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Bogusheadbox
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:03:00 -
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Ok, here is one for the L33t geekoid comunity. Apparently in my old age <ahem> i have fallen short of keeping up with the jargon that makes posting on forums for the young wippa snappers Ohhh so much fun.
Okay so can people give me a list and explanation of all the groovy little acronyms.
AFAIK = ?
and so on.
Feel free to make some up.
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Enderweeks
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:08:00 -
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Edited by: Enderweeks on 19/09/2003 10:37:02
IMHO here is a good place to start 
Edit to put in link 
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Fijou
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:08:00 -
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Well, uh, heres some I can think of off the top of my head.
afaik=as far as i know
brb=be right back
bbs=be back soon
bbl=be back later
afk=away from keyboard
bbiab=be back in a bit
bbwtmran=be back when the monkey rides at noon
tbh=to be honest
lol=laughing out loud
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Miso
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:14:00 -
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...also what does this crap mean about being "owned"? It sounds so lame. It reminds me of whiney, geeky 14year old american teenagers, which is not a pleasant thought at the best of times. And also, I don't get this thing of substituting numbers for letters, eg m3g4 - are they dyslexic or something?
Answers of a postcard please, to the usual address...
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Roba
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:14:00 -
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Bah, I never got all this stuff. And I'm a kid. If you can type at a decent speed why not just spell it out?! Well I do use ppl instead of people.
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:16:00 -
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Edited by: DB Preacher on 19/09/2003 10:33:07
rtfm = read the f**king manual
rofl = roll on floor laughing
lmao = laugh my ass off
fsr = for some reason
m00 = universal greeting
mOo = universally hated pirates
j00 = you
wtf = what the f***
I'll prolly think of a hundred more as soon as i press Post Reply.
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:18:00 -
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Miso, old bean,
anyone who spends some time on IRC unfortunately has to learn the lingo otherwise you just can't keep up with wtf (what the F***, another there) is going on.
a good start is to add 0r onto anything.
L33t0r Scr1ipt0r k1dd13s lub m3.
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Miso
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:20:00 -
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L33t0r Scr1ipt0r k1dd13s lub m3.
That is so lame, that its off the scale of all known lameness detectors...
(Thanks for the explaination DB!)
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Fijou
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:28:00 -
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Edited by: Fijou on 19/09/2003 10:28:20
For anyone interested, here is a comprehensive look and guide to "leet speak" (aka replacing letters with numbers)
"leet speek"
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Miso
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:35:00 -
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Thanks for the link... just re-afirms my belief that its all lamer than a donkey with 4 broken legs.
Still, kiddies like that sort of thing don't they? They probably think its "kewl"
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SavX
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:39:00 -
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The word "lol" is the only one I use. How are you going to tell someone that you are laughing other then, "HAHAHAHA" which looks stupid. To the other people who do things like, "I hav 2 go 2 c if u r there" then learn to type faster.
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Temujin Destovai
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:40:00 -
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lets not forget "ffs" - for fcks sake
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Richard Saldana
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:41:00 -
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Edited by: Richard Saldana on 19/09/2003 10:45:13
Edited by: Richard Saldana on 19/09/2003 10:44:33
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Thanks for the link... just re-afirms my belief that its all lamer than a donkey with 4 broken legs.
Now that *really* did make me LOL!
The girl I share an office with is now wondering why I am sitting here chortling at my laptop 
(Oh, and I agree with you wholeheartedly - maybe I'm just old, but it's lame beyond belief)
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:44:00 -
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its lame, but somehow it grows on you like a disease.
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Richard Saldana
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:47:00 -
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OK, while we're on the subject, can someone tell me what "w00t" is all about? I keep seeing it on here but can't work out what it's supposed to mean or where it is derived from.
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Captain Xpendable
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:48:00 -
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one thing that bugs me.
"You" is only 3 letters long.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ABBREVIATED!!!!
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:48:00 -
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Quote:
its lame, but somehow it grows on you like a disease.
yes, yes it does.
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Fijou
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Posted - 2003.09.19 10:51:00 -
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"w00t" is an exclamation of joy
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Ballard
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:14:00 -
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Edited by: Ballard on 19/09/2003 11:14:19
Heh...I can think of some situations were shouting "woooot" as an indication of great joy would be kinda...err..funny ;P
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sutty
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:18:00 -
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I belive long ago some guys actually did a petition to get "1337" and offical language :D since like enough people speak it :)
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Meau
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:23:00 -
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Edited by: Meau on 19/09/2003 11:23:57
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The word "lol" is the only one I use. How are you going to tell someone that you are laughing other then, "HAHAHAHA" which looks stupid.
Emotes are quite common in the online gaming community, if the chat doesnt suppurt any, then like
*grins evilly*
The absence of lol generally makes a chat channel far more enjoyable in my humble opinion (seeing several lines of nothing but those 3 letters after some joke still looks quite lame for me, though i should be used to it after the years ;), albeit i and many others tolerate it even in more roleplayed channels cause not everybody has the |_33»|» typing skills to quickly react with an emote, while shaken by laughter. *winks*
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Irnaii
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:27:00 -
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OMG OMG OMG, m3 *****3d ur ub3rl4m3 h34d$. WTF?!
err, sorry... need to take my mining pills again, then i can speak normally again.
Irnaii
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Drake Ramirez
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Posted - 2003.09.19 11:59:00 -
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Edited by: Drake Ramirez on 19/09/2003 12:00:24
Quote:
Edited by: Enderweeks on 19/09/2003 10:37:02
IMHO here is a good place to start
Edit to put in link
"mkay?" wtf does that mean?
A work colleague reckons its simple "hmmm okay" but said like Mr. Makey from Southpark.
Edit: It aint in that list ever 
Drake Ramirez
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Bogusheadbox
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Posted - 2003.09.19 12:04:00 -
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"mkay?" wtf does that mean?
A work colleague reckons its simple "hmmm okay" but said like Mr. Makey from Southpark.
Edit: It aint in that list ever
Screw you hippie I'm going home!!!!!!!!!!
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Dip me in chocolate and throw me to the *******s
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Drake Ramirez
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Posted - 2003.09.19 12:05:00 -
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Quote:
Quote:
"mkay?" wtf does that mean?
A work colleague reckons its simple "hmmm okay" but said like Mr. Makey from Southpark.
Edit: It aint in that list ever
Screw you hippie I'm going home!!!!!!!!!!
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Dip me in chocolate and throw me to the *******s
My work colleague just proved it to me, so screw you guys, I'm going home!!!
Drake Ramirez
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Beringe
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Posted - 2003.09.19 12:27:00 -
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:laughs:
This is the first thread I've even remotely felt like posting in since the patch.
1337-speak is the result of a community of percieved elites twisting standard language in an attempt to isolate themselves from the "lesser" types. It is more of a cant than a slang.
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Gan Howorth
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Posted - 2003.09.19 13:06:00 -
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idd? = I dont doubt??
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Severe McCald
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:10:00 -
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Edited by: Severe McCald on 19/09/2003 14:11:52
"It is more of a cant than a slang"
Dreadful. The word is spelt with a "u" and you don't say "it" when describing a person. And what has slang got to do with it.
DGA (dear god above.)
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Tilihad
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:18:00 -
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I am too old to learn how to type in leet speak. So i just use the online translator to help me along.
http://www.geocities.com/mnstr_2000/translate.html
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Spyder Murphy
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Posted - 2003.09.19 14:22:00 -
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I 0WNzor J00 WI+h MY L33T 5K1Ll$
Heheh couldn't resist 
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