INTERNET SLANG LIST
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0-9
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10q
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Thank you
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10x
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Thanks
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1337
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From the word Leet, derived from the word elite
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2
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Too, or to
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2L8
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Too late
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2U2
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To you too
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<3
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Love (a sideways heart)
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4
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For
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404
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I haven't a clue; from the code for the common "Not Found"
HTTP error message
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4GM
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Forgive me
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?4U
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Question for you
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A
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AAMOF
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As a matter of fact
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ADN
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Any day now
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AFAICR/S/T
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As far as I can recall / remember / see / tell
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AFAIK
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As far as I know
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AFK
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Away from keyboard
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AKA
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Also known as
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AITR
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Adult in the room
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AIUI
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As I understand it
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ANFSCD
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And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the
subject of conversation
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ASAP
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As soon as possible
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ASL or
A/S/L
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Age / sex / location
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ATEOTD
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At The End of the Day
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ATM
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At the moment
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ATYS
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Anything you say
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AWA
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As well as
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AWOL
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Absent Without (Official) Leave
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AYBABTU
(also abbreviated as AY
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All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)
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B
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borked
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Thoroughly broken
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Bai
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Bye
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B2B
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Business to Business
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BB
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Bye bye
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BBIAB
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Be back in a bit
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BBIAF
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Be back in a few / flash
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BBL/S
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Be back later / shortly / soon
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BCNU
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Be seein' you
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BF
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Boy friend
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BFF
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Best friends forever
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BFFL
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Best friends for life
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BFN
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Bye for now
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BFFN
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Best Friend For Now
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Blog
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Also known as web log or an online journal
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BOF
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Beginning of file
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BOFH
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Bastard operator from hell
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BOHICA
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Bend Over Here It Comes Again
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Bot
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Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging
software
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Br/BR
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Best regards
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BRB
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Be right back
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BRT
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Be right there
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BS
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Backstab / Bullshit
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BSOD
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Blue Screen of Death
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BTDT
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Been there done that
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BTDTGTTSAWIO
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Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and wore it out
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BTW
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By the way
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Bump
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Increment (For example, C++'s operator.) or a backronym for
"Bring Up My Post"
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BW or B/W
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Between or black-and-white.
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C
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CD9
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Code 9 -Parents nearby
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CBA
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Can't Be Arsed. A term to indicate or dictate laziness.
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chown
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Change owner. (used in Unix systems)
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CMIIW
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Correct me if I'm wrong
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Crawl
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To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it
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Crapplet
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A poorly written computer application
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CTN
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Can't Talk Now
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CU
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See you (later)
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CUNT
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See you next time
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CYA
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See ya OR Cover Your Ass
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Cyber
(prefix)
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A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of
computers or the Internet or sex over a computer
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Cyberspace
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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'
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CBA
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Can't Be Arsed. A term to indicate or dictate laziness.
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D
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DDG
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Drop Dead Gorgeous
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DFTT
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Don't feed the trolls
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DGAF
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Don't Give A Fuck
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DIAF
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Die in a fire
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DIRL
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Die in real life
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DILLIGAF/D/S
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Does it look like I give a flip / fuck / damn / shit
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DL
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Download
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DND
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Do not disturb
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DOA
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Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that has never worked.
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DW
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Don't Worry.
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E
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EOF
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End Of File
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EOM
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End of Message
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EOL
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End of Life. Device or hardware that is at the end of its product
life cycle
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EQ
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EverQuest
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ETA
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Estimated time of arrival, later (especially on blogs), Edited To
Add-
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F
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FAQ
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Frequently Asked Question(s)
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FFS
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For fuck's sake, or Fat Finger Syndrome(used to explain that one
cannot type correctly)
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Flamer
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Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive
comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll
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FMCDH
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From My Cold Dead Hands
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FOAD/FOND
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Fuck off 'n'/and die
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FOAF
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Friend of a friend
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FP
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First Post
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FTL
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For the lose / loss
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FTW
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For the win / fuck the world
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FU
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Fuck you
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FUBAR
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Fucked up beyond all recognition / repair
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FUD
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Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)
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FWIW
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For what it's worth
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FYI
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For your information
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G
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GBCW
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Goodbye Cruel World- a dramatic leave taking of a forum or site
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GBTW
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Get back to work
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GF
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Great/good fight; or girlfriend
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GFETE
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Grinning from ear to ear
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GFY
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Good for you
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GG
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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
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GGF
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Go Get Fucked
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GIYF
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Google is your friend
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GL
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Good luck, often used at beginning of a contest
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GLHF
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Good luck and have fun
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GJ
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Good job
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GMTA
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Great minds think alike
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Godwin's
Law
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Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post
a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler
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Gratz
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Congratulations
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GTH
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Go to hell
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GTFO
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Get the fuck out OR Get the fuck off
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GTG or G2G
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'Got to go' or 'Good to go'
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GR
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Gateway Router
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GR8
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Great
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H
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HAND
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Have A Nice Day
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Handle
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Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
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HF
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Have fun/High-five
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Haxor or
H4x0r (1337)
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Hacker
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Hit
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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.
