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Every now & then you get them in a post,e.g lol,lmfao etc.What do they stand for?Got an idea,but trying to guess one or two of the words.

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These are not allowed on accyweb and should NOT be used at all .

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Errr mick, acronyms have always been used, TXT SPK isn't allowed As far as I know

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Why arnt these allowed?

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sorry yes your right Entwisi

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lmfao= laughing my f*****g arse off
lol= laugh out loud
pmsfl= p*****g my sides f*****g laughing
rofl= rolling on floor laughing

anything else you want to know?

:D

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When communications by computers started it was costing a heck of a lot more than it does now. The way to do it would be to log on, download your messages. read and reply to them offline then log back on and post them.

For every minute (in some countries seconds) you where online it costs you money. especially during the day and mostly it wasn't a local call.

Thus the bigger the message the longer it took to download or post. So acronyms where used to shorten the message and save money. The internet also had an unwritten rule that any sig over 4 lines long would get you flamed (hate mail) and even banned from some systems... same if you posted more quoted message then you had written.. some email software would not post a message if there was more quote than response.

When SPAM startd everyone would report it to the SPAMMERS service providor to have them banned beause it was a "Theft of Service" because you where paying to recieve an advert.. Imagine the postpman charges you COD for a letter only to find its an advert. or you get an imnportant reverse charge phone call that turns out to be a man selling double glazing.... well spam on the internet was on a par..

A lot of us still through habit work as above.. I use acromyns but have tried to slow them down as most dont know what they mean anymore.. i hate spam but gave up reporting it yrs ago.. I still quote my emails correctly ..

What bugs me is the wrong use of acromyns... I mean a certain female poster would have us believe she is peeing herself laughing with every line she writes on accyweb... I hate the use of LOL and have never used it myself.. really annoys me... a smile saya it all..

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whats commonplace... there are loads of them... i converse with certain people by email who I have known on the net for years and you wouldnt be able to follow the flow there are so many different ones used... You only know a small few of them.. I was reffering to a bigger list :)

found this first pass at google... hundreds of em :)
http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/

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Yes Willow,thats why i started the thread:D

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lmfto :) :D ;)

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breasts willow

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Whats that mean:o

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lmfto= laughing my f*****g t!ts off

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cul8r is text talk... as for common.. its relative to how long you ahve been on the internet.. as I tried to explain.. there only common because there the only ones you and accywebbers know in this community :)

My common list is around 20+ regularly used.. some i thought where real common but I still get asked what As far as I know and IIRC mean...and IMHO and well loads...

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Oops.....thought the L was an I:rolleyes: SNATC.Maxwell:D

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quit talking to yourself ;)

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What do those 2 mean? The IIRC one seems date/time related :confused:

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IIRC= If I Recall Correctly
As far as I know= As far As I know
IMHO = In My HUmble Opinion

You quoted three so I didnt know which two you meant and yes IIRC and As far as I know I do use them a lot.. there usefull IMHO :)

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Ahhh yes course :) I knew the IMHO one.

Anymore I'm unlikey to know?

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Couple of hundred if you look at the link I posted :)

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Ahh got it :D

How do you know she's not? :p I've had to make regular dashes to the loo when reading posts on here .... I'd blame it on age but as friends know I laugh at everything .... and it's quickly accompanied with a trip to the loo :o I've been adviced though that Tena Ladies allow you pee in your pants :confused:

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;) Aaahhhh :D

SIMCA ;) << << I like that one better than lol and PMSL!

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you havent always been known to take a trip to the loo ;)

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:eek: OMG! Now then let me think of a suitable acronym for that comment ;)

How about ....... STFU :o :p :D

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hmm I remember all that.. but did he get it off the internet? will be a close run thing.. the internet is 30+ years old... bbs systems that preceeded most of what we now know as the internet is i dunno how old..

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of course... i was just wondering as old jimmy used to say that x yrs ago... he might have been a bit of a techno whatsit...

you could and probably still can access the internet by wireless... just to be clear.. what everyone has now isnt connecting to the internet by wireless its still phone lines.. but you could do it by ham radio....

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One i first saw/heard was SNAFU,which i was told was used during wartime(which war i don't know)

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Unless your a certain little fairy then it means "laughing my fat arse off" :rolleyes:

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thunderbirds..... FAB

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oh and all the valentine ones :)

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It's only a few years ago I worked with a bloke who used packet radio. It is more of a BBS type system that true internet IIRC.

I can't remember if I first used BBS's using my Acorn Atom or an old CP/M machine I had ( I think that was the one with 8" floppies :D ). I do remember the modem was probably as big as the Atom was :D

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Remember that,but never knew what it meant:confused:

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From here

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I wanted atari specific content so was phoning chester-le-street atari BBS and it was costing an absoloute fortune Google Page Ranking quarter... scary... but how amazing was that.. connecting to a computer 100 miles away by phone line... wernt we the wizz kids :)

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Kids being the right word.

I bet the Atom and CP/M machine are still at my parents. There is an old 8088 PC there that still works. I would not be surprised if there are some 8" floppies still un-opened :D

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Off topic as ever but here is a blast from the past

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/..._System_s2.jpg

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now thats what i thought it meant,thats what i say it as,i dont swear in mine:p

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15 years and never used the F word online....yet some use it all the time.. they must like little asterix :)

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Neil.. It looks like it needs a tape deck :)

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FOAD
FFS

Rather nasty ones that i admit to using on maybe less than half a dozen occasions over the years...

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dilligaf....

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plenty more ........http://www.amset.info/tips/acronyms.asp :D

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WLMBK = ??















Who left Me Bad Karma



:)

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specialy commisioned.. I was up all night with that one :)

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I'm with Maxwell here, haven't got a clue what the majority of acronyms means and that includes the common ones as well. So i'm finding this thread very informative.

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What does cashman's stand for on his portrait or whatever you call that thing that signifies you?

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WDWAHAGFTATGTB.TWCGFTPITM.So there you go,the one who can solve that post in the over 18's

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Never Let The (illegitimate gentlemen) Get/Grind You Down

My old boss you to say that.

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my mate phil used to come out with a funny one which i thought was hilarious


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