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 H4×0r (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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u missed a word, PWNZORR !!! Stand for Pawn you!!!
May 30th, 2007 at 7:04 pmActually 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 pmckyeo: 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