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Home page
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The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The
technical term is "index"
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Hot list
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A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site
addresses), sometimes available as text files.
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HTH
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Hope this / that helps, or happy to help
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H8
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Hate
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I
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IANAL
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I am not a lawyer
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IAWTC
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I agree with that/this comment
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IBTL
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In before the lock
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IDC
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I don't care
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IDGAF
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I don't give a fuck
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IDK
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I don't know
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IHY
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I hate you
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IINM
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If I'm not mistaken
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IIRC
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If I recall / remember correctly
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IIUC
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If I understand correctly
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ILY
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I love you
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IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO
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In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion
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Information
superhighway
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The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)
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IONO
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I don't know
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IOW
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In other words
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IRC
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Internet Relay Chat
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IRL
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In real life
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ISTR
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I Seem To Recall
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ITYM
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I Think You Mean
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IWSN
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I want sex now
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IYKWIM
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If you know what I mean
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J
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Jaggy
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Aliased computer graphics
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JAS
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Just a second
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JIC'
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Just in case
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JFGI
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Just Fucking/Freaking Google It
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JK or j/k
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Just kidding, or joke
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JSYK
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Just so you know
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JFTR
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Just for the records
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JOOC
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Just out of curiosity
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JW
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Just wondering
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JFK
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Just Fucking Kidding
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K
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k or kk
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OK
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KIR
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Keeping it real.
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KISS
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Keep it simple stupid.
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KIT
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Keep in touch.
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KMA
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Kiss my ass
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KOS
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Kill on sight
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KOTC/L
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Kiss on the cheek/lips.
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KS(ing)
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Kill-Steal(ing)
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KTHX
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OK, thanks
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KTHXBAI or
KTHXBYE
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OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to
express displeasure with being cut short
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KWIM
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Know what I mean?
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L
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L2P
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Learn to play; an admonishment to new or incompetent video game
players.
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L8R
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Later (sometimes abbreviated to L8ER); is commonly used in chat rooms
and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.
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Lag
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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
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Lamer
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A know-nothing, one who is lame.
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Leet
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Often spelled as l33t or 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant
elite
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LFG
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Looking for group
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LFM
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Looking for more
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LMAO,
LMFAO, LMMFAO
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Laughing my ass off, laughing my fucking ass off, laughing my mother
fucking ass off
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LMIRL
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Let's meet in real life.
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LMK
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Let me know
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LOL
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Laughing out loud, laugh out loud. Occasionally: lots of love, lots
of luck
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LOTI
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Laughing on the inside
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LTNS
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Long time no see
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Lulz
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A corruption of LOL, which stands for laugh out loud.
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Lurker
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Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in
discussions
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Luser
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Loser + user; an annoying user from the perspective of tech support
or a system administrator; also spelled luzer or luzzer.
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LYLAB
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Love you like a brother
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LYLAS
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Love you like a sister
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M
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MMORPG, MMO
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Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
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MMOFPS
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Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter
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MOO
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MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) Object Orientated
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MOTD
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Message of the day
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MS
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Microsoft
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MTFBWY
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May The Force be with you
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MUD
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Multi-User Dungeon
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MUSH
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Multi-User Shared Hallucination
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MYOB
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Mind your own business
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M8
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Mate
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N
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N2M
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Not(hing) too much
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N2B
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Not too bad
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NE1
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"Anyone"
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Newbie,
noob, or n00b
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An inexperienced user of a system or game, or an annoying person.
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NFW
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No fucking way
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NM
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(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.
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NN
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Night night. Used as an alternative for "good night"
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NP
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No problem
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NSFW
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Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in
trouble with his employer or co-workers.
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NTY
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No, Thank You
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NVM, NVMD,
or nm
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Nevermind, not much
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O
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O RLY
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Oh really?
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OH OK
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A sarcastic okay
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OIC
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Oh, I see
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OFN
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Old fucking news
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OMG
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Oh, my God
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OMFG
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Oh, my fucking God
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OMG WTF BBQ
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Oh my God, What the Fuck, Barbecue
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OMW
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On my way or Oh my word
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OOC
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Out Of Character / Out Of Combat
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OP
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Original poster / Operator / Outpost
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OS
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Operating system
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OT
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Off topic
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OTOH
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On the other hand
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OTP
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On the phone or One true pairing
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P
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P2P
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Peer to peer, or pay to play
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P911
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Parent emergency (watch what you type)
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PAW
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Parents are watching
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PEBKAC
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Problem exists between keyboard and chair
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Ping
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From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar
to "Are you there?".
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PITA
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Pain in the arse / ass
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PLMK
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Please let me know
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plz or pls
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Please
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PM
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Personal message or private message
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PMJI
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Pardon my jumping in
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PMSL
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Pissing My Self Laughing
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:: POOF ::
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Goodbye (leaving the room)
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POS
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Piece of shit, parent over shoulder, packet over SONet, or Point of
Sale.
