| Basic Net Speak | |
|---|---|
| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFAICS | As Far As I Can See |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| ETLA | Extended Three Letter Acronym |
| FWIW | For What It’s Worth |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| HTH | Hope That Helps |
| ICQ | Internet Chat Query |
| IIRC | If I Recall Correctly |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IRL | In Real Life |
| ISO | In Search Of |
| ISTM | It Seems To Me |
| ISTR | I Seem To Recall |
| ISWYM | I See What You Mean |
| IYKWIM | If You Know What I Mean |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| NIH | Not Invented Here |
| OP | Original Poster |
| OT | Off Topic |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| OTOP | On The Other Paw |
| PITA | Pain In The Ass |
| ROFL | Rolling On the Floor Laughing |
| ROFLMAO | Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off |
| SCNR | Sorry, Could Not Resist |
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recommend book⇒A Glossary of Net speak and Text speak | |||
| by | David Crystal | 978-0-7486-1982-5 | paperback | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1941-07-06 age: 71 | 978-0-7486-2119-4 | hardcover | |
| publisher | Edinburgh University | |||
| published | 2004-09-29 | |||
| Internet and cellphone jargon. | ||||
| Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock. Try looking for it with a bookfinder. | ||||
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available on the web at: |
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/netspeak.html |
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