Online Forum Acronyms and Terms

February 26, 2008

As a member of various online forums, I have encountered acronyms and terms used by other members which I am not familiar with. Whenever I encounter a new one, I immediately use Google to find its definition. I tried to search for a site that have all these acronyms and terms already defined but could not find any.

 

 

Hence, I compiled these commonly-used acronyms and terms to help others to understand what other forum members are saying. In a way, forum members have their own lingo so to speak.

 

Acronyms:

 

AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact (daw sa korek!)

 

AFAIK – As Far As I Know (pahumble-effect)

 

ASAP – As Soon As Possible (nagmamadali)

 

BTDT - Been There, Done That (nagmamarunong)

 

BTW – By The Way (daw sa korek din!)

 

DL – Dead Link (kainis)

 

EOM- End Of Message

 

EOT - End Of Thread

 

FAQ - Frequently-Asked Question

 

FS – For Sale

 

FT – For Trade

 

FYI - For Your Information (listen here)

 

HTH - Hope This Helps (nagmamagaling)

 

IIRC - If I Remember Correctly (50-50 tama o mali)

 

IM - Immediate Message

 

IMHO – In My Humble Opinion (pahumble-effect din)

 

IMO – In My Opinion (nagmamarunong din)

 

IOW - In Other Words

 

ITA - I Totally Agree

 

LF – Looking For

 

LMK – Let Me Know

 

LOL - Laughing Out Loud

 

MYOB - Mind Your Own Business (suplado!)

 

NP – No Problem

 

OIC - Oh I See

 

TOH - On The Other Hand

 

OMG - Oh My God

 

PLMK – Please Let Me Know

 

PM – Private Message

 

SOP - Standard Operational Procedure

 

THX - Thanks

 

TTT – Thought That Too (kunyari lang)

 

WTF - What The F***!

 

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

 

Terms:

Avatar - a graphical representation of a person (e.g. my avatar at davaosale shown below, walang originality I know)

 

Bandwidth – denotes how fast your internet speed is. The greater the bandwidth, the faster you can browse the web or download files.

 

Bump – used to return a thread to the top or first page of the list of threads

 

Crash - unexpected shutdown of your program or computer unit

 

Cyberspace - describes the imaginary space in which computer users travel when “surfing” the internet.

 

Lurking - reading forum or newsgroup messages without responding to them

 

Netiquette – short for “internet etiquette”, rules and guidelines to be followed while working online

 

Newbie - a person new to the forum

 

Online – connected to the internet

 

Post - a message written in a forum

 

Smiley or Emoticon - used to express emotion (e.g. to express happiness)

 

Surfing – browsing the internet

 

Thread – chain of posts

 

 

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