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POTS
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Plain old telephone service
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POV
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Point of view
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PPL
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People
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PST
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Please send tell
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PTKFGS
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Punch the Keys For God's Sake
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pr0n
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Intentional misspelling of porn
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PW
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Persistent World (gaming)
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pwned or
pwnd
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Owned
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Q
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QFA
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Quoted for accuracy. Similar to QFT
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QFT
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Quoted for truth, Quit fucking talking
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QT
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Cutie.
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R
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Rehi (or
merely re)
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Hello again
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RL
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Real Life
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Rly
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Really (See also: O rly) />
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RO(T)FL
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Rolling on (the) floor laughing
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RO(T)FLMAO
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Rolling on (the) floor laughing my ass off
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RO(T)FLOL
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Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud
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RSN
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Real soon now (often used sarcastically)
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RTA
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Read The Article
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RTFB
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Read the fucking binary (or book)
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RTFQ
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Read the fucking/fabulous (polite)/freaking (polite) question
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RTFS
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Read the fucking source
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RTFM/RTM
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Read the (fucking) manual
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RYC
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Regarding your comment
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S
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S2R
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Send to Receive (Used in online chat to request self-pictures)
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SCNR
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Sorry, could not resist
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Sif
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As if
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Sim
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Simulation
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sk8/sk8r
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skate/skater
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Smiley
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Another name for emoticons
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SMH
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Shaking my head
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SNAFU
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Situation normal: all (fucked/fouled) up
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Snail mail
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Normal paper mail service
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SOL
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Shit Outta Luck
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Spider
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The program behind a search engine
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SPYFN
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Stop Posting You Filthy Noob, generally the same meaning as GTFO
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Sry
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Sorry
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STFU
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Shut the fuck up
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STFW
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Search the fucking web
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Soz
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Sorry
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SU
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Shut up
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SWIM
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Someone Who Isn't Me
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SYM
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Shut your mouth
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SMYLS
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Spare me your life story
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T
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T4P
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Tell for people
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TANSTAAFL
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There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, from Robert A. Heinlein's
novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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TBF
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Time between failures
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TBH, TBQH
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To be (quite) honest
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TFTC
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Thanks for the Cache, a Geocaching term
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TG
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That's great
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TGIF
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Thank God it's Friday
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TH(N)X, TNX
or TX
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Thanks
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TIA
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Thanks in advance
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TINC
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There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories
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TISNF
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This is so not fair
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TL;DR
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Too Long; Didn't Read, an admonishment that a post is too lengthy or
lacks worthwhile content
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TMI
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Too much information
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TOS
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Terms of service
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TTBOMK
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To the best of my knowledge
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TTFN
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Ta ta for now
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TTT
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To the top, used in forums to bump a thread
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TTTH
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Talk to the hand
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TTYL
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Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)
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TTYS
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Talk to you soon
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TTYTT
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To Tell You The Truth
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Tweedler
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One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets
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TWIMC
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To Whom It May Concern
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TY or Thx
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Thank you
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TYT
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Take your time
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TYVM
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Thank you very much
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TPW
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Top Post Whore
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U
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U, Ur
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You, your, you're
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UTFSE
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Use the fucking search engine
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V
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VB(SE)G
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Very big (shit-eating) grin.
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VEG/S
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Very evil grin/smile.
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Vlog
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Video blog
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VWG/S
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Very wicked grin/smile.
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W
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w00t, w00T
or WOOT
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First two express exuberance, and the last is a backronym for the
term "We Own the Other Team".
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W/ or W/O
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With or without
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WB
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Welcome back
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WBU
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What 'Bout (about) You
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WD
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Well Done
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W/E
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Whatever
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WoW
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World of Warcraft
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WP
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Well Played
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WRT
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With respect / regard to
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WRUD
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What are you doing?
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WTB
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Want to buy
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WTF
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What the fuck
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WTG
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Way to go
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WTH
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What the hell, What the heck
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WTS
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Want to sell
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WTSHTF
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When The Shit Hits The Fan
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WTT
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Want to trade
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WUG
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What you got?
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WUBU2
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What (have) you been up to?
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WUU2
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What (are) you up to?
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WUW
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What you want?
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WWJD
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What would Jesus do?
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WYSIWYG
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What you see is what you get
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W8
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Wait
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Y
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Y
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Why
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YA RLY
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Yeah Really (invariably preceded by "O RLY")
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YHBT
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You have been trolled.
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YHL
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You have lost
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YKW
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You know what?
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YMMV
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Your mileage may vary.
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YT
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You there?
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YTMND
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You're The Man Now, Dog
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YW
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You're welcome.
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YOYO
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You're On Your Own.
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YOYOW
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You own your own words.
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Z
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ZOMG
(sometimes OMGZ)
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A variation of OMG (Oh my Gosh/God) used to indicate extreme
excitement
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