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Internet/watch talk
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 4:28 pm
by hierachy
ok, on the internet lots of abreviations are used for common terms, some are used specificly on kevinswatch. Most of the people here probably know what they mean, but not everyone does..I for one have trouble with a couple of things.
So, anyway, this is supposed to be a list of net/watch talk that people may not understand
I will start:
lol-laugh out loud
rofl-roll on floor laughing
TC-Thomas Covenant
TCTC-the chronicals of Thomas Covenant
SRD-Stephen R Donaldson(what is his middle name?)
BTW-by the way
BRB-be right back
BBL- be back later
...
there are hundreds of them, please feel free to add to the list...
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:38 pm
by duchess of malfi
LF = Lord Foul
That one got me when I first joined the Watch. I had previously belonged to a Martin board so was used to that meaning a Martin character named Littlefinger. I couldn't figure out for a few days why everyone was talking about a George Martin character on a Donaldson board.
LOTR = Lord of the Rings
FOTR = Fellowship of the Ring
TTT or TT = The Two Towers
ROTK = Return of the King
those are ones I often see, too
ASOIAF = George Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire, or the huge discussion board over on EZboard dedicated to it
WOT = Jordan's fantasy series Wheel of Time
SOT = Goodkind's fantasy series Sword of Truth
Those three don't come up so often here at the Watch, but are widely used on some other fantasy discussion boards I sometimes go to.
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:38 pm
by danlo
LA-Linden Avery
roflmao-rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
Reeder is SRD's middle name
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 6:07 pm
by duchess of malfi
MN = Mordant's Need
GRRM = George R R Martin
RJ = Robert Jordan
JRRT = J R R Tolkien
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:00 pm
by CovenantJr
LFB, TIW or IW, TPTP, TWL, TOT, WGW......the various books of the Chronicles of TC, in that order.
Duchess, I'm glad you cleared up that ASOIAF thing, I've wondered about that for ages...
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:17 am
by The Leper Fairy
Oooooh....
imo = in my opinion
and
imho = in my humble opinion...
I didn't get those forever.
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:23 am
by Reisheiruhime
GF - Gilden-fire
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:26 am
by Dromond
IIRC - if I recall correctly.
I just used this one somewhere! Took a
loooong time to figure out!
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:57 am
by Fist and Faith
afaik - as far as I know
itfafjatcgyem? - isn't that Fist and Faith just about the coolest guy you ever met? (Where this one started is beyond me!
)
wtf - what the ____
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:02 am
by Dromond
HLOSAYM
has lack of sleep addled your mind?
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 6:25 am
by Damelon
Fist ,
DYR? - Do You Rave?
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 7:29 am
by hierachy
Yes!!!!!! IMO, at last i know what it stands for, I kind of already knew what it meant from the context it was used in(hell, i even threw it in myself a couple of times), but untill now, i never knew what it stood for...
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:11 am
by Infelice
btw - by the way
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:47 pm
by Brinn
TTYS - Talk to you soon
NP - No Problem
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:55 pm
by Ylva Kresh
This is a thread I really need... very useful indeed.
especially "itfafjatcgyem" LOL! When the abbreviations gets as long as a sentence themselves...
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 4:28 pm
by birdandbear
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 8:52 pm
by CovenantJr
Me too
gtg - got to go
bnb - birdandbear
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:10 pm
by danlo
damm I always thought that meant bed & breakfast!
KWR-Kevin's Watch Rules! (Rocks)
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:30 pm
by The Leper Fairy
wb = welcome back... did we get that one already?
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:45 pm
by CovenantJr
That wb just reminds me of Blackadder going "wibble"