Most Commonly Used Internet Slangs

Here’s a list of the most commonly used Internet Slang by everyone today. If you feel that I’ve left out a slang or two, please do drop a comment. :)

1337 – From the word Leet, derived from the word elite

AFAIK – As far as I know

AFK – Away from keyboard

ASL – Age / sex / location

ATM –  At the moment

AYBABTU – All your base are belong to us

BRB — Be right back

BS — Backstab / Bullshit

BSOD — Blue Screen of DeathBSOD — Blue Screen of Death

BTW — By the way

CU — See you

CYA — See ya OR Cover Your Ass

DND — Do not disturb

DOA — Dead on arrival

FAQ — Frequently Asked Question(s)

FFS — For f*ck’s sake

FOAD — F*ck off and die

FOAF — Friend of a friend

FTL — For the loss

FTW — For the win/F*ck the way

GBTW — Get back to work

GF — Great/good fight; or girlfriend

GFU — Good for you

GG — Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match

GL — Good luck

GLHF — Good luck and have fun

GJ — Good job

Gratz — Congratulations

GTFO — Get the fuck out OR Get the fuck off

GTG or G2G — ‘Got to go’ or ‘Good to go’

GR — Good Race

GR8 — Great

HAND — Have A Nice Day

Haxor or H4x0r (1337) — Hacker

H8 — Hate

IAWTC — I agree with that/this comment

IDC — I don’t care

IDK — I don’t know

IINM — If I’m not mistaken

IIRC — If I recall / remember correctly

IIUC — If I understand correctly

ILY— I love you

IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO — In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion

IOW — In other words

IRC — Internet Relay Chat

IRL — In real life

JK or j/k — Just kidding, or joke

k or kk — OK

KISS — Keep it simple stupid

KS(ing) — Kill-Steal(ing)

KMA — Kiss my ass

KOS — Kill on sight

KTHX — OK, thanks

KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE — OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short

L8R — Later (sometimes abbreviated to L8ER); is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye

Lag — 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

Lamer — A know-nothing, one who is lame

Leet — Often spelled as l33t or 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite

LM(F)AO — Laughing my (fucking) ass off

LOL — Laughing out loud, laugh out loud

MMORPG, MMO — Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game

MMOFPS — Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter

MOTD — Message of the day

MS or M$ — Microsoft

MTFBWY — May The Force be with you

MYOB — Mind your own business

M8 — Mate

NE1 — “Anyone”

Newbie, noob, or n00b — An inexperienced user of a system or game, or an annoying person

NSFW — Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers

NVM, NVMD, or nm — Nevermind, not much

O RLY — Oh really?

OIC — Oh, I see

OMG — Oh, my God

OMFG — Oh, my fucking God

OMGWTFBBQ- Oh my God, What the Fuck/Freak, Barbecue

OS — Operating system

OTOH — On the other hand

P2P — Peer to peer, or pay to play

PAW — Parents are watching

Ping — From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar to “Are you there?”

plz — Please

PM — Personal message or private message

POS — Piece of shit, or parent over shoulder

POTS — Plain old telephone service

POV — Point of view

PPL — People

pr0n — Intentional misspelling of porn

pwned — Intentional misspelling of owned

RL — Real Life

RO(T)FL — Rolling on (the) floor laughing

RO(T)FLMAO — Rolling on (the) floor laughing my ass off

RO(T)FLOL — Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud

sk8/sk8r — skate/skater

Smiley — Another name for emoticons

SNAFU — Situation normal: all (fucked/[4]fouled) up

Sry – Sorry

STFU — Shut the fuck up

Soz — Sorry

SWIM — Someone Who Isn’t MeTBH — To be honest

TG — That’s great

TGIF — Thank God it’s Friday

TH(N)X, TNX or TX — Thanks

TMI — Too much information

TOS — Terms of service

TTFN — Ta ta for now

TTT — To the top, used in forums to bump a thread

TTTH — Talk to the hand

TTYL — Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)

TTYS — Talk to you soon

TTYTT — To Tell You The Truth

TY — Thank you

TYT — Take your time

TYVM — Thank you very much

w00t, w00T or WOOT — First two express exuberance, the latter is a backronym for the term “We Own the Other Team”

W/ or W/O — With or without

WB — Welcome back

WD — Well Done

W/E — Whatever

WOW – World of Warcraft

WP — Well Played

WRT — With respect / regard to

WTB — Want to buy

WTF — What the fuck

WTG — Way to go

WTH — What the hell, What the hack

WTS — Want to sell

WTT — Want to trade

WUG — What you got?

WYSIWYG — What you see is what you get

W8 — Wait

ZOMG (sometimes OMGZ)— An intentional misspelling of the initials for “Oh My God/Gosh” used to indicate extreme excitement

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· Written on: 05-30-07 · 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Most Commonly Used Internet Slangs”

  1. ckyeo wrote:

    u missed a word, PWNZORR !!! Stand for Pawn you!!!

    May 30th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
  2. Maris wrote:

    Actually I think it is too difficult to read if you are using much of these slangs – I use only the few.

    May 30th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
  3. CincauHangus wrote:

    ckyeo: haiihs.. people like me who dun play dota duno this kinda words wan.. new vocabulary to me la. hahha…

    maris: yeah it’s hard to read, but some of the words are a shortform of another.. =)

    May 31st, 2007 at 1:10 am

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