A corruption of LOL, which stands for laugh out loud.
• Lurker
  Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions
• Luser
  Loser + user; an annoying user from the perspective of tech support or a system administrator; also spelled luzer or luzzer.
• LYLAB
  Love you like a brother
• LYLAS
  Love you like a sister

M

• MMORPG, MMO
  Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
• MMOFPS
  Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter
• MOO
  MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) Object Orientated
• MOTD
  Message of the day
• MS
  Microsoft
• MTFBWY
  May The Force be with you
• MUD
  Multi-User Dungeon
• MUSH
  Multi-User Shared Hallucination
• MYOB
  Mind your own business
• M8
  Mate

N

• N2M
  Not(hing) too much
• N2B
  Not too bad
• NE1
  "Anyone"
• Newbie, noob, or n00b
  An inexperienced user of a system or game, or an annoying person.
• NFW
  No fucking way
• NM
  (Sometimes written N/M) Not much, Never mind or no message, used on message boards or in e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line.
• NN
  Night night. Used as an alternative for "good night"
• NP
  No problem
• NSFW
  Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers.
• NTY
  No, Thank You
• NVM, NVMD, or nm
  Nevermind, not much

O

• O RLY
  Oh really?
• OH OK
  A sarcastic okay
• OIC
  Oh, I see
• OFN
  Old fucking news
• OMG
  Oh, my God
• OMFG
  Oh, my fucking God
• OMGWTFBBQ
  Oh my God, What the Fuck, Barbecue
• OMW
  On my way or Oh my word
• OOC
  Out Of Character / Out Of Combat
• OP
  Original poster / Operator / Outpost
• OS
  Operating system
• OT
  Off topic
• OTOH
  On the other hand
• OTP
  On the phone or One true pairing

P

• P2P
  Peer to peer, or pay to play
• P911
  Parent emergency (watch what you type)
• PAW
  Parents are watching
• PEBKAC
  Problem exists between keyboard and chair
• Ping
  From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar to "Are you there?".
• PITA
  Pain in the arse / ass
• PLMK
  Please let me know
• plz or pls
  Please
• PM
  Personal message or private message
• PMJI
  Pardon my jumping in
• PMSL
  Pissing My Self Laughing
• :: POOF ::
  Goodbye (leaving the room)
• POS
  Piece of shit, parent over shoulder, packet over SONet, or Point of Sale.
• POTS
  Plain old telephone service
• POV
  Point of view
• PPL
  People
• PST
  Please send tell
• PTKFGS
  Punch the Keys For God's Sake
• pr0n
  Intentional misspelling of porn
• PW
  Persistent World (gaming)
• pwned or pwnd
  Owned

Q

• QFA
  Quoted for accuracy. Similar to QFT
• QFT
  Quoted for truth, Quit fucking talking
• QT
  Cutie.

R

• Rehi (or merely re)
  Hello again
• RL
  Real Life
• Rly
  Really (See also: O rly) />
• RO(T)FL
  Rolling on (the) floor laughing
• RO(T)FLMAO
  Rolling on (the) floor laughing my ass off
• RO(T)FLOL
  Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud
• RSN
  Real soon now (often used sarcastically)
• RTA
  Read The Article
• RTFB
  Read the fucking binary (or book)
• RTFQ
  Read the fucking/fabulous (polite)/freaking (polite) question
• RTFS
  Read the fucking source
• RTFM/RTM
  Read the (fucking) manual
• RYC
  Regarding your comment

S

• S2R
  Send to Receive (Used in online chat to request self-pictures)
• SCNR
  Sorry, could not resist
• Sif
  As if
• Sim
  Simulation
• sk8/sk8r
  skate/skater
• Smiley
  Another name for emoticons
• SMH
  Shaking my head
• SNAFU
  Situation normal: all (fucked/fouled) up
• Snail mail
  Normal paper mail service
• SOL
  Shit Outta Luck
• Spider
  The program behind a search engine
• SPYFN
  Stop Posting You Filthy Noob, generally the same meaning as GTFO
• Sry
  Sorry
• STFU
  Shut the fuck up
• STFW
  Search the fucking web
• Soz
  Sorry
• SU
  Shut up
• SWIM
  Someone Who Isn't Me
• SYM
  Shut your mouth
• SMYLS
  Spare me your life story

T

• T4P
  Tell for people
• TANSTAAFL
  There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, from Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
• TBF
  Time between failures
• TBH, TBQH
  To be (quite) honest
• TFTC
  Thanks for the Cache, a Geocaching term
• TG
  That's great
• TGIF
  Thank God it's Friday
• TH(N)X, TNX or TX
  Thanks
• TIA
  Thanks in advance
• TINC
  There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories
• TISNF
  This is so not fair
• TL;DR
  Too Long; Didn't Read, an admonishment that a post is too lengthy or lacks worthwhile content
• TMI
  Too much information
• TOS
  Terms of service
• TTBOMK
  To the best of my knowledge
• TTFN
  Ta ta for now
• TTT
  To the top, used in forums to bump a thread
• TTTH
  Talk to the hand
• TTYL
  Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)
• TTYS
  Talk to you soon
• TTYTT
  To Tell You The Truth
• Tweedler
  One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets
• TWIMC
  To Whom It May Concern
• TY or Thx
  Thank you
• TYT
  Take your time
• TYVM
  Thank you very much
• TPW
  Top Post Whore

U

• U, Ur
  You, your, you're
• UTFSE
  Use the fucking search engine

V

• VB(SE)G
  Very big (shit-eating) grin.
• VEG/S
  Very evil grin/smile.
• Vlog
  Video blog
• VWG/S
  Very wicked grin/smile.

W

• w00t, w00T or WOOT
  First two express exuberance, and the last is a backronym for the term "We Own the Other Team".
• W/ or W/O
  With or without
• WB
  Welcome back
• WBU
  What 'Bout (about) You
• WD
  Well Done
• W/E
  Whatever
• WoW
  World of Warcraft
• WP
  Well Played
• WRT
  With respect / regard to
• WRUD
  What are you doing?
• WTB
  Want to buy
• WTF
  What the fuck
• WTG
  Way to go
• WTH
  What the hell, What the heck
• WTS
  Want to sell
• WTSHTF
  When The Shit Hits The Fan
• WTT
  Want to trade
• WUG
  What you got?
• WUBU2
  What (have) you been up to?
• WUU2
  What (are) you up to?
• WUW
  What you want?
• WWJD
  What would Jesus do?
• WYSIWYG
  What you see is what you get
• W8
  Wait

Y

• Y
  Why
• YA RLY
  Yeah Really (invariably preceded by "O RLY")
• YHBT
  You have been trolled.
• YHL
  You have lost
• YKW
  You know what?
• YMMV
  Your mileage may vary.
• YT
  You there?
• YTMND
  You're The Man Now, Dog
• YW
  You're welcome.
• YOYO
  You're On Your Own.
• YOYOW
  You own your own words.

Z

• ZOMG (sometimes OMGZ)
  A variation of OMG (Oh my Gosh/God) used to indicate extreme excitement