Internet Terms

{ December 21, 2006 }

Laugh out loudWhen you participate in any online community like chatrooms, game rooms, MMORPG etc, you might see some unknown short terms. If it is your first time, you might not be able to know what they mean. Sometimes, the term is not just used online, but also in real life. I have compiled a brief list of terms that is usually used. Most of them are just short forms, and some might be a little rude.

  1. LOL = Laughing out loud / Lots of laugh
  2. ROFL = Rolling on floor laughing
  3. LMAO = Laughing my ass off
  4. ROFLMAO = Rolling on floor laughing my ass off
  5. 120 = Same meaning as LOL, usually used by hacker
  6. Lawl = Same meaning as LOL
  7. OMG = Oh my god
  8. OMFG = Oh my fucking god
  9. STFU = Shut the fuck up
  10. WTF = What the fuck
  11. FTW = For the win
  12. Noob = Newbie / lousy
  13. PWN/Pawn = Defeated (e.g. Jon got pwn’ed in game)
  14. Woot = Similar to wow, cool, etc
  15. P/S or P.S = Post Scriptum
  16. IMO = In my opinion
  17. IMHO = In my humble/honest opinion (Usually humble,however)
  18. SERP = Search engine result page
  19. Big “G” = Google
  20. BRB = Be right back
  21. BBL = Be back later
  22. AFK = Away from keyboard

That’s all I can think of. I know that they are still many of them, but I can’t remember them all. If you know any other terms that isn’t on the list yet, you can request them to be added by using the comment form below.

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BRB – Be right back
BBL – Be back later
TTYL – Talk to you later
OMGWTFBBQ – Oh my ___ what the ____ BBQ

That’s all I can think of for now.
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